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Scanxiety overtaking my life

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Apr 16 4:33pm | Replies (25)

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Good Morning! I can, so, relate to you! I had my VATS segmentectomy in March of 2023. Then the scan every 6 months for 2 years. Then they said I would go to once a year because they had stayed clear. That one was kind of scary because I didn’t know if I wanted to wait a whole year. Yesterday I had that scan and I was so anxious! “What if something came back? What if a new one grew in the other lung?” Those are exactly what I thought. I kept it mostly to myself because I don’t like to get my husband’s anxiety going, or my children. I said my usual nightly prayers but didn’t think it was right to ask for a clear scan. (Maybe weird to some), so I just prayed that God’s Will would be done. Then I just started to plan if something was there. What I would do from there. That eased some of my anxiety. I have read on here from so many, that most of us get that anxiety right before our scans. I think it’s normal. No one wants to hear that it’s back. I am happy to say mine was still clear. Now I don’t have another one until next year. I’m sure the anxiety will come back right before that one too. I think planning what your next steps will be if it does come back will help as you will feel a little prepared and not just concentrating on being scared that it may come back. I hope this helps at least a little and I will pray for you!🙏❤️ Cindy

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@cmcguire10 Cindy, I don't think your prayers are weird at all, but rather filled with faith! The tourmoil that Ihatfield96 is feeling, I understand and I am sure you do too. Perhaps all of us that are first told we have cancer share her experience. It was more than I could handle until I came to the place you came to, "Thy Will Be Done." Fear has torment, but Faith brings us to peace. To the peace only our Creator can give us, because we are convinced He loves us.
Lot's of people claim to have faith, but a test such as cancer will work that faith we proclaim, into the depths of our being. We have a God that knows something about sufferring, therefore He is not far off from our fears and sorrows. We surely can lean on Him because He went before us, and even now He is with us. I will in agreement pray with you for
Ihatfield96 and all that endure the difficult sufferring cancer brings. When I go into those scans, I like to recite the 23rd Psalm. What you say that some might find weird, I find to be the most positive sharing. God Bless and may He help Ihatfield96 to enter that peace!