Well, she IS like me. LOL. I am camera shy as well. That's too funny.


Well dang it all, Sandy! I am sorry the doctor turned out to be this way. I know you both must be so disappointed as this dr made things look so promising and hopeful. Sending you big cyber's. Now get on the horn and raise some heck!

Well, it's been two weeks and he hasn't so much as picked up a phone to call us. He's Ok, he's been in and out of the office per his nurses. Not to mention all the speaches he has to do at various conferences. Remember, he's also a medical lawyer. lol According to the nurse yesterday, he claims he hasn't been able to get in touch with infectious disease. Ummm, two weeks? I have the number to the infectious disease docs so I don't understand it all. I know they are human, we all are. Jim and I are probably more patient than we should be. Five years trying to find an answer is pretty long. lol

In my honest opinion, a simple call to say he's trying would have been best. But to tell us to call him and no reply the first week. Then to have called him three times since then is not in keeping with his word. The way I look at it is this. He asked us to call him and he hasn't had the professionalism to call us back yet. We can take our insurance elsewhere and find a doctor who is aggressive in finding out what Jim's problem is. I will not watch Jim go through what he did years ago again. This is how that happened back then. The doctor was too busy to pay attention to what was really going on and missed it.

Can you tell I am ******? Now, Jim's primary has also tried to contact him and he is getting no reply as well. The urologist missed the second micro report that said the med he prescribed for Jim was resistant to the bacteria he has. It amazes me that the primary found this but the urologist didn't or didn't bother to read the second report?

Ok, getting off my soap box. Maybe he'll call and apologize. lol Your right, he better have a good excuse but I doubt it.

Sandy - Don't get off your soapbox! You're on a roll, call the doc now while you are on the soapbox. Also, call and make an appt with the infectious disease doc yourself since you have the number. The heck with waiting. Then call the urologists office and tell them you want a new doctor that has more time in the group and that you scheduled an appt with the infectious disease doc so they need to get the information to that office by the time of Jim's appoint, better yet prior to the appointment.

Well while I was stubbornly trying to save my marriage you guys were right yet again,my husband has been saying how he wanted to get back together, even had me pick out a house to buy etc. and I got a dear John email this morning, apparently he still doesn't know what he wants...he wants to be part of our lives etc...I sent him and his commander an email telling him to stick to the court order...no more no less...because I am officially done with his sorry ***...my self esteem has not hit an all time low and I ain't doin it again!

NaeNae, been there, done that, have proprietary rights to several T-shirt designs reflecting that sentiment as well.

hugs, hang in there, we love you, and are behind you no matter WHAT you choose !!

Renee, thanks for updating us. I just talked with you yesterday too. Wow. No surprise though. Dump him and be done.

Sandy, I think we should all hire you as our medical advocate. I hope that you can find the right doctor. It sounds like this one may be too busy making a name for himself, and not attending to his practice.

Renee, All I can think to say to you is to hang in there and do not allow yourself to be manipulated.

Tricia, Can I hire you to read and grade my papers during the Fall semester?

My update: Went to Weight Watchers today and lost 2.6 pounds this first week. I would have done better, but ate too much of the wrong thing (pad thai) yesterday. I still love my new bed.

Did you all see that that a barrel of oil hit an all time high today (140.00) and they predict it could rise another 30.00 by the end of the summer? Plus, the stock market had its second worse day of the year. That coupled with the fact that the state of Illinois has been rated the worst state in the country for its pension fund for public employess (is years behind in paying its share) means I will never be able to retire.

Congrats on the weight loss Barb! Hey, did you hear that we have the highest gas rates in the whole US? What's up with that? Not to mention my mortgage company is being sued by Illinois too. Sheesh.

is it POSSIBLE to eat too much Pad Thai?



I don't THINK so !!



my honey scrabbles together the very best Pad Thai, considering what he's got to work with here in the jungle...

we grow our own garlic, ginger, tamarind, onions, and stuff...

and we get fresh-made tofu at the market each week.

NaeNae?

may I offer a somewhat obnoxious, but certainly well-meant suggestion?

maybe you can change your user-name here at NeuroTalk, as a first step?

it'll be a start on your new journey of defining yourself, not as someone's "wife" but as YOURSELF, a brave, strong, thoughtful, loving, and kind woman, and a good mother.

maybe the bosses of this board will let you keep all your toys, if they can do that, things like your PMs, and friend-lists, and post-count... and just do a name-switch ??

I work at another board, but it's by "phpBB" - it's pretty simple for me to do name-changes there, for my users...

this board is vBulletin, so I don't know how easy it is, or if it's even possible, or if Admins have the time, but... it wouldn't hurt to ask...