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Posted 9/7/2014 1:57 AM (GMT 0)
Hi all. I've been struggling through this period of anxiety due to health concerns and seriously am at my wits end. I am losing and gaining and losing weight again. I waited all week to try to get a CT scan through insurance process which is waiting on my dr to talk to the insurance and still after 4 days and 4 voicemails nothing has happened. My drs office hasn't even called me back or called my insurance. Some days I can't eat and I don't know if it's because I'm anxious or because I'm sick. Just got home from anniversary dinner and my husband was talking about the future and where we are going to build our dream house etc and I totally lost my appetite and couldn't eat my dinner. I assume because all I can think of is that there's something wrong with me and I'll never see those dreams come true. I just need a place to vent. I don't know how much longer I can't be left hanging here. I can't believe my dr doesn't seem to care and I'm so scared. I try to tell myself that I'm only 37.... I have to be ok. But this on and off pain in my ribs and the weight loss is just scaring me so badly. I just can't understand what it all could be. Anyway thanks for listening. I have nowhere else to turn. It has to be ok. It just has to.
Posted 9/7/2014 2:32 AM (GMT 0)
Nygrl, we are so in the same place! I'm having lower abdominal pain that radiates around my hip..doc says possible kidney stones. Anywho...spent the last few days and numerous phone calls trying to get my cat scan cleared through insurance. (It's finally scheduled 2 weeks from today) I also start to feel panic when people start talking about the future because I'm convinced I have some horrid disease and I'm not going to be around. Today my mom and I shopped for my first grandchild who will be born in November and I had anxiety all day wondering am I going to be around to see him grow up. Lots of times I can put on a brave face and nobody knows I'm suffering inside. That's where this forum has been soooo helpful to me!!! It's comforting to find people who understand what you're going through.

Hopefully you will get a call back from your doc on Monday!! And you will get it all straightened out. It's the weekend......try to give yourself a free pass to leave your worries behind!!! Come Monday you can make your calls again (be pesty and persistent it gets results;). Until then Take a deep breath and live in the moment!!!
Posted 9/7/2014 3:40 AM (GMT 0)
You're much braver than me! Some days it's all I can do to not just break down in tears. Im glad you at least have a date to look forward to for your CT even tho I know it's a long way off. I hope it all comes back ok and that maybe there is a simple explanation! I guess kidney stines would not be the worst thing! Hang in there!
Posted 9/7/2014 5:28 AM (GMT 0)
It's strange that even "good" stress can cause anxiety and its physical symptoms. Thinking about moving and building a new house, even if it's your dream home, is one of the most stressful things out there.

But you can't walk around worried about getting sick or it risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. All you can do is take care of yourself and not worry about things beyond your control because it's totally pointless. Easier said than done, though, I know!

My anxiety -- and for years I didn't even recognize it as such -- makes me physically ill (nauseous, sometimes dizzy). I control it with lorazepam and I've recently been trying meditation and mindfulness. I start yoga this week. When I'm in a bad spot with the nausea and loss of appetite I feel like I'm not long for this world either, but once it's under control everything looks much, much better.

Beth Be Well, I've also had kidney stones... no fun!
Posted 9/7/2014 12:49 PM (GMT 0)
My future looks bleak, I know someday when I pass and my husband passes there will be noone to care for our handicapped son. I have no family support and he would end up in a nursing home. I used to get so stressed over this and the anxiety it would cause was terrible. But with my faith in the Lord and the way the world is today I no longer worry. My best advice to you is to take one day at a time.   One.....day......at.......a.......time.   wink   Hugs
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