I’ve been complaining of moderately sharp lower back and leg (both) pain for weeks. I’m starting to get really worried that it might be something serious.

Needless to say the word “cancer” (in all the forms related to your abdomen and back – there’s too flaming many of them) is right at the top of the list bashing me in the ear hole. I keep reading throughh websites on symptoms and finding cancers and other conditions that match my own. Then again i’ve seen the doctor about six times in the last two months – all for roughly the same reasons, so i’m probably coming off as a hypochondriac. Or maybe it’s psychosomatic. I don’t know but really, what are the odds of pain like this being linked to cancer? I’m only eighteen, so should I be concerned about this?

Is it possible that I could ask for tests of some kind, just to set my mind at ease? Would I be given or does there have to be a really strong sign of something being wrong? What kind of tests could I get for something like this, anyway?

Also, is it possible for you to experience moderate pain the day your period ends and possibly the day afterwards? As I think it might all be linked to this

help is much appreciated (and appreciated even more the faster it comes) :(