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Thank you Hugs,

If I have too have this done you're words help, I hope I get that sort of wonderful treatment, what I am hoping that I get better and I do not need to have it done, I took a nap and noticed my voice was a little stronger, but that happened before I dont want to get my hopes up, but a miracle after all this suffering would be wonderful! I can hope and pray that I am getting better.

I do NOT think you have a prickly personality, I think you are very warm and caring and sharing and have helped so many others on this site. I will try to remain positive carmie, its very hard for me, but fear is so draining, I so want too see my life and world better. Thank You Hugs!
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Deb,
Done it with no complications.  Very professional staff, and cookies and coffee at the end of it, taking public transit home.
 
Sounds like you're in that panic cycle, and I wish I could help you find the the "eye of the torrents" swirling around you.
 
The "fear goggles" thread started by Samantha is an attempt to help us, and we often focus on the negative.  eg.  For procedures, surgery, one has to focus on the positive outcome for the reason that things usually work, Deborah.
 
I know I have "prickly" personality, and no-one wants to be around me. 
 
So I'm trying to pull those negative spikes out one at a time...and see the world better.
 
It's hard isn't it....let's work at it thoughWho else do we have
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Hello Everyone,
 
I wanted to ask the other members, if you all do not mind if they ever had a procedure done that entailed a camera down your throat or a tube inserted in your nose down to your throat and vocal cords? I think its called a langoscopy"? spelling?
 
If you read my other posts I have been suffering with severe panic, depression and health anxiety for the past year, very badly. I feel like my "worst fears have come true" I always worried something was terribly wrong with me and now I think its come true! I got sick at the end of Feb and I did go to the doctor, he said I had broncitis and laryingitis and I took a ten day course of antibotics, the broncitis cleared up, it took awhile but it finally went away but the laryingiits has not, in fact it is worse, I squeak when I talk and its painful, I feel like I have a lump in the left side of my throat when I swallow and it radiates to my ear?! I have tried honey and lemon and not talking, gargling etc....and nothing helps and its scaring me too death that its laranyx cancer or throat cancer, it got a little better last week then came back again and the Doctor says antibotics do not cure lariygitis which I do know, and I googled it and terrified myself, I am crying all the time out of fear and when I am not crying I am sleeping so I do not have too feel the pain, I see my nurse for my meds thursday but she cannot help me with the throat, if I go to ER could they look down my throat, a ENT doctor I know could take weeks and I am afraid anyway to go.
 
I read about the "complications" of a layronscopy and they are terrible, bleeding from the throat or nose, breathing problems due too the antheisia and others bad ones, my Mother died during surgery and I do not want too make that mistake, she trusted her Doctor so much and it turned out terribly, she was so young and beautiful and much much stronger than I am.
 
Did anyone here ever have a tube down their throats or nose? Did it hurt? and do you have too be put completely UNDER too have it done, I think that is what is scaring me the most going under and not waking up just like my Mother, I know that is rare but it can happen, did anyone ever lose thier voices for a month with a sore in the throat and it went away and it was not anything bad? Any help would be so appreciated right now, just me walking in the Doctors office I feel I would make a complete fool of myself and they would send me away not wanting to deal with some hysterical scared woman, and I dont think I would blame them. I am afraid of the procedure but afraid of the cancer, I am praying this goes away so I do not die.

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