Oh Yay, Scanxiety Again!

TheLadySkye
TheLadySkye Member Posts: 203 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1

 

Blergh. Not sleeping, not eating, self-medicating, and am a nervous wreck. Must be scan time again.

CT and bloodwork Wednesday. Results Thursday morning in an effort to circumvent a complete nervous breakdown in the time in between. Effectiveness of this plan...questionable.

Needless to say, I don't handle scanxiety very well. Good thoughts, prayers, swinging chickens, or stories where everything turns out just awesome in the end are much appreciated.

In the interim, me and these 27 bottles of wine will be over here...

XOXO

 

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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #2
    Terrible

    It's such an awful thing to go through and every time I'm coming up for any kind of test I'm always freaking out.  Good luck on the up coming scan and maybe I'll join you for a glass of that wine.  Praying that all goes well for you.

    Kim

  • Trubrit
    Trubrit Member Posts: 5,796 Member
    #3
    27 bottles of wine on the wall, 27 bottles of wine

    Keep them on the wall and don't be drinking them all. OK!

    Its like preparing a meal. So much work goes into it, and then its over in minutes. We spend days, weeks even, with that pre-scan churn in our guts and then with a few words its over. Over in a good way, of course. 

    My next CT and blood is July, so already my mind is thinking about it, though I do not waste much time on it, well, at this point. 

    I try to up my pleasure time, my ME time, to the maximum during the scan and finding out the results. For me, going out birdwatching, hiking.  I go once a week normally, but that week after the scan and before the result, I will go every day and NOT feel guilty. It will help me not play the 'what if' game. We each have to find what works for us; long baths; 27 bottles of wine, long walks, whatever it takes to keep us from scanxiety madness. 

    All will be well. You will hear those glorious words NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE and you will come here and we will celebrate. We'll have swinging chickens, naked dancing men (NewHere, get ready) my Spinny Man, oh, its going to be such a party. 

    Roll on Thursday. 

    Sue - Trubrit

  • NewHere
    NewHere Member Posts: 1,427 Member
    #4
    Good Wish Vibes Your Way

    Just love the scanxiety myself.  Just another bit of joy in all of this ;)  Sending you best wishes and vibes for the upcoming scan.  Going to A&P to buy a chicken to swing around.  It is a lot less messy that way.

    Got my next scan at the end of the month, so will keep the chicken for that.  Afterwards, probably chicken salad or chicken soup.  

    There were a couple of good scans the other day, so let's make it three in a row.

  • Easyflip
    Easyflip Member Posts: 588 Member
    #5
    A little

    self medicating is completely understandable. My oncologist friend took me on a pub crawl while I was on chemo! He told me not to worry about it as it would not interfere with my folfox and the good time was in itself therapeutic lol. It may have worked as I'm NED now, as I fully expect you to achieve, cheers!!

    Easyflip/Richard

  • sflgirl
    sflgirl Member Posts: 220 Member
    #6
    Easyflip said:

    A little

    self medicating is completely understandable. My oncologist friend took me on a pub crawl while I was on chemo! He told me not to worry about it as it would not interfere with my folfox and the good time was in itself therapeutic lol. It may have worked as I'm NED now, as I fully expect you to achieve, cheers!!

    Easyflip/Richard

    Uhhhhh

    Could I get a referral to your friend, lol.

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