someone help me

[pb]

What can I do to stop the same worry. I am in such a frenze. I think I should maybe even go to a mental hosptial of something. I am sure some of you read my posts about fear from the radition from the scans I have. This fear has completly taken a hold of me. I am going to see therapist on Tuesday but for now I feel out of control I cant stop crying thinking of how I have killed myself by getting these scans. I went on a rampage and looked up radiation and how to relates to cancer and I scared myself. xray risks says .5 increase and other sites say up to 10 percent. and this was 5 years ago so must of these cancers show in 10 to 15 years so I amy only have a short time left with my children. they are so young... 4, 2, and 7 months. I dont take medication but I sure wish I had something right now cause I cant make it stop.

[tinam7]

I've gotten all kinds of radiation from x-rays from the time I was young. It takes years and years and years for anything to develop and is not at all likely to develop. Sometimes I think we just have too much information. Your HA is probably rooted in caring for 3 young children, a big job indeed.

Perhaps you can try and distract yourself by playing with them, singing with them, reading to them, going for a walk with them. Do look forward to Tuesday and until then praise yourself for taking good care of your sweet children. Wishing you peace and calm.

[oregoncoastlady]

The first CT scan my dad had was three years ago to check the lump in his neck. It was cancer. Then he got 35 radiation treatments and that cured the cancer. He has gotten other scans over the past three years. The scans showed a spot on his pancreas and it was cancer. He had surgery and is now having chemo and radiation. These scans didn't cause his cancer. When i take my dad to see his oncologist each week I ask a lot of questions. Here is what I have found out so far. The longer people live, the more chances they have of getting cancer. The reason people are getting more than one cancer in their lives is because cancers are being cured and people keep living and cancer can happen. No one is immune from getting cancer. No matter what you do, if it is going to happen, it will happen. And, if it does happen there are treatments that just might cure it. Cancer is no longer a definite death sentence. You can eat organic and run ten miles a day and avoid X-ray and take lots of vitamins and drink green tea...but none of it will stop cancer from coming if it is going to come. The benefit of healthy living is that your body is stronger to fight the battle if cancer does come. You can choose to focus on the miniscule possibility that the scans you had might have increased your possibilities of getting cancer...but it is a waste of time. Those same scans are saving lives every day. You have a better chance of that scan saving your life than killing you.

 

[vardnas]

What can I do to stop the same worry. I am in such a frenze. I think I should maybe even go to a mental hosptial of something. I am sure some of you read my posts about fear from the radition from the scans I have. This fear has completly taken a hold of me. I am going to see therapist on Tuesday but for now I feel out of control I cant stop crying thinking of how I have killed myself by getting these scans. I went on a rampage and looked up radiation and how to relates to cancer and I scared myself. xray risks says .5 increase and other sites say up to 10 percent. and this was 5 years ago so must of these cancers show in 10 to 15 years so I amy only have a short time left with my children. they are so young... 4, 2, and 7 months. I dont take medication but I sure wish I had something right now cause I cant make it stop.

What can you do to stop the same worry? For starters, you can try to not intentionally feed the worry. That means refraining from researching the dangers of x-ray and CT scan radiation online, for starters. What you're feeling—the fear, the feelings of hopelessness—are BYPRODUCTS of anxious over-thinking and are simply a result of the negative reinforcement behaviors you've chosen to engage in (the googling, for example). Right now, your stress hormones are SKY HIGH and will take some time to come down. The best way to help them do that is through positive reinforcement behaviors, of which therapy is one. That's a great step in the right direction, but unfortunately, it'll take some time for you to feel better, so hang in there. There is no "right away" cure, no way to feel immediately better; it's a gradual process.

[pb]

Thank you for all that replied. I know I need help. The hopelessness is overwhelming....I feel like I have so many body pains, my back, my chest, my sides all ache and hurt. I'm 32 and feel 80. I hope and pray these scans don't cause me cancer. I stopped getting scans back in 2008. I wish I didn't get pneumonia from upper endoscopy so I could 2 less ct scans. I wish I didn't have a fib so they didn't give me nuclear stress test and angiogram. If these two things didn't occur I barely have ever had a scan my entire life. Things get hard and I fall off the wagon. I'm never completely free of anxiety but I can breathe usually

[tinam7]

The problem today is that a doctor must offer all manner of tests or he sets himself up for legal problems. When my two were little I suddenly broke out in painful blisters all over my hands. Who knows what all that might mean now. At that time tests and prescriptions were limited. Doc told me to go on a vacation, meaning I needed a break from the pressures of caring for the kids and doing all else.

A vacation may not be possible but you need help. Can you get someone to help you with the kids? Your housework? Relatives? Friends? Neighbors? Try and discuss this with your husband. It is very important to find some relief for you. The doctor and all the tests can't do that for you. Please try and let us know how you are doing. We want the best for you and your children. You need relief.

[marc]

I have a client of mine who is a cardiologist and nephrologist and he said there are two keys to
longevity; heredity and luck.