A rant if you will…
I am currently in a full blown ocd/anxiety spiral about getting a mammogram. I’m not one to go to the doctor hardly at all so anytime I do go, I get insane anxiety. My issue now is I don’t want a mammogram. I’m 46, not had one in 3 years, but my health anxiety is saying if you don’t go it’ll be bad. I don’t want to go. It is truly a vicious cycle. I check my breasts obsessively to the point they hurt. I don’t know if I can break out without going.
I also don’t think it’s fair that men aren’t pushed to have all these screenings and tests. I feel like my female parts are ticking time bombs and I don’t know if I can get these mammograms every single year!
Then I see things saying they cause harm so what do you do???
I know I’m not alone, I just feel like no one talks you through this. You just turn 40 and you’re thrown into the system.