My PCP is a nice guy, I like him. He's older, near retirement age. He was a medic/doctor in the Vietnam War. He has a couple of grandkids now, I think he should retire and move to Florida to be near them...

Now to the point of my post. He tests too much sometimes and it's starting to bother me. It gets to the point that he scares me that something bad is wrong. When I had GERD, he put me through a battery of heart tests, I was worried for weeks. I ended up going to a different doctor and clinic to get tested and treated for the GERD because of it. Also because we don't have a gastro doctor on staff at our hospital...

So, I went to get my quarterly blood tests last week, the liver panel necessary for the Tysabri treatment. He also did my cholesterol check, which was fine. He had me repeat my CBC tests because my WBC levels are "off". So he called me yesterday, and said they're still "off". He wants a repeat in two weeks. If they're still "off", I'll need a full hematology workup. See where I'm going with this? Is he just making a mountain out of a molehill to do a bunch of tests?

Once when I was in the lab, I told the tech I was there for a recheck, she said, Oh, you must have Dr. ***. (she smiles)

I said so, he orders lots of tests? She said, yes, but if you get really sick, he's the one you want.

So, I guess I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place with dear old Dr. ***. God bless him, he sure can stress me out with the tests. But he sure came through when I had a medical emergency once.

I suppose if I don't go back for the retest in two weeks, it will really, really be something serious this time, eh?