A quick update. When I saw the doctor they took blood for routine testing. I have been really worried about that since and even had the Do-Not-Disturb turned on my phone, so I didn't have to deal with them directly and could call back when I was prepared. Today, 2 weeks later, they left a VM saying everything was normal and that I could call if I have questions.

I've been so very worried about those for the entire 2 weeks. I have health anxiety and the paperwork I filled out gave me some pretty serious things to worry about that I hadn't even considered. Once he said that my back would just take some time to heal at my age, the pain almost disappeared, but then my anxiety shifted to worrying full time about these other things. I hate that my anxiety can shift tactics on me so quickly. But, so far, it's been wrong about health issues every time. I know that's not always going to be the case, but for today I am very relieved.