Scared, please help

[summerevenings2019]

I visited the doctor today (check up on meds) and during physical assessment I was told I have a large aorta in my stomach, been referred for an ultrasound to check it out but not sure when that will be.

I've googled it and I'm now terrified. I don't want to die and I'm so scared of surgery and you can't even know till it's ruptured if you're in trouble or not.

Please help me, I'm 20 years old and crying in bed with anxiety right now, I have stomach pain (probably unrelated/placebo as I've been thinking about it) and I just want to go to the hospital right now and have them check it.

If it was serious you would be on an operating table now. My dad has this, diagnosed 5 years ago, they just check to make sure nothing bad will happen

What Alice said

They wouldn't have let you leave if it was in danger of rupture

Don't worry - stay away from Dr google.
Things always seem wayyyy worse in the middle of the night

@Alicewond thank you, I'm sorry your dad has it too, I'm just scared as I haven't had an ultra sound yet so surely they can't know if it's okay/bad?

I'm shaking so much it's ridiculous!
There's so much scary info on it online.

@NiteWotcha Thank you, I hope I get some sleep tonight, I'm exhausted.

I've been looking into a private scan that can be done this week.

@summerevenings2019 they do yearly checks on my dad, therefore they don’t think it will suddenly change

If they thought it was going to be that dangerous they would have taken you straight in.
I once went to GP with ds on what I thought was a very minor thing. They took as straight to hospital.
Google isn't your friend. Your GP trained for years.