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been taking them a couple of weeks, I also think its cos I have nothing else to think about I wan to be back in the land of the living and go to work again then things will go into perspective.

How long have you been taking them? - some take a while to kick in. Glad that you are having treatment.

I am taking pills for anxiety I don't know if they will work yet. I worry about side effects

Please get your anxiety state treated. Once upon a time there were no treatments - it would be a shame not to take advantage of what is on offer.

There is the opportunity for you to enjoy life free of this anxiety. You have said goodbye to the cancer - you tackled that head on and got the proper treatment. Now you need to tackle you anxiety state and get the proper treatment for that.

It is an illness that needs to be treated because it is interfering with normal life.

"I even worry when there is nothing to worry about just in case there is something to worry about." - that really is not normal and means that you have a treatable illness. Go for it.

But on the other hand, ethel, you say your mum isn't at all bothered about germs and hygiene.

People all have their own ways of warding off the hand of fate!

Oh ethelbags - I've just been reading my DGD the Little Miss books and you sound like one of the characters! " I even worry when there is nothing to worry about just in case there is something to worry about. " (meant very kindly by the way!)
Hope you find some way to rest your mind

, I guess there is something in that elegran.
I really have to stop worrying, I even worry when there is nothing to worry about just in case there is something to worry about. Its my upbringing, my mother used to try to prepare for anything that might happen, even now she will buy up lots of things on offer just in case she might need them, she has a bag packed despite never having been in hospital in her life etc etc and Ive been trained to think about what might happen. Its a hard habit to break.

Lots of us didn't dread having it, but still did, so I don't think that is relevant, ethel One in three of us will have cancer at some point in oiur lives, so you stood a good chance of getting it whatever your fears or lack of them. If the most people who got cancer had feared it, and most of those who didn't had not been afraid, that might be a statistic that would interest the researchers.

Now, if anyone is saying that worry increases your stress levels, which increases the risk of certain stress-related illnesses - there could be something in that.

Etheltbags you are the person who is going to prove those fears groundless/unfounded/wrong!
Got that?

I think I am the one with the dreadful fears coles (wouldn't go so far as to say 'lady'), I dreaded having cancer from being a teen and I got it at 60, so maybe you are right.

I would like to say to the lady who has such dreadful fears, there is a saying,"Fulfilled prophecy" so what you fear, could easily come about, because thoughts, without being seen, are fields of energy. So be positive, with everything, we can't stop distressing things happening, but don't let your mind get in the way of living a fulfilled and loving life. Blessings to all. Margaret.

Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Ignorance isn't necessarily bliss!

Worrying is intelligent Jane so..... I'm intelligent sometimes and as thick as a plank at others
I just hope I can recognise which one when!

Being prepared is one thing. Worrying is another.
rosesarered is right. There is no benefit to worrying.

I read recently that worrying is intelligent. It enables you to problem solve in advance. All those boy scouts were right -'Be prepared '! I always adhere to my patent pessimism policy eg I never expect to catch the bus so am never disappointed if I don't, but if I do its a lovely surprise (naturally this luck can't last!)

loopy, as it happens one of my friends did have a DVT in her upper arm but is fine nowadays after having a course of warfarin. And yes - it is extremely rare. My friend was a medical curiosity!

Worrying does no good at all either, about anything, in fact it makes your life worse Ethel.

That is really strange, Jane10 and does make you wonder.
I like to keep an open mind on things, but think if you go too far down the Angels watching over me/ fairies at the bottom of the garden /magic crystals route, then no good will come of it.

Good to hear they're safely back ethel
If you're a natural born worrier there's very little anyone can say or do to change it.
I have one sister who worries about absolutely anything and everything the other never worries at all. The first one worries about her sister not worrying!

thank you fumanchu, I agree that we love them so much we are afraid they will be taken from us. My family are back safe from holidays but I still worry that something will happen to them. Just my nature I suppose.

Just wanted to chip in here- my nephew then aged 10 became convinced his mum was going to die. Was given 'therapy' ++ for his daft notions. Mum didn't die -but Dad did shortly after. The day before the funeral I had my niece (aged just 2) in the back of my car parked outside as we waited for someone. She suddenly starts to smile and chat excitedly to someone outside the car. There was no one there. I asked her who she was talking to and she replied 'my Daddy'. I'm a tough cookie and the rest but I can't dismiss this as nonsense.

I'm new to the forum, I'm a tarot reader psychic reader and training to be a medium. I do believe that we all have those hidden instincts and insights, but that modern life has shoved them aside. Life is too hectic and too busy and the garbage that some of the tv mediums come out with doesn't help! But in some areas, like the northern isles in Scotland, it is still very much respected and taken into account. I do know I'll be howled down here lol but I'm ok with that, we al have out own beliefs
But to the OP - you can't take any heed of something a child that age says pet... it's just us loving them so much and being so afraid of them being taken away from us, that makes us scared.

loopylou I had a clot in my armpit. My arm was twice the normal size and an interesting blend of bright red and white before my GP decided that might be the trouble. He didn't tell me, however so it was quite a shock when I went to an outpatient appointment and they wouldn't let me leave. Car on meter, DS & double bass waiting to be picked up, DH out of town. Week in hospital. Months of rat poison. I think you'd know, ethelbags1. Please don't worry!

I was very worried about getting a DVT after my hip surgery, and realise in retrospect that I was worrying unnecessarily - all the preventive measures were there to make sure that I did NOT get one. So I am sure you will be fine if you stick to what you have been asked to do, as I know you are.

It is hard when you go through these things, but I reminded myself that for the hospital and other staff it is totally routine and they do it all every day - so the systems for keeping you safe are slick and well-practiced.

It really does sound as though you are doing very well indeed.

I've not heard of anyone getting a DVT in their arm ethel but best you checked it out for your peace of mind.
Stop worriting!
I bet you worry even when you haven't /can't find anything to worry about, bless you!