@RickiTarr I used to be afraid of doctors and dentists myself but it kind of wore off once I got older. My best friend pretty much died from her fear of doctors which definitely strengthened my resolve to follow the genuine (peer reviewed) research. A quick tip: use Scholar Google when you're looking up something to get to the peer reviewed stuff. Some of it will be behind a paywall but they almost always at least give you the abstract which can give you the gist.
@isotope239 Yeah the more I've gone the easier it's been, I still get some anxiety before, but I no longer spend weeks in dread.