CALLING ALL STAGE I SISTERS
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Ducky: You are indeed fortunate to have this kind of medical care. It doesn't exist here in Florida in the HMO's. My BF tried for years to get a referral to a neurologist to dx his MS and his PCP refused to send him. When he finally got the referral, the PCP said "he's going to check you for MS and you don't have it". Well....unfortunately he did and lost several years of potential treatment because of the stubborn PCP! I wanted to rip that guy a new one when we finally got the dx. As a result....no more HMO's for us. We pay extra to have the PPO.
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Kaara.............that is horrible, and truely what I hear a lot about people and their HMO's....they say to me..........oh my PCP won't give me a referral, or, well he gave me this, or told me to do that...............I think...........your kidding.............mine is so wonderful, and never tries to do what a specialist is the only one qualifed to make a diagnosis...............
So you are right, I think sometimes its their "ego's" that won't let them send you packing to a specialist......................My PCP, is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Dr., probably more qualified then your common FP, and he still won't hang on to you................well let me say this................if he did, I would stand my ground, and insist, eventually calling the Insurance company, and demanding to see a specialist........................if that failed, I would have changed Insurance companies, and probably got a PPO...................of course that was then.............now no one would touch me with a 10 foot pole, especially with a heart problem and cancer...........................Aetna would love to get rid of me I'm sure.........hahha
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Good Morning.....
As I said before my Insurance changed and I went to meet my new Primary last Thursday........
I was having some issues...like cold sweat...palpitations but not daily and when i took my anxiety pill...i was fine.........I mentioned this to the DR......my heart was beating fine and no irregular beats or anything....
Then he was asking me about certain tests when was the last time i had them...including Mammo....
He said he was gonna order an ECG.....I thought he meant EKG which I get it with my annual exams......no he meant the one with the US.......OK yesterday i got that
the technician who did it said the Cardiologist will read and get in touch with you........
Then I'm thinking if the girl saw something alarming they wouldn't let me go home right/
I'm a nervous wreck.....i will be so embarrassed if everything is fine...
I didn't change any medication...increase or decrease........
Thank You Sisters.........
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Sheila - sending prayers and hugs. Never ever be embarrassed about pressing doctors for answers. We have read all too many times espeicially here on this site that you have to be your own advocate.
Kaara - that is horrible and a perfect example of why we need to press for answersand follow our own instincts.
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Sheila, If everything is fine, be grateful not embarrassed. You definitely have/had symptoms which warranted investigation. Here's hoping it fine!
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I know I am very lucky to have the PCP that I do. I had been seeing his partner, a very good DR for several years when I got acute pancreatitis in 1999. She was off the day I called because of the sudden terrible pain so he was the admitting Dr at the hospital an literally saved my life. He is a Dr of internal medicine and a very good diagnostician. He is also very highly respected in the medical community. Several of my clients are hospital nurses and call him the best PCP on the harbor. When I had a gall bladder attack in 2002 my nurse friends recommended Dr M as the best surgeon on the habor but warned me he was semi-retired and taking very few new patients. PCP told me the same, and said he had intended to ask but that Dr M's partner was second best so I would still be in good hands. I got Dr M and still have him. I have since discovered that my PCP always chooses the best in the field for his referrals.
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((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Sheila)))))))))))))))))))) xoxoxoxo0
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Never be embarrassed Sheila.........................screw the people who say we're drama queens.......................when I want answers, I want answers......................my body, my health, my life, ..............and my test...............so you had better give me "my answers"...................
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Don't be embarassed Sheila! How are you supposed to know if you don't get it checked out? I would also add that if you hadn't heard anything, that could be good news (hopefully!). A friend of ours had that test done, and they sent him immediately to the hospital because they knew there was a problem....no going home first! My FIL also had that test done and the doctor called within minutes of him arriving home and told him to get to the hospital so in my experience, they usually act quickly if the techs see something they don't like.
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Thank You one million times to all my friends here♥
Today was MH Day......She was thinking that I'm in the middle of a bad Panic Attack and she wants me up the Anxiety med slightly.
She said the same thing that if something was seriously wrong they wouldn't sent me home...........
I'm little calmer know......Thank You again from the bottom of my heart for being there for me.
Love & Hugs♥
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YAY!!!! good news Sheila....now do what the Dr. says or im gonna come to pay you a visit.Serious.....please keep us posted.....often....you dont want me to have a panic attack....altho i only had one in my life I know how it feels.
