do you always get nervous every time you go to a doctor??

@acie_21 (5633)
Philippines
February 2, 2010 3:10am CST
you know what mylotters...i already have anxiety in going to a doctor.. since i had my miscarriage..it was scary and i experience that in the age of 20.. every time i go to my OB.. i feel nervous ,my hands are cold and sweating as well.. i can feel my heart pumping so fast..thinking about my results of laboratory test.. if its ok or not.. every time i go to a doctor i feel weak and lost of appetite.. do you feel the same like me??? or are you really brave enough to go to a doctor alone?? me,i cant go alone or if i have no choice.. i could !but scared..lol! hmmmmmmm...how about you guys?? keep sharing! have a great time!... cheers!
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
3 Feb 10
I guess due to your bad experience, and thus the phobia will always be there.. hehe ^_^ So sorry to hear about your miscarriage though, but u just need to move on in life ^_^ Always remember that doctors are our saviours, and they will help us no matter what.. Thus there's no need to have any fear to them.. hehe ^_^ Especially if the doctor is handsome like the one in the 'scandals', i believe one will be more than glad to see him over and over again.. lol =D just kidding!!
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
4 Feb 10
lol =D What if i'm the one to do the pap smear?? hehe Will u visit me over and over again, and stay overnight, as if i'm being hospitalised?? lol =D
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
haha...i think if he's the one to do the pap smear & ultrasound , i guess i will not be afraid as well and ould want to visit his clinic again & again! haha just kidding!
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
hi kun... ill correct you,doctors are not our saviors ..they are just instruments of God... ofcourse God is our savior...heheheh! anyways,thanks!i will try my very best to overcome it kun.. but its really hard.. hahahah!scandals??hmmm..maybe ill see him over and over again to have my pop smear! hahahahah!...joke...bwahahaha! thanks for dropping by kun..!
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• Boston, Massachusetts
7 Feb 10
HI Acie, Since i was a kid i was already exposed to hospital. almost every month i am confined. i am a sickly kid. when i entered the puberty stage...every time i will have my menstrual period i will be confined. it was only when i got married that i became healthy and no more confinement. it was only when i gave birht that i was hospitalized because both my sons were delivered via CS. so, i am more comfortable in the hospital or dealing with doctors. i am working ina clinic too right now so no fear of medical professionals and the hospital too.
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
11 Feb 10
ah...i see... heheh!thanks for sharing!.. happy posting!.. hmmm may i ask when is the possible accurate test will tell if the woman is pregnant?? example jan 13...a week or 2 weeks from that will it be positive directly?? or does it read early pregnancy??? till now no menstruation happens...feb 10.. be waiting! lol..
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
10 Feb 10
hi there friend.. so you are already immune with it??? i just dont like the smell of the hospital.. and i always feel bored and sleepy while waiting..hehehe! may i know why do you become so sickly??? before??what are the findings?about your menstrual flow before?? keep sharing!
• Boston, Massachusetts
11 Feb 10
according to my doctor...my having irregular menses is the regular one for me. it's a hormonal problem. good that i got pregnant because i seldom have my menstruation.
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
2 Feb 10
not really but it also depend what i am going for.
• United States
3 Feb 10
like finding out results from test, like they did a test to see if i had a brain tumor or not. and if i hve to get injections for my back or neck
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
hi syankee... hmmm..like what for example??
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
4 Feb 10
oouuchh..!that really hurts right?? so how was the findings??
@daliaj (5674)
• India
2 Feb 10
I get nervous whenever I go to doctor even if I have a very minute disease. I won't get nervous about the illness, but be nervous if the doctor will suggest injection. Most of the time, I tell the doctor that I prefer tablets compared to injections. Somtimes, the doctor forced me to have injectons because they have a quicker effect compared to tablets.
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
hi there daliaj... hmmm..whats the most painful injection site for you??heheheh! me im not that scared..that i will force my doctor not to suggest injection..heheheh! but still i fear and get nervous every time i have my injection..hahahah! have you tried to have several repeat injections?? because the nurse cant find your nerves?? ggggrrrrrrrr!i hate nurses who always make mistakes!.. and doesn't know what there doing... how about you?? any experience?? cheers!
