Scared for medical results. What can I do ?

Hi Stacey, I know exactly how you feel, I get like this every time I have to have tests. Probably doesn't help much but I can assure you that you're definitely not alone with this fear. I've been told to take things one step at a time and to not let my thoughts run away with me. I presume that when you had the last set of tests done you were scared and they turned out ok. Good luck for today, maybe you could let us know how it goes. Christi x

Hi Stacey, I used to be like you and want to know my results but was always afraid that they would be bad. I would get to the point where my I would cancel going in case of the worst. This may not be what you want to hear but at one stage some results were not great but as things were caught in the very early stages it was treatable and is no longer a problem. I realised that no matter how long I put off going for my results the results on paper were not going to change so now I look at it as a chance to catch an illness early ( if there is one ) and the outcome will be far better for me. I think everyone fears the worst when it come to things like this , especially those who worry about their health but look at your test results as a way of keeping yourself up to date on how your body is doing and use them to your advantage. Hope I am making sense. I wish you well at the Dr`s and hope you get great results. Take care x

We all have anxiety about getting test results. It's because we have alll watched loved ones go through terrible ordeals one way or another. Cancer, dementia, etc. we all live in fear of getting stuff like that. So it makes sense you anticipate the worst and your mind goes into hyper drive. You are not alone and we are with you. This is a very scary disorder and makes the biggest toughest of us curl into a little ball and cry. You will feel so much better when the results come back and it's nothing. 

I totally understand what you are going through, it was waiting for test results that sent my anxiety to the extreme in the first place! 

However remember that the doctors do know what they are doing and when your results come back fine you have to believe them otherwise we send our mind into overdrive.

Anxiety can cause so many physical symptoms. I then meditations on YouTube as they are brilliant in calming me down. Jan has some amazing posts on here with brilliant advice also.

Keep going, you can do this. You are bigger than the anxiety x

Stacey just to let you no you our not alone here believe me I nearly sent my self crazy worrying about all my tests is this going to be the one that gets me is it my heart is it a stroke can it be cancer am I going mad I no google I got a phd they now call me doctor google I was luck do I went to a doctor and he said to me what is your greatest worry and I said dock I am scared about dying and he looked at me I mean really looked at me and said well Gino I have some news for you we our all going to die some day great not what I wanted to hear the doctor has just confirmed my greatest fear he just told me I am going to die ore Moore to the point we our all going to die some day to be honest with you Stacy I felt a lot better nowing that it wasn't just me that was going to die but we all our hope this help you be well 

Stacey what the hell is heathy anxiety I need some off that bescause the only anxiety I have is s**t anxiety heart pollpations chest pains ringing in my ears tremors sweatts just to name a few so I went to the doctor and I said doc I need a full blood count now plus ecg plus ct scan plus MRI and he said why do you need all this and I said doc I googled it all up so please tell me the truth here am I dying cause doctor google said I am he looked me straight in the eye and said Gino we our all going to die some day so it's not just me I felt a little better no I felt a lot better nowing I am not the only one that's going to die we all our not so rare after all be well