(((((((((((((((((((((((((Ducky)))))))))))))))))))))))))))
all my sistas....luv ya K
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Sheila hope all your test come out OK. ((((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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wow...so much going on....I agree - never be embarrassed that it is "nothing" and always be grateful that you went. Until BC, I put everything off. I tend to wait and wait...I don't want to do that any more. There are many causes of anxiety and not just MH - there are physical causes. Ruling out cardiac issues is a wonderful thing to do. I feel so much more peaceful since I agreed to have the cardiac cath in January. I put it off for 6 years. I was a huge PITA before and during....but they found nothing! So it was all worth it to know that after abusing my body for so many years, my heart and arteries are still good for awhile.
Hugs for all.....
JoanK - u made me smile with your threat to pay a visit!
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I had my heart checked after my surgery with the thought that I was going to do rads and wanted a baseline for my heart's condition. It was fine, but then I decided to forego the rads anyway.
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Just a thought....my DD had anxiety with similar symptoms that Sheila describes....she used to go to the ER all the time...and it would go away. She also has Crohn's disease....now it is being said that both anxiety/panic symptoms and digestive track diseases are associated with Lyme's disease. So there are many things to rule out....but the symptoms are not trivial and deserve to be correctlly diagnosed.
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Yay Sheila! I'm glad you got good news...though I know that panic attacks are a pain.
One year today since my diagnosis...I'm thankful for another year of life! But I'm also glad that I don't have to go through that year again.
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yea shelia - big HUGS!
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LC Barb, Happy milestone! Having last year behind you is huge. Time to celebrate the rest of
life and being cancer free. Do the happy dance.
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Panic attacks are the worst..................anyone who has ever had one, knows what I mean........... It is beyond description......I have had many, and they are no fun..............very scary,...............they tell you to "breath slowly in an out"...............in the meantime you feel like someone is mothering you............thus......you fight harder to breath, and the harder you fight, the worse it gets........................the main thing is to try to remain "calm"................easy for them to say.....................I actually panic, when I think I 'm having a panic attack............does that make sense?.........................I try my hardest to talk myself out of it...sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't....................
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Thank you Joan 811!
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Good for you loves Christmas...............hugs all around.............
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LC Barb.....Congratulations to the first year
hugs♥
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Congratulations, LCBarb, on one year!!!!!
((( Sheila )))
Hi K !!
ETA: Wanted to tell you, Sheila, I really like the new flower for Lisa♥ ......... beautiful .... as was she. I miss her ...... can't believe next week will be one year already .......
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LCBarb...congrats! A great milestone!
I'm sure I've had panic attacks before with my heart pounding for no reason and feeling like I am short of breath. My doctor wanted to put me on meds for them, but I refused. Once I started taking my beta blocker they seemed to lessen. Exercise helps too. Now if I get panicky I just get a hot flash:( Always something!
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UGH Kaara - when it rains it pours! Hope it is a better day!
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I have been on tamoxifen for 6 months and I hate it. I experience muscle aches, and during the times I have my period I get lightheaded, headaches, no energy, and very very sick. I also experience crying jags and feel like well, I guess depression and anxiety. When I went back to my 3 month appt. with my oncologist he acts like there is nothing you can do about it. Maybe there isn't. Has anyone else experience these symptoms? Why is it worse during that time of the month, I wonder? I get very afraid when the symptoms start...like something is going to happen to me. I guess I feel like I am the only one who is going through this but I know in reality I am not. If this is what I am going to experience for 4 1/2 more years, I am considering just to stop taking them as the quality of life has sunk since starting them.
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Sheila, You are in my thoughts and prayers as you anxiously wait for your test results.Praying for a quick and easy resolution . Hugs Eileen
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oh geez- sheila....i have not been on since I arrived...darn it...i hope you are feeling better my friend....life is chaos my mom fell and broke her hip last night and is having surgery today....i hve to go home...she might not make it through the surgery plese pray for my mom
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Sheila glad it was a panic attack and not a heart issue. But panic attacks are no fun either. I went through a period when I was having them and I could barely breath when I was having one.
LCBarb ongrats on your cancerversary. One year WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO
Annette so sorry to hear about your Mom. I hope surgery goes well and that she is able to heal quickly.
jmland welcome to the thread. There is a thread on her called Bottle 'o Tomosifen. There are several on there that feel the same way you do. You might want to visit the thread and chat with some of the gals there. Here is the link: http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/78/topic/696015?page=635#idx_19021
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Annette, my prayers are with you and your Mom.
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