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
gggggggggrrr..i hate that when it happens.. they said we can always suggest for doctors to avoid such thing of mistakes!.. but unfortunately all doctors were so busy.. heheheh!poor me... may i ask something my friend .. when will we know exactly if we are pregnant?? or when using a pregnancy test..when will it be known that its positive?? how many months??after we missed our period?? just curious... be waiting!... thanks!
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
I had the same experience as yours Acie. The Nurse was supposed to extract blood from me three times (once every 1 hour). It was for my blood sugar test. I was pregnant during that time. They told me I should not eat anything for @4 hours even drink water. I did that. When I went to the laboratory they told me they are going to extract blood from me three times. Once every hour. So it means I still can't eat and even drink water for four more hours. I got so pissed of with the Nurse on the third blood extraction. I don't know what she did wrong but she cannot extract enough blood from me where she injected the thing. I was bruised because of that and instead of just three blood extractions I ended up having four since she needs to repeat the last one. And then, because she messed up they have to repeat the test. I was asked to go back the next week to have a repeat test. So I have to undergo the same process again. Urrrghhh!
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
hmmmm, i feel so guilty that i was not able to come with you to the doctor to atleast give you some moral support & ease your anxiety... but anyway, just like you i also feel nervous going to the doctor & i don't really like going there for a check up...coz i am scared of what they are going to say. i am scared to hear that i am sick or what... yeah, waiting for the result of the laboratory is also something that i hate coz i am always thinking what is it...and i never feel comfortable waiting for it...huh!
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
hi there best.. its ok..i must know how to face and over come my fears.. i really have no choice but go alone... whats your other fears??about hospital???or having a check ups?? how about injections?? lol! do you have any experiences?? that you cant forget??
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
right! hehe atleast now you already know that you can do it alone! well actually with injections, sometimes i feel scared as well, hehe as you know i hate injections from dentists...haha i don't have much bad experiences with hospitals but i just don't like to be there & the smell. when i was younger, we are almost like a resident of hospitals coz my mom is always confined there...huh! and i saw how she's doing there & i know how difficult it was not only to the patient but to the family as well... luckily, i was never confined yet in the hospital in my whole life, the only time that i was there is when i get a surgery on my knee after i kneel down in a broken bottle/glass when i was still a kid...hehe
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
heheeheh!yes !i hate the smell of a hospital.. its like a morgue!haahaah!.. the smell is kind weird..and i hate going to a hospital it bores me a lot!.. im too impatient when it comes to waiting... heheh!how about you??best.. hugs!!
@Ladyslipper (1327)
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
Hi Acie! Good day!. I'm not scared to go to a doctor. I'm scheduled to go to my OB today. My problem is I sometimes feel lazy going to my OB for my regular monthly check- up. I was scheduled for my check- up yesterday but I felt lazy again and decided to just sleep the whole day so I called her secretary and moved my appointment today.
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
hi there ladyslipper.. how often do you go to your doctor for check up?? do you have some certain issues too??? may i know??heheheh!i want to know maybe we have the same issues... and so that i can ask more about it... thanks friend..
• Philippines
5 Feb 10
I go to my OB every month for a regular check up. It is more of prevention. :)I just want to make sure that I'm still healthy and want to know earlier if there are any issues I need to know. When I was pregnant I have to go to my OB sometimes twice a month. My OB is so strict and was really keeping an eye on my gain weight, BP and blood sugar. She does not want me to have any issues when I give birth. I gave birth to a healthy baby boy last Sept. 22. It was a normal delivery. I visited my OB again last Tuesday. She is giving me pills for family planning. However, she thinks that I might be pregnant again. Haha! I need to go back to her next week for an ultrasound to make sure if I am pregnant again or not so I can continue taking my pills.
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
10 Feb 10
hi there friend really?? may i know why?? hmmmmmmm..me too my menstruation was delayed.. its supposed to be January 13 but till now Feb 10.. i still didn't have my menstruation..my first time delayed.. i made a test a week after 13...it was negative.then 2 weeks after 13... still negative.. my doctor said wait until Feb 16 to test again if its positive.. till now im waiting for my menstruation to happen..and wait for Feb 16 to have it retest .. have you tried this situation??? mat i know your situation now??you still dont have menstruation?? keep sharing! be waiting!
