Ironman

It could be anything...ciruclation, nerves, stress. The key is to only focus on known information. It does sound like a decent sign that the urgency of your results isn't high. If there was something really wrong, you would be attended to. It would seem kind of malpractice for a serious issue to sit on a desk for the next two weeks. I can imagine stress is high right now. Just about anything could happen, even psychosomatic stuff. The mind does wonders if you let it. First - be glad that you don't have to go through the family emergency; there is stress with the doctor. Second - again, you can ony focus on what you know. The test is done; the results are available. If it was serious, you would probably have heard something before he left.

It's just a matter of getting the visibility. The site was down for some time, as was the sister site anxiety-space.com. I try to check in every so often.

It is possible. It takes thought retraining. To not react to things the way that could cause us anxiety.

Welcome back!

The owners do come around. Both Anxiety Central and Anxiety Space. That "6 years" was likely the image left behind and not updated. I have known the owners for years. We were on other forums and saw the same business you have. My forum was "powder blue" lol.

You just had a triumph here. You waited until you got more information. I had to go to the ER a couple of weeks ago after feeling a pop in my ankle while jogging. I had to go in case I did damage - the pop wasn't something I ever dealt with. Three X-rays later, I found out it was just a sprain....but....sometime in the past, I HAD broken a bone in my ankle, and I didn't know it!

I haven't had one. I had to do some reading to determine what a Calcium Heart Scan was. It doesn't look like it has anything to do with the lungs at all. The test is to find out how much calcium is in your arteries that, like plaque, can restrict blood flow through the body and to the brain. I have had a sonogram on my neck to find plaque in my arteries, but not calcium. It takes a CT scan to do the calcium scan,

Stress can trigger anxiety. The anxiety pattern is a distraction. We actually thrive is these situations because we are used to the anxious condition.

You're overloading yourself and then freaking out about things that you can't balance on that overloaded plate. At that point, you have to stop and assess what you can handle and let the rest go.

Meh - distractions happen. Stress happens. It's all good.

I have my blood drawn practically every six months now. It would also be good advice for me to tell you to FAST at least 12 hours before the test - coffee, and water is okay. I got yelled at during one test for having elevated blood sugar (108) for my first test - - I had eaten two pieces of Twizzler licorice candy. They were ready to call me diabetic. The next test, I was at 80. It happened again late last year unbeknownst to me. My cholesterol was creeping up with the weight....I had eaten cheese in my salad. Yes - it can cause a spike. Those numbers went back down this time. To the both of you - just a reminder that this process will not get any easier! They are pushing for colonoscopies at 45, instead of 50 now. I kept delaying until I gave in and did the Cologuard test that checks for DNA in the poo. I just turned 49 and have no history of that kind of cancer, but you gotta check anyway. I actually delayed taking the test once I got it shipped to me, and I kept getting texts. I sent the test in (via UPS overnight, imagine that), and got the negative result about ten days later.

Well, there isn't anything you need to worry about right away....other than making sure to breathe as your blood is drawn. After that, it's a different story. You need to assume that there is NO PROBLEM, unless they contact you directly.

I had issues with swallowing - it was definitely stress-related. Eventually, you'll relax, but it's an annoying process to get there.

A lot of the symptoms you are having are related to the anxiety itself. You've had a lot of testing done from what I have read. It would have shown up in one of those tests. The irritable bowel is from the stress. Everybody's anxiety is different, so the symptoms will be different, too.

I think it's just worry. When people are stressed, libido will go down.