the docs appt. today
MTripimcca(AT)aol.com
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:54:11 EDT
Hello everyone, I went to my GP this morning and what a joke! The GP was on
vacation, must be nice. Seems like he is on vacation quite a bit this summer.
I have a fever of 100.1 and I thought it was gone. Guess I need a new battery
in my thermometer. I saw NP and what a doosy she is! She told me the office
is not equipped to deal with someone who has all of the problems that I have.
This is how the exam went. It didn't! Didn't take my BP, heart rate, peak
flow, didn't even test my strength, testing my sugar levels or no x-rays, nor
did she order blood tests. I told her I was urinating only twice a day,
having trouble catching my breath, sleeping quite a bit, weak, right lung
hurt, stomach ached and walked in not being able to stand up straight, as well
as having either the Drano affect or not being able to go, and waking up
feeling my right sinus hurting. All she did was look up my nose and ask me to
breath deeply which I could not do. Folks all I could do was to start crying.
I am so fed up! She asked me if I am being treated for TM and I told her the
no and she said she would get me an appt. with the new neuro that the epilepsy
doc found for me, which she did, September 4th! HA! She was aggressive huh!
I am gonna call my old neuro back and see what I can do from here. Feel like
I have no choice I guess. Feel so helpless. Just cannot take it anymore.
When the nurse came back in I asked I told her what happened and she said "she
didn't do a peak flow" and she gave me one and I blew a 300 and as an adult
you should blow a 500 folks to 550. I weigh 120 lbs so that is piss poor.
The second time I blew 250. I begged for a xray and blood work as well as a
urine test to check my sugar levels. I got the xray and they came back
negative for pneumonia thank God. Ya know as my Doctors office I believe it
is their job to be "equipped" to know about me and all of my illnesses. I do
not think that is expecting too much here! They put me on a 10 day therapy of
Cephalexin to kill "whatever" is in my system as they say it is a strong
antibiotic and if I a m not felling better by next week or if my fever gets
higher to call them. Yeah right! Does anyone have any suggestions on what I
should do here! Please I am handling this all wrong? Do I have the wrong
attitude? My instincts tell me it is time to move on, is that wrong? I want
to call Doctor Murray back, ya know the man who didn't detect this and whose
wife/secretary who told me it depended on how high up I was on the priority
list, should I? I need to be treated for this? I am loosing my positive
mental outlook real quick here folks and believe me it takes a real lot!
Counting on all of you fine friends!
Maria