@shibham (16977)
• India
3 Feb 10
Hi sunset, miss u dear. I dont like to visit doctors, not a matter of nervousness but it is a matter of their over expensive process of examination. In case of normal problems, they force to test all health conditions. So i try to avoid them as much as i can. Lol.
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
hi there shibham... i missed ya too friend... so how often do you go to a doctor??? yeah!i hate going to hospitals!it will just cost more expenses!.. their laboratory examinations are very expensive!... and still it will just end up...ok..! there are other concern doctors that.really help their patient and give discounts...and i really admired doctors who are like that... take care! keep posting!
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
hello acie, Long time my friend. Anyway,i felt sorry to know that you had miscarriage. What you are feeling is a part of your trauma experience(miscarriage) You need to overcome that fear.You need to help yourself. Absolutely,no one can help you but you alone. You can seek professional help either,it would be the best solution. I had some trauma also,and,it takes time for me to overcome it. It's not easy,it takes a lot of perseverance,understanding and love from people around us. I hope you can get over to those fear my dear. Have a good day always
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
hi jaiho.... its really been a long time... how are you??? yeah thanks for the concern..im really trying my best to overcome my fear.. cause its not easy!...it makes me crazy..and i dont want to end up crazy you know.. heheeh! any bad experience in the hospital??? keep sharing! see you around! hugs!
• United States
2 Feb 10
I lost a baby in 2008 and had a very bad experience with the Doctor, I did not have anxiety about going to regular Doctors or even a new OB until I got pregnant again. I have severe anxiety every time I have to go to the doctor especially since I am having issues this go round. I push myself to go anyway because I have to for my baby but it is hard. My heart races and my blood pressure goes up. It is to the point that my Doctor (very understanding one much better) takes my pressure let's me hear the baby's heart beat then takes it again. It's amazing how quickly I calm down once I know everything is OK. I then go home and pass out cold as I usually haven't slept for the last few days from nightmares.
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
hi there friend.. im very sorry to hear that..but i lost my baby last 2007... the baby was three months in my tummy.. anyways..we really feel comfort and safe to have a doctor that we can always relay on..a doctor who understands our needs and fears.. i dont like other doctors that are just after for the money...and doesnt care for his/her patient..can you PM me why you lost your first baby??? i do have some issues too the reason why i lost my baby...and thats why until now im afraid to have my second pregnancy... be waiting! keep dropping by!
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
4 Feb 10
I don't always feel nervous when I have to visit the doctor. However, much like with your experience, I do have a lot of apprehension when I visit my OB/GYN. I had a miscarriage in the summer of 2005 and then in early 2006 I got pregnant with my son. It was the hardest thing to go through that pregnancy because everytime that I went to the doctor I was afraid that they would tell me there was something wrong with the baby and I also had many occasions during my pregnancy with him that I was afraid that something had happened to him and I had to make extra trips to the doctor.
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
10 Feb 10
hi there friend... so sorry to hear that..but were the same...i also had it last year.. i already had trauma and..having a new pregnancy scares me a lot.. im scared that i will lose my baby again.. i also feared in going to a ob/gyn..thinking of many fears about ..if my baby is ok..if im ok..or what so ever..its not easy to carry a baby for 9 months..and you will never know if there are any complications that might happen to you.. may i know why did you had your miscarriage??? keep sharing! have a nice day!
• China
2 Feb 10
Hi, acie_21. I have anxiety of extracting blood to assay, because once one of my classmates was extracted, whose blood vessel was stabed, i remember that scene, so i have nervous as soon as i hear about extracting blood. :(
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
hi there chocalate!... stabbed ???what you mean?? so what happened to your class mate?? what was the scene???
