I am absolutely petrified of surgery and fear i may have it someday. Iworry most!

Question: I am absolutely petrified of surgery and fear i may have it someday. Iworry most about hookin up to machine?

My biggest fear is the ickyness of the tubes down your throat - especially with a breathing machine - i find it disguisting and icky. Does it hurt? I never used to worry about this problem until only recently and i am so nervous i keep having dihhorreah etc.I have recently developed a sort of fear of surgery if it were to come to that someday (Im a little bit squeamish) is it really that bad? What is it like to be knocked out? Does an operation hurt? I am afraid of getting old and getting disease.
Here are some things that help me cope (are they good thinking strategies?)
- i am unlikely to need an operation
- operations wont hurt as i am knocked out
- i am fit and healthy
- i have my parents support
- my freinds have turned out fine
-i do not need an opration
-its always worse than it actually is

My worst fear is the tubing that gets inserted into your throat or whatever - i am scared incase it goes wrong and cuts my throat. Its all a bit icky. Also i uterly freaked out when my mum told me you had to be hooked up to a machine in order for you to breath - this scares me THE MOST i probs wont feel it but even still

Also, i have never been knocked out before and i find the whole process a bit scary - the drip and the cold liquid running up my arm is so disguistig and icky - is it a nice feeling of being knocked out with drugs?
I dont wanna get myself into a negative state and just enjoy my life
My mum said that the chances of me having an operation are very slim. Is this true? I trust my mum.

Can anyone help me cure my horrible fear once and for all thx

Answers:

Any tubing that might ever get inserted into your throat won't cut it. Usually before surgery they give you a shot, and one minute you're awake and the next the surgery is over. You won't even know you went out. An IV drip is neither disgusting or icky, and you certainly won't feel any cold liquid running up your arm. You won't feel anything running up your arm from it at all. I know. I've had IV's more than once, and blood transfusions too. You won't know anything that goes on in surgery anyway because you will not be awake. You are worrying about things you don't need to at this point. If the time comes when you need surgery, you'll find out it's not anything like you think it is, and then you'll be wondering why you wasted time worrying about it in the first place.

you do obsess. get a different hobby. i,ve had many surgeries. they are usually uneventful. i even lost my fear of needles and blood draws.

stop obsessing over these things... especially if ur not even likely to have a surgery anytime soon... i have had alot of surgeries and came out just fine... its just not a big deal

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