anxiety about hemoptysis

Hi all, I've struggled with general anxiety off and on, so I know part of my fear is related to that. But I often have a lot of anxiety about having an episode of hemoptysis. I had my first hemoptysis while I was at work a few years ago and really freaked me out. I luckily got it under control and snuck out of work a little early without anyone really noticing anything was wrong. But I was quite shaken up by the experience, especially because I felt so alone at work by myself. Then over this past summer, I woke up in the morning to a bout of hemoptysis. I felt lucky to have been at home when it happened where my spouse was able to reassure me that things would be ok. Then just this week, I woke up in the morning again with a very small bleed. I ended up working from home to keep an eye on it. But all week I have had a hard time not worrying about it happening again. And I'm particularly worried about it happening while I'm at work or in a place where I'll be alone. And I'm also concerned that one of these times it's going to be a larger bleed and turn into more of an emergent situation. Am I just being overly dramatic? Or does anyone else have these fears?
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