@varron (453)
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
People who are afraid going to a doctor, might have some bad impression or experience with a doctor in there child hood. Or maybe,they have some misconception with the doctors or maybe they are afraid about knowing their illnesses, and they are afraid to know about their real condition. In my case, I am not afraid with a doctor and i don't have any phobia with them. In reality I know that the doctor is there to cure me if necessary. Some people are afraid because doctors are always associated with injections and that hurts.
@acie_21 (5633)
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
hi there varron... that's true..about kids stuff.. but im not sacred of doctors..im scared of the results!.... geeeeeeeesssh!i really don't know how to over come it.. do you know how?? anxiety is very hard too cure..were the only one can help our selves.... thanks! for posting!
• United States
3 Feb 10
Oh yes I get terrified when i go to the doctor, I really hate them, and the worst thing is that I don't have a good health so I have to go often, but there is other people that they love to go to the doctor, I hate when I get sick then I start thinking ... "Oh god I have to go to the doctor". I think my problem with them is that they are sometimes very insensitive to your pain and other times they are not delicate at all when they have to do some exams or when they have to touch you in private places.
@Britt17 (46)
• United States
2 Feb 10
I'm completely afraid of going to the doctor . . . any kind of doctor, including dentists. I'm not afraid of the doctors themselves but more afraid of what they will tell me. I'm not a hypochondriac, I don't think that there is always something wrong with me but I am always afraid that there may be something wrong that I don't know about and I'm not sure I want to know. I'm due for several doctors visits, including a dental cleaning, a visit to a doctor for my back because it's been bothering me, and probably a skin scan. I keep putting these things off and I know I need to suck it up and go. I don't want anyone else to go with me though. I don't like other people seeing me nervous or afraid.
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
12 Feb 10
Hi, acie_21. It is very normal to feel nervous when you go to an doctor. I was like this many of times. Especially when I was pregnant with all three of my children. I would be nervous when I would get tests done like testing for Down Syndrome and genetic tests. I know that I was fine, but I was just scared to have to ever find out any bad results. It is perfectly normal to feel afraid. Stay calm, you will be fine because in the end everything will be okay. I can go to the doctor by myself too. I am nervous when I am in the room with him/her too. But, I just take a deep breath, and I will relax because before, I knew it the appointment was over with. I kind of like the fact that the doctor never seems to stay a long time while in the examination room either. That is an ease to your mind.
@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
21 Feb 10
Hello again acie..when I was young yes I was..but now that I overcome already my fears on doctors I never would have any fear...i am sorry for your miscarriage..in your case it could not be avoided..but if you keep on running and never face your fears you are always be the loser...strive hard to overcome it... Fight for it... Thanks. Mobhomeir here...
• China
3 Feb 10
Past tense,but now is not tense,but ometimes see the needle when the tense.
• Spain
3 Feb 10
i feel like peeing all the time everytime i'd see for a doctor lol.. my heart palp very fast and my lips dried.. OMG lol. it's all started since i got my phase1 medical checkup result with the heart murmur.
@mandybeau (279)
• New Zealand
3 Feb 10
I'm a fairly tough Lady, but the Doctor and my Dentist can cripple me, just by giving me an appointment, I try to avoid appointments, oftenm cancelling them. Like you I am actually able to increase my heart beat, so it looks as tho I have major hypertension, He takes it again after talking, and it is coming down. But being a hypochrondriac I am always unsure, if it has come down to ita right level. One day I went in and I was preoccupied and he took it before I realised, and it was right. He said a large percentage of pati8ents are like this. But I ws going to be a Doctor, so that makes me a right Jimmy.
@pandaeyes (2065)
12 Feb 10
That's very honest to admit to that fear. For me the doctor is a friend and I would not be afraid of him at all. However, I do worry about things he might tell me. I had to go for a blood pressure test last year for a job interview and the nurse said it was so high I needed to talk to my doctor, so I was quite afraid of what he might say. It was not bad after all, he gave me a tester to borrow for a whole week and at the end of the week, I took it back and he said everything was fine and most likely the nurses test was different because I was nervous on the day. If I hadn't gone, I would have worried and worried but I went and it was all cleared up at once. I know you had a bad experience and that is what you are remembering , I think you know, if you told your doctor about it, they would understand and the feeling of having told them would lessen your worries.