Hugs to you both may I join the crappy day club!
My kids all live in seattle! Out of four I've heard from two! On top of that I've been sick. I've always been healthy energetic for my 65 years. I just had an email from my doctor telling me ! I have gall stones ....explains the pain I've been in for sometime. But my dr emails me tests results rather than call me in for a consultation! Ok I'm on a heating pad ! for the pain. Than he proceeds to tell me that I have plaque in my heart. Some clogging! I'm like you email me to tell me I got gall stones and heart issues! like you did when you ordered me a glucose meter! I pick up my meds and there's a glucometer. I'm like wtf what's this ...few days later I get a call (first). Well anyways I have to wait till office hours to get an explanation. For the gall and heart! He has his gall to send it over email.
I'm thinking what if I had cancer and two months to live! Would he email me and say! Hi mrs doe! I hope you get this email within two months if not! Say hi to god for me. lol
I enjoyed a wonderful banquet TV dinner! And a day laying on a heating pad. But thru it all i feel blessed!!a, because I'm still warm and breathing.
We are all blessed to have you here!!! I am so terribly sorry for you not feeling well, me asking you for advice for my minor issue, two calls instead of four, your choice of dinner, and last but certainly not least your PRIMARY CARE DR. emails you instead of a phone call or bringing you in asap to discuss your results!!!! That is completely unacceptable...I can see a specialist doing something so cold and calloused but not your family doctor (I work for ortho specialists, nothing warm & fuzzy there!), please speak with neighbors and friends and find a new Dr if you can. Again, I am so sorry for all that you are dealing with! Happy Mother's Day to you and it is so good to know that you can find your blessings even when you are down and not feeling well. Our attitude is the most important survival tool we own. If I or any other WS member knew where you lived and I was anywhere close I would happily bring you a nice meal and flowers. (Sorry but it would not be home-made as you would be better off with the Banquet dinner!:floorlaugh
Sending you a huge, heartfelt hug and praying that you feel well soon and get the proper reading of your results soon. xoxo[/QUOTE]
I can't tell from reading this who wrote the part in blue, but I wanted to give whoever wrote it some information about those gall stones. When I had gall stones, I was seeing my doctor's wife (don't laugh) she was also his PA. I was having severe episodes with this. Because I kept complaining about it, she told me that my test had shown "some very small stones", but nothing alarming. She finally agreed to refer me to a surgeon. The surgeon, told me that the larger stones aren't that serious, it's the small ones that cause the problems. That really got away with me! The smaller ones can get into your bile ducts, and that is serious. I had the surgery, and it was nothing. The pain I had with my gall stones was some of the worst pain I've ever experienced. Don't suffer with this! It's such and easy fix, and recovery is very fast.
About the heart problems. I had a heart attack in my mid 40's, due to minimal blockage. I'll be 65 in a few short days, and I've never had any other problems. (ashamed to admit it, but I smoke too) I don't want you to get too depressed over all your medical problems. Just worry about one thing at a time, but get to the surgeon for those gall stones! And one more thing.....get a new doctor!