Well, it was testing week to see who is right – me or my gynecologist. I was hoping to walk away with some answers today, but apparently that is not how the system works 😡.
For those who missed my “Getting Back on Track” post, I mentioned that I was having a disconcerting health issue in my southern region. And since I don’t like to leave My Lovelies hanging here is the first follow-up to my misadventures with health care.
Today I was scheduled for and internal ultrasound to determine if there was anything amiss. I have had them in the past, so not to concerning. Settled in for a quick appointment with a great ultrasound tech and as we finished, I asked what next? Is she going to tell me what she saw? Because that’s what I’ve experienced in the past with these things. But of course not, that would be too streamlined 😒. She just takes the images, gives them to her doctor, he/she (?) then reads them and tells my doctor who will then inform me in two weeks 🙄. This is what modern medicine has turned into!!! We aren’t making it easier (or less expensive really) to see a doctor when issues arise 🤬🤬 (lest we forget it took 2 phone calls and some begging to convince them I needed an appointment in the first place).
I am usually a proponent of doctors – I go to both my GYN and primary care once a year. I do my mammogram faithfully every year, and you ladies know that ain’t a lot of fun. But with the changes in how insurance operates, with higher co-pays, large deductibles to meet and corporate hospitals running things, it’s a wonder anyone ever goes!?! It’s sure making me rethink everything.
So, I still have no news but the meds the doctor gave me 2 weeks ago seem to be helping and I’m not experiencing any pain, so there’s that. Hopefully in 2 weeks (and a 3rd $60 copay later 🙄) I’ll have some answers. And not that I want to have an issue, but I do want something to be found, just to prove my doctor wrong for telling me what I was experiencing “normal” 😜. Yes, I’m petty like that 😁.
Here’s hoping 🤞!
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