Anxiety before scans

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rubyredslippers
rubyredslippers Member Posts: 228
edited August 2018 in Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts

After a bc recurrence last June to a lymph node I’ve got an appointment tomorrow for a mammogram and ultra sound. So I’ve got the tingling face feel all wound up and fidgety and almost like I’m going to dry wretch.

Anyone got any special coping techniques

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  • vlnrph
    vlnrph Member Posts: 1,632
    edited June 2018

    Hope to hear that you survived the scanxiety!

    I remind myself to breathe deeply. Staying busy helps redirect obsessive thoughts. Planning to do something special after the appointment gives me a different event upon which to focus.

    Some gals do get a prescription for medication - better living thru chemistry, as they used to say. Especially if you feel like throwing up, a mild sedative can work wonders...

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  • moth
    moth Member Posts: 4,800
    edited June 2018

    How did it go rubyredslippers?

    I've got a diagnostic mammo on my presumably healthy right breast this Thursday. It's the first time that one will be scanned since my dx on the left side. They scanned the left when I found the lump but didn't check the contralateral before we started treatment. I know the risk of bilateral bc is very low but it's not zero so yeah, I'm kind of getting tense.

    Can't really treat myself to anything after the scan as I have to go from there to Taxol #9. I guess that's my special reward lol - I get to have chemo, yay!

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  • KatyK
    KatyK Member Posts: 248
    edited June 2018

    scans are scary and tough waiting for results. I meditate a lot, especially during the scan. It does help me to have a project or stay busy with family and friends while I wait the days for results. A glass of wine helps! No easy answer to manage that anxiety, it may never go away completely but I have found in the past year it is not as hard. I wish you well, love and hugs

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited August 2018

    I just had my yearly breast MRI, I went by myself. I was shaky and my stomach was upset. I had a terrible feeling. When I came home no phone messages so that is good. I didn't check my cell phone. This stuff really does a number on me emotionally. It is like waiting for the cancer alarm clock to go off.

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