Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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wimbly83 01/31/2008

So, I just found out I am officially going in tomorrow morning to have a complex cyst removed from one of my ovaries. To say the least, I am freaking out a little!

For some reason my fear doesn't lie within the procedure itself, but that I will wake up in pain and will send myself into a full-blown panic attack, in a recovery room all alone.

I was just put under about 6 months ago for an endoscopy and was perfectly fine, but then I wasn't dealing with the panic attacks at that point.

Recently I have been because I've managed to get myself worked up about having the surgery.

Anyone have advice on how to keep a cool head through this?

deleted_user 01/31/2008

talk to the doctors about it... they may be able to give you something that would prevent that from happening... or you may feel so groggy that you wont even care

deleted_user 01/31/2008

Wow, that's a tough one. If you can take an anti-anxiety med before the surgery I would suggest you do. Or it might make you feel better to tell one of the nurses about your fears. You won't be all alone in the recovery room. You will be monitored by the nurses there if that's of any consolation. Maybe you could have a family member come into the recovery room to be with you when you come out of surgery if they allow that. In any case, good luck- you'll get through it!!

deleted_user 01/31/2008

They should give you something preop. I think that's a common procedure. Good luck!

wimbly83 01/31/2008

Thank you so much for all of your support!!

I had my pre-op appointment this afternoon and actually found out that my surgery is not medically necessary!!

I have a complex cyst on my right ovary, but it's small and I've had it for a long time with no pain.

One of the dr.'s told me it had to come out but the two surgeons that I sat with today told me since it is so small and hasn't changed in the last 2 years, they are comfortable with me keeping it in.

My anxiety has just about completely alleviated! Now I know the culprit as to what was stressing me so bad these past few weeks and I feel SO much better now that the surgery has been called off:)

deleted_user 01/31/2008

good luck!!! :)

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