Does anyone else not have NHS app due to health anxiety?

[Worridoncemore]

I'm putting this here as I'm sure I'll be told I'm silly or irresponsible if I put it anywhere else!

It's enough for me to be told that a test result is normal and that if any action needs to be taken they will tell me - the recorded message at our surgery even says there is no need to call for blood results as they will be in touch if any cause for concern. I don't want to see my health records, I don't want to read the reports or see the scores as there's a danger my anxiety will be triggered if read something I don't like such as an incidental finding and I'll start worrying and over analysing.

I've received yet another invitation to get access to my health records and I'm left wondering if there will soon come a time when I'll have no choice?

La la la - I don't want to know!!!!!

I don’t think this is unusual OP, I don’t have anxiety, I’ve got the app but never go hunting for my results or anything. They say if there is a concern they will be in touch so if I don’t hear anything I just forget about it really, I don’t have the skills to interpret blood results anyway so have just never saw the point in looking when I’d then have to google it all anyway.

Thanks. I spoke to a friend yesterday who doesn't have the app for similar reasons - she says she trusts her GP to advise her if action needs to be taken and that's all she needs to know. I really hope we don't get to a point where everyone is required to have the app, given that everything else seems to be an app or portal these days!

I have a couple of very rare illnesses and do have the app to keep on top of results. The problem with nhs levels for bloods is what is classed as normal is not necessarily optimal.

I'd rather monitor my own results and then supplement/ discuss med adjustment if needed. I also use it to book appts at the dr if needed and have the children's records tied in so I can view them.

I find it easier to keep track of medical appts including hospital ones using the app - I'm under 3 different hospitals and it's easier to view them all in one place.

I can manage appointments online but have resisted setting up access to my records. My sister says she finds reading hers fascinating but I suspect I will find it anxiety provoking so don't want to see them.