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ashenfang
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Hello all. I am a 28 year old male who isn't new to anxiety, but lately have been having some pretty bad panic attacks related to medical stuff. Because of a pain in my shoulder/back for a couple years i developed an OCD about it thinking it was something serious (like cancer). This led me to have 3 chest xrays, 1 back xray, a cervical mri, and as of late a chest CT scan. All were normal except the MRI which showed a t1-t2 disc protrusion. Doc says this is where the pain is comming from.
However, with OCD anxiety, its always trying to find the neg in everything. Even though the Chest CT was medically unwarranted, it was free for a lung screening trial the imaging center was having. My results were clear, but now my fear/anxiety is that my CT results were mixed up with someone else (yeah I know how that sounRAB) The trigger for that I think came from the report because it said i was a 16 pack year ex smoker, when I really am a 8 pack year ex smoker, so immediately my mind started to say "well they got your info screwed up with someone else". Even though on this report my name, dob, age, sex, ect is listed on it. So for re-assurance to myself, what is the probability that a CT scan/report gets mixed up between patients?
My mother has been helpful with me on this. She told me, "if you have had 4 x rays, mri, and CT scan in the last year and a half, and they were all clear, how can you think there is still something seriously wrong?" Which, when you start to think like that, it makes it more rational.
However, with OCD anxiety, its always trying to find the neg in everything. Even though the Chest CT was medically unwarranted, it was free for a lung screening trial the imaging center was having. My results were clear, but now my fear/anxiety is that my CT results were mixed up with someone else (yeah I know how that sounRAB) The trigger for that I think came from the report because it said i was a 16 pack year ex smoker, when I really am a 8 pack year ex smoker, so immediately my mind started to say "well they got your info screwed up with someone else". Even though on this report my name, dob, age, sex, ect is listed on it. So for re-assurance to myself, what is the probability that a CT scan/report gets mixed up between patients?
My mother has been helpful with me on this. She told me, "if you have had 4 x rays, mri, and CT scan in the last year and a half, and they were all clear, how can you think there is still something seriously wrong?" Which, when you start to think like that, it makes it more rational.