Monday, March 30, 2015

Worry Wart?

You know me when someone in authority tells you something you have a tendency to believe them verbatim; not necessarily true.

I saw a PA, physician's assistant in my overbooked Dr. Nord's office Friday late afternoon for my problem who was very capable and thorough, no problem there, I had called that morning, after all.

After she did all the appropriate examinations and test, she put in the referral via fax for the gastroenterologist for my way overdue consultation and colonoscopy, it had been since 2002 when I had my last one and polyps were biopsied and found to be benign, thankfully.

I had lost a first cousin from colon cancer back in 1986 in his fifties then and more recently my niece who also died from this insidious disease thirteen days before her fifty-first birthday in 2006. She was my nineteen years my senior half brother's daughter who was only five years younger than me. Now with my cousin who is doing our genealogy verifying that we are Ashkenazi Jews whom historically have a more likely sadly contraction to three cancers: breast, ovarian as well as colon. No one knows why this is only that it is similar to all genetic anomalies that seems to be not uncommon for us including the BRCA 2 gene that is also unhappily amongst us.

So I was told that the gastro's office would call today, or so I thought.

And I reread my copy which did say they would call me but also said if they had trouble making an appointment to call my referring doctor. Meanwhile I didn't know why I couldn't just call, hmm?
So I called after nine A.M. and no one answered the line only a recording stating their office hours to call then, but it started at nine and it was after.
I called back my dr's office and got a grumpy woman who said to wait till they call.
I do not have a HMO I have a PPO which allows me to make my own doctors' appointments without needing a referral from a gatekeeper, I thought maybe they were confused.


So I did wait most of the day, took the phone with me even in the bathroom during my shower and outside when taking Gus out since Hubby was gone for the day keeping our promise to our son moving his 365 Pearson Ketch from Palmetto Florida to Apollo Beach where he will be living aboard moving it via the waterways, an all day event/ promise that I felt  he should keep and so he did, he's on his way home now, lotsa PICS taken for tomorrow's night's blog.

I called my doctor's this afternoon to get permission to call the gastro's office, okay not true, but asked why I couldn't/shouldn't?
The two I spoke with there said sure I could, but it usually takes a few days before they call back, and I said WHAT???
I wasn't told that.

I was called today, this morning, to verify my neuro appointment for Wednesday that was made six months ago, but I rescheduled that due to not knowing when I was going to be going to the gastro's appointment, before this new info was given to me late afternoon around three thirty.

Oops, when I finally spoke with the appointment gal at the gastro's office she said that they make all their appointments on Fridays!
I said that I was worried and foolishly told this person my symptoms which she promptly gave me her diagnosis of hemorrhoids!
I said that she is probably right, but even so I was concerned and she offered me two dates for an appointment, one in the wee hours of the morning of next Monday that Hubby would never go for and the following week at mid-morning, and so I took that one, two weeks from today.
Another medical tidbit/dx from this receptionist was, if I begin to hemorrhage profusely that I should go to the ER, duh?
And is it even legal for her to diagnose future clients? Methinks NOT!
Hope the doctor is better than his office personnel, worried...


Fortunately, my situation seems once again to have stalled plumbing functioning wise.
Each day is different, fever, tummy pain, and the above mentioned, so on that note allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very good night and ask you all to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages with you know whom and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!

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