malibupete
30-12-12, 10:39
I've realised that the time has come to see a doctor - if nothing else, because the health anxiety is really starting to take over my life, and put a real dampener on my Christmas.
The only problem is, the idea of seeing a doctor terrifies me. I've not been registered with one for too many years, and I know I'm going to have to be fully checked out, which brings with it the fear of being diagnosed with A, B, C, D through to Z and beyond.
Then there's the weight issue; I'm grossly overweight, to the point where I haven't weighed myself in a very long time - not only am I going to have to have that figure measured, but I'm almost certainly going to have a doctor sternly telling me what I already know - that I need to lose it. And I'm absolutely dreading that whole process to the point where just thinking about it makes me well up.
I also don't know what to say to him/her when I have my actual appointment - I feel like at this point I have so many different little symptoms that listing them all would just confuse the issue and lead to a false diagnosis...
Has anyone else been through this? Any advice for overcoming it?
The only problem is, the idea of seeing a doctor terrifies me. I've not been registered with one for too many years, and I know I'm going to have to be fully checked out, which brings with it the fear of being diagnosed with A, B, C, D through to Z and beyond.
Then there's the weight issue; I'm grossly overweight, to the point where I haven't weighed myself in a very long time - not only am I going to have to have that figure measured, but I'm almost certainly going to have a doctor sternly telling me what I already know - that I need to lose it. And I'm absolutely dreading that whole process to the point where just thinking about it makes me well up.
I also don't know what to say to him/her when I have my actual appointment - I feel like at this point I have so many different little symptoms that listing them all would just confuse the issue and lead to a false diagnosis...
Has anyone else been through this? Any advice for overcoming it?