Help me with my anxiety
By aubrey
@averygirl72 (37770)
Philippines
April 3, 2023 11:53pm CST
I don't know why I feel so scared with my coming surgery. My mom said she didn't feel anything and she just lie there in the bed.
When I think of it at first I feel it would just be easy and there is nothing for me to do but just lie in bed and wait for the surgery to finish
But as I think of it I feel anxious. Even if there is a bible verse not to be anxious I still feel anxious.
Can you help me with surgery anxiety? Have you experience surgery in your life? How was it is it easy?
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@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
4 Apr 23
Anxiety is normal. I just have to pray every time I’m bothered
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@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
4 Apr 23
Thank you. Yes God is with me wherever I go
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@marguicha (216598)
• Chile
4 Apr 23
I have so many scars from surgeries that I would fill a book. I prefer general anesthesia, no matter if I don´t ever wake up. I had a histerectomy several years ago. Do what the doctor says on the post op. And relax. Surgeons know what they are doing.
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@marguicha (216598)
• Chile
4 Apr 23
@averygirl72 With anesthesia you are absolutly asleep. You don´t hear or feel anything.
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@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
5 Apr 23
@marguicha One of my church mate said she is asleep during operation and she woke up and it’s finish
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@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
4 Apr 23
Thank you marguicha. It helps to think that surgeons know what they are doing. Are you awake or asleep in the operation?
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@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
4 Apr 23
Yes I will talk to my surgeon so I will feel relax. It’s hysterectomy
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@flapiz (22431)
• United Kingdom
4 Apr 23
@averygirl72 I am a nurse and we have a lot of hysterectomy patients before. It is quite a minor op and you may go home on the next day. Very low risk. But I will keep you in my prayers.
@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
5 Apr 23
@flapiz Thank you what you said about it it will surely help with my anxiety
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@sjvg1976 (41132)
• Delhi, India
4 Apr 23
I never had surgery in my life but I understand how much a person will be feeling when he/she knows that he/she has to undergo surgery soon. I felt it when my wife and my son had in the past. Just keep your head cool and try to engage yourself in reading books or anything you have an interest in.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
5 Apr 23
I haven't experienced it yet. I even haven't tried tooth extraction up to now..
I think you need to pray when you feel anxious..
@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
5 Apr 23
Yes I pray a lot. I had tooth extraction many times
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@Hannihar (129768)
• Israel
1 Sep
@averygirl72
Surgery is a vwry serious thing. I do not blame you for being scared with it. Not everyone is the same and you feel one way and your mother feels another way. Maybe I had it when I was a baby but do not remember. My finger got caught in a cr door but cannot tell you how to feel. It will probably turn out fine but it happens that we can worry before hand.
@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
4 Sep
Yes it's okay to feel that way. I ask others about their experience
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@Hannihar (129768)
• Israel
4 Sep
@averygirl72
You are right that it is ok to feel that way. Does it help when they tell you their experiences?
@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
6 Apr 23
I see you are lucky. I didn't expect that I will need to have surgery. I'm always healthy
@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
4 Apr 23
It is very understandable to feel that way. I would not only be anxious I would be terrified. But once its done you will realize there is nothing to be afraid of.
@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
4 Apr 23
Usually that is what happen. I have anxiety having Covid vaccine tooth extraction transrectal ultrasound but after them it’s just ok
@srirahayu68 (323)
• Bogor, Indonesia
4 Apr 23
keep calm and always pray. It is normal you feel scare. I had surgery twice when I gave birth my kids at 1998 and 2005
@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
6 Apr 23
Caesarian section? Do you feel anything?
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@srirahayu68 (323)
• Bogor, Indonesia
8 Apr 23
@averygirl72 yes, caesar.
I was scared but i believe in God and have a positive thinking. At 1998 was under general anesthesia at the time of surgery and took 40 days to recover. in 2005 I was under local anesthesia so I felt my stomach being cut but it didn't hurt, I heard the doctor talking to the others. At the same time, I was accompanied by a doctor to talk any things to make me not stress. the second surgery need shorter recovery time 14 days
@averygirl72 (37770)
• Philippines
10 Apr 23
@srirahayu68 I see good to know you made it. We really need faith when we are scared
