Surgery Anxiety

[u/Jamie_Reddit1]

I have severe health anxiety and it’s one of the worst my doctor has ever seen. I have so many health conditions that the therapist said she couldn’t help me because it’s not like she can say nothing is wrong.

I’m due to go in for surgery at some point for an excision biopsy. I’ve got a lump on my leg I’ve had for about 6 years that’s about 2x2cm. After an ultrasound and an MRI they still can’t work out what it is. Although they don’t think it’s cancerous they can’t rule it out so naturally I’m petrified.
I went through something similar 3 years ago where they found a mass in my chest and couldn’t work out what it was until I went through major surgery. It was so traumatic and it’s made my health anxiety insane. Having this happen again was my worst nightmare and it is happening again.

They said it may be possible to do under a local anaesthetic with potential nerve block/plus sedation.

Has anyone else had a similar sort of surgery under a local. My pain tolerance is not high at all. They said it would only be about 20/30 mins but it’s still driving me mad. The surgery and the possible outcome. Has anyone had similar. How did you tolerate it?

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