Dealing with bad news when suffering from anxiety

[Ginnymweasley]

Hi. I suffer from anxiety mainly health based. I normally have a good handle on it and I'm fine day to day. However yesterday I got the news that my dad has cancer and its possibly spread from the original place. This has sent me into a spiral.
My ds has a cold (normal snotty nose etc), his glands are slightly swollen. In my rational head I know this is normal and he has these every time he gets sick but my brain keeps spiraling into "what if its more"
I've hardly slept, I have no appetite and I just feel really on edge.
I have to look after a grumpy sick toddler today, do the school run etc and do everything I normally would. Nothing I normally do is either working or an option. Any tips to get my head in the right space and cope with what's going on. Feeling pretty shit today.

Hi u can read my story i suffer from anxiety as well. Gp told me i will be meeting psychologist soon. Im in terrible state that i cannot walk an eat. This is my story :

Im looking for some comforting messages as i can't function from like a week. Its all began on Thursday when i have received an invitation for pap smear. I have had a normal results 3 years ago however they were not testing for HPV before. These 3 words makes me anxious. I cannot eat, sleep, nothing. I have booked my smear on 17th and i cannot get over what IF i tested positive for HPV ( especially when i read online even if u have 1 partner or you are married like 6 years etc u can still be positive ). I have a husband for 5 years but we have had someone before. We have got 2 daughters ( youngest is 3 months ) and i cannot look after them right now. Im in terrible state that im desperately looking for a help. I have called my gp they will call me back today. I have checked almosy all possible websites that says mostly hpv cleans on its own but still i cannot get over it. Is so hard to thw point that i have 1 banana a day or even not, i cannot breath, im sweating, crying and cannot even look after the kids. Could someone help me please x