She admits she has signs of health anxiety, and will read anything about medical issues that she can get her hands on.
Studies suggest that health anxiety may affect up to 12 percent of the population.
Ironically, in many cases, health anxiety develops into an illness in its own right for which treatment may be prescribed.
Mild health anxiety is very common. Many of us have concerns about unexplained symptoms at one time or another.
These patients feature in a TV documentary on health anxieties called "Hypchondriacs: I Told You I was Ill."
