Surgery

@secretsecret I’ve been put under twice

@jammywammy I’ve had my wisdom teeth out and my tonsils removed before

@Ashes2evil Don’t worry about being late, I’m actually really glad you commented! I honestly don’t even remember making this post, which I think is a good way to illustrate just how small and powerless these thoughts about surgery really are. That’s not to say that they’re invalid, fear is a natural response to have in this situation. I can still vividly remember the feeling of dread I had leading up to my surgery, and looking bad all it did for me was stress me out. I went in, got into my gown, and waited for them to take me back. The whole time I was terrified about not reacting well to anesthesia or not being able to account for the time I was out, but all that happened was they put me out, and then the next thing I know I was waking up next to a nurse who was watching me the whole time! They said that my surgery went well so I went home and didn’t even think about the fear I had until I say this comment a year later. I know that it’s so much easier said than done, but you don’t have to worry! All that’s happening is your anxiety is trying to scare you. One thing that you should know, our bodies are resilient and having a surgery isn’t even close to the worst thing that can happen to them. Do you mind me asking what kind of surgery you’re having?

@NathanOrput Im having a ureteroscopy to remove kidney stones. My biggest fear is dying and that's like an everyday fear so having surgery is just scaring me more. Plus lately my health anxiety/ocd has been really bad. I get a bump or a bruise, a fever, etc I start freaking out and fearing the worst. I meet with my NOCD therapist for the first time tomorrow.

@Ashes2evil I totally understand that fear, I’ve been dealing with it since I was seven. Luckily that type of surgery is low risk. A big thing that helped me get through surgery was understanding that it needed to happen or else I’d end up in worse shape than if I didn’t have it done. Another thing I’ve learned over the years is that the irrational things I worry about have always ended up not happening; having a headache and thinking it’s a brain tumor, seeing a new freckle and thinking it’s skin cancer, even standing up too fast and getting lightheaded thinking I’m going blind 🤣 you’re going to be okay, I know it doesn’t feel like it now but you will me. Do me a favor and come back to this thread or message me once the surgery is over to let me know how it went!

@NathanOrput Will do, thank you 😊

@Ashes2evil Was thinking about your comment today, how did your procedure go?