lofwyr
24-07-18, 06:12
So I had my annual physical last week, and doing the associated blood work tomorrow morning. Normally this would be no big deal for me at all. Go in, give the blood, head home and check my chart later in the day.
The thing is, just over a year ago, my routine physical turned into anything but a routine physical. I ended up with a very serious diagnosis that I will deal with for the remainder of my life. This diagnosis would have absolutely killed me had it not been caught when it was, so I swore never to skip an annual physical again.
So here I am, and I should say I have no reason to think my blood work will have anything wrong, but last year rattled the cage, so to speak. I hadn't expected anything to be wrong then either, and boy was that a surprise 😏
What I am wondering is how you cope with test anxiety when you don't necessarily have anything wrong, but have that nagging feeling in the back of your mind? I get loads of medical tests each year for the diagnosis and none of them bother me, because I know what to expect. The random screenings now, for the first time, bother me. Any tricks in your toolbox to get past test anxiety whenever you have no reason to really be anxious?
The thing is, just over a year ago, my routine physical turned into anything but a routine physical. I ended up with a very serious diagnosis that I will deal with for the remainder of my life. This diagnosis would have absolutely killed me had it not been caught when it was, so I swore never to skip an annual physical again.
So here I am, and I should say I have no reason to think my blood work will have anything wrong, but last year rattled the cage, so to speak. I hadn't expected anything to be wrong then either, and boy was that a surprise 😏
What I am wondering is how you cope with test anxiety when you don't necessarily have anything wrong, but have that nagging feeling in the back of your mind? I get loads of medical tests each year for the diagnosis and none of them bother me, because I know what to expect. The random screenings now, for the first time, bother me. Any tricks in your toolbox to get past test anxiety whenever you have no reason to really be anxious?