So, I finally got through to my Dr.'s office on Monday to find out why I was needing to be seen on Tues.
*Did I mention that I saw him at church on Sunday and asked him if I should be concerned? As he continued to walk past me, he turned around to look at me and said no. That gave me a little relief but peeked my curiosity a little more as to why I would need an appt. if there wasn't anything wrong.
Come to find out, I just need to keep my business to myself. When my family Dr. found out that I had gone to see another Dr., he realized I hadn't been in to see him in a while and he just wanted to follow up. There was no reason for concern, but he just wanted to see what was going on. I politely explained to the lady on the phone (which also goes to our church) that I don't have the time to spend over an hour in the waiting room with 2 small kids just for the Dr. to ask me what's been going on when the CT scan shows there nothing to be concerned about. So, I cancelled my appt. and went out of town to see a friend in the hospital.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wait & See
When I was 8 months pregnant, I felt an odd discomfort right below my left rib cage. I didn't think anything of it thinking it was from the pregnancy. Well, baby L is now 8 months old I have had the same discomfort on several occasions. The most recent was when I was working at the gym two weeks ago.
I talked to a friend of mine that is a nurse and she suggested that it could be a hernia. Once again, I put it off. Finally, last week, I decided to go to the Dr. to see what they thought. I chose not to go to my family Dr. because the wait is always too long, but to go to a local walk-in instead. M and I have used the Urgent Care walk-in Dr. before and we both like him. He seems to really care about his patients, listens to them, and actually knows what he's talking about. Anyway, he said the symptoms I have sounded like a hernia, but since I wasn't able to make it happen again nor could he feel or hear anything abnormal, he ordered a CT scan. I did the scan on Wednesday. The CT scan was easy, drinking the 2 glasses of kool-aid was awful!
That night, I saw my family Dr. at church and asked him who he would recommend for a surgeon. I mentioned that I might have a hernia and surgery might need to be done. I mentioned we were waiting for the CT scan to come back to find out for sure.
Today, I received a call from my family Dr.'s nurse asking for me to make an appointment for a follow-up. I mentioned to her that we were waiting on the CT scan to find out if I actually had a hernia or not. She told me they already had the CT scan and they wanted to see me A.S.A.P. He wasn't able to see me on Friday and I wasn't able to go on Monday, so I am going in on Tuesday. She said I don't have a hernia, but nonchalantly said that I have a cyst on my left ovary but that's no big deal. She said women get them all the time and they come and go. When I asked her why the Dr. wanted to do a follow up, she couldn't really give me an answer. She did tell me that if I get sick or throw up between now and Tues, to call them and let them know as soon as possible.
You know, I'm not worried because I know God is in control, but seriously why would a Dr. that I didn't even go to for initial evaluation want to do a follow up if nothing is wrong? I tried calling him at home a couple of times, but he didn't answer.
I guess we shall see on Tuesday.
I talked to a friend of mine that is a nurse and she suggested that it could be a hernia. Once again, I put it off. Finally, last week, I decided to go to the Dr. to see what they thought. I chose not to go to my family Dr. because the wait is always too long, but to go to a local walk-in instead. M and I have used the Urgent Care walk-in Dr. before and we both like him. He seems to really care about his patients, listens to them, and actually knows what he's talking about. Anyway, he said the symptoms I have sounded like a hernia, but since I wasn't able to make it happen again nor could he feel or hear anything abnormal, he ordered a CT scan. I did the scan on Wednesday. The CT scan was easy, drinking the 2 glasses of kool-aid was awful!
That night, I saw my family Dr. at church and asked him who he would recommend for a surgeon. I mentioned that I might have a hernia and surgery might need to be done. I mentioned we were waiting for the CT scan to come back to find out for sure.
Today, I received a call from my family Dr.'s nurse asking for me to make an appointment for a follow-up. I mentioned to her that we were waiting on the CT scan to find out if I actually had a hernia or not. She told me they already had the CT scan and they wanted to see me A.S.A.P. He wasn't able to see me on Friday and I wasn't able to go on Monday, so I am going in on Tuesday. She said I don't have a hernia, but nonchalantly said that I have a cyst on my left ovary but that's no big deal. She said women get them all the time and they come and go. When I asked her why the Dr. wanted to do a follow up, she couldn't really give me an answer. She did tell me that if I get sick or throw up between now and Tues, to call them and let them know as soon as possible.
You know, I'm not worried because I know God is in control, but seriously why would a Dr. that I didn't even go to for initial evaluation want to do a follow up if nothing is wrong? I tried calling him at home a couple of times, but he didn't answer.
I guess we shall see on Tuesday.
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