Quote Originally Posted by LF87 View Post
I'm well overdue mine and I'm so scared! It's not the physical exam, none of that bothers me. Waiting for results is the worst, and I've not been well with extreme anxiety the past year so I've just ignored my letters. Really need to go
Yes I understand the waiting is hard causes so much anxiety but please please please book your smear!! I have terrible health anxiety and had it really bad two years ago where I couldn’t do anything I had no life but I started taking control and got better but now this has started fuelling my health anxiety again. I’m trying to not let it win but it’s so hard.
Just remember you are not alone, we are all going through the same fears when getting our smears but it is something that we must do to prevent us developing possible cervical cancer and I think you would rather have a few weeks worrying waiting for results then months and months of prodding and treatments for cancer, that’s how I am looking at it anyway.