Does anyone else dread check up appointments?

[Mamabear12]

I used to not really care much about it, but now I worry for each appointment like get anxious if something is wrong. Tomorrow I have an eye appointment. My contacts are bothering me, like they are not the correct prescription...reading is a little blurry with them. My glasses are fine...so not sure what the heck. But anyway, I get worried like what if there is something seriously wrong.

But I worry for everything...at the dentist I get anxious and worry like how many cavities.

When I got an annual blood test at the doctors, I was so scared and worried about my results, like something was seriously wrong and it took them weeks to get back to me...so I convinced myself there must be something wrong, even though logic would say if it were something they would have gotten in touch much sooner.

Anyway, sorry for the rambles...I am just dreading going to my eye appointment tomorrow....

Oh yes I thought I was the only one like this! I have the opticians on Tue for a contact lense check which I'm already starting to panic what if they find something wrong. Also the hairdressers on wed what if I have an allergic reaction to the dye (have the same every time) etc etc I have anxiety and take medication but the irrational fears/thoughts still come through.

It is so frustrating. Did you always have this? Mine only started last few years. Before that I was so relaxed at appointments. I miss those days. It got made worse when two close friends got cancer at relatively young ages and died. So now I’m scared for any appointments really. I also have a contact lense check today. My lenses have started bothering me. Like I feel the prescription has changed or isn’t right bc words are blurry. But my glasses are okay. It’s making me anxious. I’m also getting an eye scan which makes me super anxious. And to top it off I have to bring my toddler with me 😭 I thought I booked appointment for the weekend and was told it’s for today. Argh. I thought I better just get it over w today as if it’s pushed back I might just push back again.

I’m okay at the hairdresser thankfully bc I only get hair cut and no dyes. I really wanted to do Botox though and laser hair removal. But haven’t because I’m worried I’ll get a reaction. It’s sucks. I see most of my friends have gotten some Botox and they look great. And I’ve got wrinkles between my eyes which suck.

I think my dad also suffered from this because growing up he never went to the doctors ever. He went to the dentist though. So it was just the doctors he avoided for like 30 years. When he got older and health declined he had no choice but to go because he had dementia and my mom was his care taker so she took him.

Good luck at your eye appointment. Will update you on mine. I hope it goes smoothly and everything is well 🤞🤞🤞

I sometimes feel nervous. Yesterday I had a Zoom physio catch up appointment. We talked, that was it.

Happy to report all went well at eye appointment. I was super nervous prior. But felt more calm as I was there. Plus the people working there were lovely so that helps. Eye scan etc all good. Slight change in my contact lense prescription so that was the cause (what I thought most likely) and eye glasses are fine. Phew!

Good luck pp at your eye exam. What a relief to have it over w!!

Hi @Mamabear12 glad your appointment went well! I forgot about the post. Happy to report my contact lense check was fine and I'm currently sat at the hairdressers. However I have a shoulder pain I injured it at work and physio have have asked me to go the doctors for an ultrasound which is fine but the doctors have requested bloods which has completely thrown me 🤣

Did you ask what the bloods would check? At least the doctor is doing extra checks. I freaked out after getting my bloods finished because there were delays on giving me my results. I convinced myself there must be something seriously wrong. In the end it was fine, just slightly high cholesterol. I have changed my diet though so interested to see what my blood work will say next year.

I had shoulder pain a few weeks ago and almost convinced myself I was having a heart attack. My husband managed to calm me down from that one and realised just how anxious I’ve become in regards to health.

So now I’m going to get CBT done privately and I hope that helps.

I have learned one way to cope with every new thing that I find is to go through my list of serious things I thought I had (Leukemia, Lyme disease, brain tumor, heart attack, kidney disease, diabetes etc). So I talk sense to myself now and it helps to calm me.

I still freak before my appointments though.

Glad your eye check went well and good luck w your bloods!

I'm assuming that there just standards bloods to check it's nothing else however I work at the hospital and have been seeing a hospital physio so I'm 100% it's an injury not anything else.
We're on holiday very soon so I've decided I will have them done when I get back 🤣
The doc didn't tell me about the bloods it was only when I logged onto the nhs app it came up she had referred me to ultrasound and for bloods

I find it soo bloody tiring thinking like this

Yes; so do I. But lately, I’m getting better at talking sense to myself. If I start to panic; I think of the long list of serious conditions that my mind has thought of in the past. It helps me to realise its just my health anxiety and then I calm down or move on.

It will be interesting to see if the CBT helps. I hope it does!

Good idea doing the bloods after your holiday. Have a good holiday! 😀

Thank you I'm looking forward to the rest and hopefully being able to reset myself x