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Mamas with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders

Health anxiety

How to handle healthy anxiety?

Ever since having my son now he’s 2 I’m constantly worrying about dying and him living without me.

I haven’t made any Dr appts in 2 years and now I started to make all my appts. My next one is mammogram and my head is spinning. I’ve had it done before with a few biopsy’s in the past but my risk for breast cancer is super low. Like 0% I have no family history of cancer in either side of my family so I’ll most likely die from a heart attack.. but I’m just super anxious to go.
I had the biopsy done when I was pregnant because I refused a mammogram while pregnant and my gyno was making me get a sono. I did have a little lump but it was from getting a mold removed and I had some scar tissue. And the imaging center kept insisting I get a Mamo to see what the lump was but I’ve read that if you have dense breast they will send you for a sono because they can’t tell what it is with a mammogram. So then they recommended the biopsy and it was what I thought it was. Anyways now I just have ptsd from that time. After I had my son they kept insisting on the mammogram although I had multiple Sonos and 2 biopsy done. I finally went and all was good.
So now I have an appt Friday and just hoping all is well again so I can ease my brain..