I had my infusion in Boston yesterday. My brother got the day off of work to come with me because my father bailed. We had a nice time, everything went fine, it's just exhausting.
I'm going to have transportation issues now that my brother has gone back to work. The social worker at the MS Ctr. doesn't think it's safe for me to take the train either. She's going to look into other options. In the meantime, I have another appointment there on the 5th. I guess I'll figure something out.

I tried calling the gyn's office yesterday, and it went straight to voicemail, but I finally got someone to answer via the urgent extension. The appointment secretary finally got on and told me she did her part by handing my info off to a nurse when she got the message. Anyways, I ended up giving her the where and when for the CAT scan. She said she'd pull the report, show it to the gyn to see if she wants to see me before May, and call me back today.

Thanks for your input on therapists, Bizi. And thank you Mari for all the info.

I have an appointment with the pdoc on Monday, and will run everything by her. I'm sure she'll tell me I need therapy- and I need to make an appointment.

One of my issues with the interim tdoc is that she has a lot of questions about medical issues. And of course, a big part of what's weighing on me right now is medical crap. She also wants to go into detail about my family and childhood- complex people and dynamics. Either way, I'm answering questions for her benefit, and haven't been able to address the things that have been troubling me.
The other big issue is since she is a substance abuse specialist, all roads lead to that. Last time I saw her, she took issue with the fact that I drank 4 beers in a week- 2 on Fri, 2 on Sat. When I told her that I hardly fit the guidelines for alcoholism, she said most female alcoholics don't drink every day. My response: my mother did. That probably didn't help.

I'll probably have to see her again. I'll be more assertive as you suggested, Mari. But if it's more of the same, I won't be seeing her again.

By 3:30 the gyn's office hadn't called, so I called again and had to leave a message basically saying "please call me back either way."
A receptionist called me back just before 5... she had no idea why I was calling, couldn't tell me if anyone did pull my CAT scan results, or if the gyn saw it. She told me my gyn would be back in the office on WEDNESDAY...
To make a long story short, she finally said she would ask a doctor or NP to review the results and call me Monday morning. I have little faith that that call will actually happen.

I'm beyond frustrated! Maybe both cysts just need to be followed. I don't know. All I need is for someone to look at the CAT scan results and tell me either way.

The office policy is to respond to non-routine appointment requests by the end of the business day... The appointment scheduler hasn't even set an appointment for an available spot "at the end of April."
If I don't get some kind of answer Monday, I'm going to call and speak with the practice manager.

I'm just ******.

Kay

I would be royally upset by now. You are using much more patience than
I would have. I too would be calling the office manager.

Then a new Gyn. for a appointment.

Donna:grouphug:

Dear Kay,

That office stinks.
'Sorry you have to wait through the weekend.


M.

I would start looking for a new one. I am sorry you have to go through this.
bobby

Kay,
Maybe you should cancel with her.
She does not want to make adjustments to your needs / goals.

I would cancel rather that be annoyed yet again by her.


M.

Mari,

I am going to run the tdoc issue by my pdoc tomorrow. I'm usually very good with staying on a therapy schedule.... I guess I'm turned off. Pdoc may send me to someone else. We'll see....

I've decided that if that bleeping gyn office doesn't call me by noon tomorrow, I'm going down there!

oh kay, I hope you get some answers tomorrow.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

The receptionist I spoke to on Friday was good to her word. She called me this morning to tell me that the "results from (the hospital) just became available this morning," and she sent the info to my gyn, who would call me.

The gyn said that she wasn't very concerned by what she saw. It looks like I also have fibroids now, too. She's ordering an ultrasound as a baseline- to be repeated in 6-8 weeks.

I'm happy it's not bad news, and some of my anxiety has been allieviated.
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My pdoc was out sick today. I'll call tomorrow to reschedule.

I have to drive myself to my appointment tomorrow because no one is available to take me. I'm anxious about that. I hope I'm just in and out before I get too tired.