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macwriter

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Sun Jul 13, 2025, 07:55 PM Jul 13

Anxiety is eating me up [View all]

Last Thursday I got an MRI on my lower lumbar region for hip and back pain. I am so bad about medical tests. I am losing my mind waiting for the results to be posted on my patient portal. All I see so far is the MRI images which of course I can't read, but I stare on them worrying that i am looking at something life threatening or crippling. I am 77 and shouldn't be such a baby about these things. I don't think that I am experiencing anything other that some disk issue or mild stenosis. None of this discomfort keeps me from doing what I want, but my heart is racing and I am terrified.
Can anyone relate to this and tell me how to stop panicking about all this. I do it with every blood test and doctor's exam. I need to calm down and I just can't.

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Anxiety is eating me up [View all] macwriter Jul 13 OP
I can definitely relate to that. I've got to get some x-rays and blood testing myself. It always terrifies me. Walleye Jul 13 #1
Thanks macwriter Jul 13 #2
If None of this discomfort keeps me from doing what I want, elleng Jul 13 #3
thanks macwriter Jul 13 #4
Try Yale's free science of well being course SheltieLover Jul 13 #5
Thanks macwriter Jul 13 #7
Yw. I hope you find it helpful SheltieLover Jul 14 #14
Am 79 this month and pbmus Jul 13 #6
wow -- that's a lot macwriter Jul 13 #8
My response was not meant pbmus Jul 13 #9
Thanks -- I needed that macwriter Jul 13 #10
You are welcome and thank you pbmus Jul 13 #11
Belly breath: when you breath in your stomach goes out, applegrove Jul 13 #12
omg macwriter Jul 14 #13
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