I Was Going to Take a Few Days Off-Maybe I Was Just Scaring Myself, but I Planned to Get a Gastroscopy Next Week

I planned to get a gastroscopy sometime in the next few days. Apparently, there were preliminary tests to do first, and with it being the weekend, I didn't know the exact timing.

But after reading Baidu entries, I started scaring myself. I was genuinely terrified that I might have some serious illness—that was the real reason I wanted to take time off!

My stomach had never been very good, and the symptoms had become worse this year.

But when I looked up whether tests like a blood count could confirm the condition and allow for the right treatment, an entry about early-stage stomach cancer popped up, and I could no longer stay calm!

Serious stomach illnesses, including early-stage stomach cancer, had symptoms very similar to indigestion...

I just couldn't handle it at all!

On top of that, even after taking medicine for quite a while, I still had some acid reflux. And now I didn't even know whether the vomiting was caused by my throat or my stomach!

It had left me completely on edge.

Maybe I was just scaring myself. Go ahead and say I was timid!

But I had never undergone tests for internal organ function before. If I didn't get checked with symptoms like these, it would be very hard for me to calm down!

My mental state was already not very good for all kinds of reasons. As the doctor had said, if I kept bottling things up like this, I might become depressed.

I was trembling even now, terrified that I was the unlucky one!

But if I didn't get examined, I was afraid I would keep being scared!

I admitted that the reason I had avoided hospitals before was partly because I didn't dare face reality, and partly because I knew nothing about serious