Living with Chronic Illness Anxiety

As I continue with more m and medical tests, I look online into possibilities mentioned. Some of them, like RA and AS, mention being difficult to diagnose early on in their progression. As I’ve read this a few times, it’s solidified another anxiety for me: that I have a chronic illness that will continue without much medical intervention for years until it can be diagnosed. The idea of existing at this or a higher level of pain forever scares me so profoundly. As much as I want to accept how things are without hanging onto a desperate hope for change, I struggle to make that happen. The possibility of things changing for the better is one of the primary things that keeps me going.