I had surgery to remove my prostrate in September 2022 and now have 6 monthly blood tests and reviews with my surgeon.
So far so good. I thought that as time went on the anxiety in the build up to this test would ease as I “got used to having it”. In reality it is getting worse as time goes on . I have anxiety for at least a month before which builds to complete stress in the week before as I wait the results.
i am having counselling to help with this but part of that is to understand if others have the same issues as me and what they have found to help them through the five years of tests
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