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anxiety liver hemangiomas

Ok so in May I had moles that changed and convinced myself they were melenoma i went to the dr. theywere biopsied ad came back as benign SKs. I worked myself up so much I couldnt et and thught I had another type of cancerIwent to the doctors evry week theydid blood draws , extensive panels all came back normal a an pper GI nd small bowl came back normal, I still kept goingand they said I have anxiety and I couldt cope, s I drove myself tothe ER and made them give me a CT scan since is was my 3 rd time her in 3 months now I wished  had not done that and mydoctor is furious with me . THe abdominalCTscan showed a 1.5 X 1.2 cm in right lobe of liver demontrates nodular perhral enhancmentand fillsin o delayed scans , typical of cavrnous hemangioma, the other liver spot is hyerenhancin on  the left lobe 1.4 X1.4 cm and demonstrates subtle hyperehancement on delayed scans and represents an atypical hemangioma. Nothing else was abnormal or noted everything else wa unremarkale and the ER sai to follow up with my dr. I went to my dr. later that week and he called the radiolgiest while I was there. He said these are common ad the one that is atypical does not ndeed any follow up and to take my axiety meds andcome back a see him in a month.  He said the chance of atypical one being anything serious wa 0.02% and Im drivingmyself crazy.
I feel fine, mybloodork is all normal, stool are normal. Do I trust my dr. and  finally admit I am crazy with axiety and to just go back and see him in  month.  No furthr testing is needed he keeps saing
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Thanks so worried about cancer it has been debilitating
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Liver hemangiomas are actually common lesions. Many people may have them and never know until they are found incidentally. They are benign and very rarely cause any problems. So your doctor is correct, simply watching it with an occasional imaging procedure is the standard protocol. If there is any damage occurring within your lover, it will be reflected in an elevation of your enzyme levels. Be well and try to not worry, your doctor has your health managed very well.
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I forrgot to add I am 40 woman with a 1 and 5 year old terribly worried about my kids
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