Don't cha' just love a horrible joke? [LOL] But don't cha' also wish it were all THAT easy? Just don't do that- you'll be fine!Patient: Hey Doc, I've gotta problem and wondered if you could help me.
Doctor: I'll do my best- what's the problem?
Patient: It's my elbow, Doc.
Doctor: What about your elbow?
Patient: Well- when ever I do 'this' (bending arm for the Doctor) it hurts like heck!
Doctor exams patients arm
Doctor: Oh, I see. I know exactly what to do about that.
Patient: Yeah? What?
Doctor: Don't do that.
Alas, life is generally more complicated and (in my experience) less informative... at least where diagnostics are concerned. Searching for answers and staying, um... positive- can be a work all its own!
Mystery Diagnosis
House
Two programs I enjoy for similar reasons. The first one (MD) is about real-life situations in which someone is suffering or ill and either have yet to be diagnosed or have been misdiagnosed. The other (House) is fiction- but the storyline is about people who have odd, weird or a combination of symptoms and the Doc eventually figures out what the problem is.
Wishing there were such a Doc like 'Gregory House' in my area; wishing there were a way a Doc could stumble upon what is making me hurt. Hurt. That's an understatement; but sufficient.
Maybe I wouldn't be so disappointed if I hadn't put all my eggs in one big basket. *sigh* But, I did. After hoping and waiting and answering questions and filling out papers and talking on the phone and hoping and waiting...
I got my answer from the Docs (I should say DOC) that was supposed to figure it all out and open the door to a cure; or at least a less painful life. The answer? No answer. None. Yup- and yes, I cried (hard... and long). But- you can cry only so long before it just seems a waste of time and makes it seem worse.
So- I talked to my family, to a friend; prayed and did what I've been doing for the last- uh, several years? I moved on, figuratively any way and just continued with the/my journey.
I continue to write and journal. I continue to hope and pray. I continue to encourage myself and others. I continue to live. Hooah.
I read the "report" (term used as loosely as physically possible) yesterday.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I agree that at least one of the countries highest paid doctors could have suggested something, I have to admit that it is very helpful to have a complete write up of your history including all of your test results for the last few years.
There were numerous issues including the mention of severe disk degeneration and spinal stenosis. Things we need to know.
Onto plan "B"...Hooah!!
(mental note, develop plan "b")
I so agree saw my new PCp today, told him of lowe rback ache going ntomy pelvic and groin region, alsohow ithurts forme to put up dishesnd clothes sometimes .his reply was, ' Oh Mis Heidi it must be yuor fibromyalgia and myofascial pain acting up,.What do yu use for pain I told him darvon wellhe switched me to Loratab to try for ne month." then Ise ehim i Oct oh well LIve horse getfed in spring. this si anew Dr then he told me by the way yuoare now ofically hypoglycemic d=since my fasting b lood sugar wa sta 43. to low. oh well. we allneed tobe raptured sowe canhave a new body and anew life.Joy if I never meet yuo n earth i wilmeet yuo in heaven where we can dance, hug each other jump jup and down too. hedii
ReplyDeleteAnd my dear, there is always the possibility God will manifest the healing He has for you in the here and now. Ask and keep asking. Believe Isaiah 53 that Jesus did it all before you were ever ill and ask for your healing to be revealed on earth as it already is in heaven. I pray that it will be.
ReplyDeleteHooah!
Love, Sheryl