After months and seeing PCP, acupuncturist, phy therapy, etc.. I finally was approved for an MRI.
Sat afternoon I had the MRI at local hospital.. Specialist was home eating dinner and didn;t want to be bothered to come to the hospital to reads the results... I made a BIG loud stink and basically told the attending to tell that doctor to get his ass in here. Doc comes in, tells me there is a high 'growth' on my spine. He said he called the head neurosurgeon at STRONG HOSPITAL in Rochester who told him either put me in an ambulance immediately and send me to strong... OR.. OR get this.. OR to come into his office in ROCH Monday morning !!! I called my former PCP, a good friend, he said the local hospital was covering their ass about the ambulance and to go to office MOnday.
I did. the neurosurgeon said he NEVER said to hop in an ambulance. Anyway I had difuse large B-cell lymphoma Stage 2.. really stage 1.. I had 3 months of chemo and lumbar punctures and a bone marrow aspiration. and so far I' fine.
#2----2017 I had 2 cataract surgeries... results were not as dramatic as friends who had the same, but still better... During the 1st eye surgery I could "see' a color kaleidescope. During the 2nd eye surgery I saw a black and white one. I mentioned this to the doc after, He told me ."No, impossible. Both would have been the same." Yeah, yell. Just let me outta here. Thew day AFTER my 2nd one I developed what was diagnosed as "Bell's Palsy" on the same side of my face.. Doc said no connection.. Hu,,mmmmm maybe
Couple months later I was shopping for a trip to Portugal the next day. Suddenly my most recently operated on eye went blurry blurry blurry.. had to drive home like that.. Went to the Doc.. it IS common to develop scar tissue after cataract surgery and they can laser it out, which he did. BUT, he told me it did NOT come on suddenly, I just didn;t notice.. Fuck that shit, asshole..!!
#3----Last week, Sun July 7th- 2 hours after I went to sleep I woke up with an excruciatingly painful throat.. could barely swallow…. Never experienced anything like it.
My PCP was on vacation ( he is good), so I got an apt at the same practice with a PA..They are very good at getting you in if needed…. She said it was a sore throat! No way ! She did a swab, it came back negative for strep throat.. the SERIOUS lab test takes…. TWO DAYS !!! I go home, gets worse…much worse. I went back Wed. saw one of the doc, a new one,, too young... Also did a swab and RAPID result said NO strep..!! said she would ‘treat it’ as strep and gave me a script for amoxicillin. By that night I could not even swallow the pill..Mucous coming up and down every 15 seconds, all night.... By thurs am I had not eaten for 3 ½ days( best way to lose weight, BTW) BUT, worse, had not been able to drink anything other than to take some pills Mon-Wed.. PAINFUL !!! Getting concerned about dehydration…
Finally Fri, over the objection of the stupid receptionist on the phone… I INSISTED they let me come in again… saw another doc, another good one. She looked in my throat and said Yikes ! That looks terrible. No wonder you are in so much pain !!!!! LOL.. I liked her right away…
Gave me a script for liquid amoxicillin.( OH—where the 1st doc said I would have to go to the ER for an amoxicillin IV if I could not swallow the pills.. WTF???) So this 3rd doc said throat ulcers!!! The worst she had ever seen.
Point being, I SHOULD have gotten a better diagnosis on monday but the PA didn;t know what the fuck she was doing... I WOULD have had the amoxicillan 2 days earlier...
Anyway, better now, but, as I said.. you have to Beat them with a stick !!!!
Not as serious as your situationm but same condition....
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