Visit with subbing GP (my GP is away) - some GOOD news for a change
 

Fortunately in the evening i managed to get to the subbing GP's office for my Topamax which is nearly out.

Her waiting room is very warm unfortunately. I have had to bail out on waiting before and drag my sorry butt home clinging to walls, rails, whatever, walking like a drunk. Not sure why I didn't call someone may didn't have phone.

Today I dowsed my head before going, and mom came with me anyway, but I lucked out - empty office so no wait!

This doc is more thorough than my GP, and is a pdoc so she "gets" my meds. I talked to her the stupid dizziness and faintness and drops in BP. she said she would want to run some labs. (OMG! a doc who wants labs?, srsly?? :thud:) She said to ask my GP when he gets back. I said he was not much for labs - could she not script them now? She had to suppress a smile. She explained they could be inconclusive during the warm weather so best to wait. (I think if she'd scripted them now for later it would have been stepping on toes.)

However she did suggest things to try. of course it is still a wait and see and observe whether or not it helps.

~ waves ~
so relieved have Topamax... that was the last of the meds i needed, i am set for a while...

Dear Waves, :hug: :hug: :hug:

I looked up PST --- very interesting. That would be cool perhaps.

Keep yourself safe. When one joint is weak, the rest of the body needs to be paying attention so that it can compensate in an appropriate way.

About ten or more years ago I had a knee that was injured and that over a period of years seems to have recovered. . . .telling you this even though I do not remember my exact MRI dx and that it the injury is probably not the same as yours.

I had a loser for an orthoped. I did things to treat myself. I was very aware when I was moving through the world during the day that I had to take care of that knee and the other knee. I did workarounds --- not unlike we do for our mental state.

I hope you get good treatment and I hope that you get better.

M

Waves,

. . . . . such an amazing relief to be "set for a while" with the meds. Kudos for getting through the med round for now.

That's cool that the GPs office was staffed by a pdoc for your visit.
I hope that you can get some tests.

Good luck with these things she suggested to try. :heartthrob: :heartthrob: :heartthrob:

Mari

glad that you were able to get the topamax, that is a relief.
Very sorry that your pdoc dissappointed you so. Did you tell him how you felt? or was this after the fact that you felt this way. Maybe you could write him a note??????
It hurts to be let down.
bizi

clarifying: my gp's office not "staffed" by a pdoc as a sub... it's like this:

this other gp is a regular gp in this town. she and my gp take on each others pts when the other is on vacation. her office is very hot and far away makes it hard for me to reach/deal with right now. my reg gp very close and has ac. but she is much better doctor and it only summer once a year and i'm not usually like this. if i can swithc i will.

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my pdoc. as i said before. the way i feel right now, i never want to see him again. Add: nor have any sort of contact be it in the form of telephone, little written notes, emails, text messages, or smoke signals.

as i said before i will post later (when i'm good and ready) and tell what happened.

not willing to discuss before as i am just a tad still bent over double in disbelief at what he did but it's part of a bigger context.

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Mari - yes i know what you mean about "workarounds" for the knee and i've been learning those - also been trying to take care of both becuse too easy to end up messing up other knee by weight shifting - thing i did that with myfeet years ago.

ok outta hear i really relaly gotta slepi tol d my mom flat out NO MOVIE tonight. i can't deal.

thanks all of you again for your support and reading all my annoying posts about my stupid annoying health crap. :(

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

waves

Dear Waves, :hug: :hug: :hug:

I understood about the GP being on vacay.

Yes. Absolutely. Both sides of the body need to carry us.

These kinds of posts are fine. Let us know what is going on with you to the degree that you want to talk about it.

M

Waves

Definately a need to switch to this GP doc if possible.

Next, when your good and ready is fine to give a account of what happened.

It sounds like a dozzy.

Donna:grouphug::hug:

thanks for your note.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

I am so sorry that you are going or have been going through such a rotten period....it seems to be going on and on with no relief. we love you.
love
bobby I am sorry i don't have anything wise to say but boy am i wishing you well.

Dear Bobby
Thanks for writing. yes it is has been one thing and another and another and i feel like i can't even write about it all coz i am afraid of more questions than i can handle.

I can feel your good vibes. often i too don't know what to say and so don't post to you often and sometimes feel bad, so i can relate to that. but don't feel bad, fwiw - i know what you mean! haha, like minds or however the saying goes. ;) :hug::hug: anyway i know you are rooting for me and i love you too. :heartthrob:
love
~ waves ~ counting down the days they say after this week we should have big rains and a cooldown i sure hope so.

then i am going to do two things:

1. go to the hx (multiple times if need be) to see if this other GP (the one who subs for mine) is available - she never is, but one has to keep checking)...

2. go to the state psych center (near the hx) initiate to have them take over my psychiatric care.

i was just reading your thread about the therapist that you will not be seeing any more. i have to read back a little more to see... if you decided are you still keeping doctor M even tho isn't he going to be in harlem too? it seems like the winds of change just took out both our therapists. prollem is my therapist IS my pdoc so ZAPPO 2 birds in mycase.

love

waves