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Posted 10/28/2009 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
I've been having a two-fold problem and I feel like I'm on pins and needles waiting for the results of my testing.  I believe I have ovarian cysts again on both my ovaries - I've had them in the past and know what they feel like.  I had an ultrasound last Friday to see if I do and in the meantime it feels like someone is using my ovaries as a punching bag.  So then I call my primary today to see if she got the test results and find out that she is out of town until next Tuesday. Argh on that!  So then I go in this Friday for a CT scan to see if I have kidney stones and I won't be able to see the doctor for another week after the scan for the results.  I so wish they had doctors on staff right then and there when you have these tests done to ease your mind a little ya know???!!

Ok, vent over!  mad

Posted 10/28/2009 6:19 PM (GMT 0)
A very valid vent.
Hope the results (when you finally get them) are what you hope for.

Debbie. x
Posted 10/28/2009 6:24 PM (GMT 0)
I know what you mean. We just went through that with my grandpa. He had very enlarged lymph node taken out and it took them forever and a darn day to figure out if it was cancerous. It's like they are just doing their job with no regard to their patients peace of mind!
Hopefully things with work out faster! You've got a full plate lately!
Posted 10/29/2009 2:16 AM (GMT 0)
Oh, so annoying. I don't know if I've ever had to wait that long yet, but I'm sure I will. Very sure lol
Posted 10/29/2009 2:38 AM (GMT 0)
Sorry, Sherry, that you're having such hassles-- which, I think, are very much ON TOPIC. My gastro's office has been terrible just with routine lab results for several yrs. RE ultrasound: those results should be quickly available unless the diagnostician was off-premises the day you tested. It's really an annoying & inexcusable situation we patients are forced to endure. Grrrrrrrrrrr! You're entitled to vent. Hope the aches/pains leave you soon ... / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC ... [etc.])
Posted 10/29/2009 2:46 AM (GMT 0)
Is there a way to just make an appt. with another doc.? Do they provide you with another doctor while your reg doc is out of town? Your tests sound important and they should be able to provide you with the info when they get it in.
Posted 10/29/2009 4:07 AM (GMT 0)
OMG can I relate to that! It's been a loooong time, but years ago I had a tumor in my left hip, and the preliminary diagnosis was "Soft Tissue Sarcoma".. I found that out because I had to take my Xrays to the Orthapedic surgeons office and I was nosy and peeked inside and read the Radiologist report.. I didn't know what "Sarcoma" meant, and when I looked it up, I almost passed out.. it meant that I was probably going to die.. And I was only 30 years old with an 8 year old son...

Well they did the biopsy and ended up removing the entire tumor during the biopsy but it took 6 WEEKS to find out that it was in fact benign and that I was going to be fine.. I'll never forget that experience.. I was planning on checking out, losing my left leg... and so on for a month and a half..

So Ya.. I hate when Dr.s make you wait!!!!
Posted 10/29/2009 11:12 AM (GMT 0)
I've always had great sympathy for people who have more serious health problems that are forced to wait or even for people that are waiting for results of biopsies to determine if they have Uc or CD! I guess I got lucky with my Uc diagnosis because it was cut and dry. But I really feel for the members we have here that are left hanging and not sure WHAT they have.

Sweetie, no my primary doesn't have a back up doc. If something goes wrong and if she is not in I have to go to urgent care at the hospital. I mean I can still call her and have her paged but I won't do that for test results.
Posted 10/29/2009 11:24 AM (GMT 0)
I think we can all get behind your argument!

My family doc only calls if the labs/tests are 'abnormal.' PFFFTTT! I want to know either way so I usually call! I mean, what if they just didn't call me but it was something I needed to know or do something about.

My GI on the other hand, so far, has been excellent at calling promptly.
Posted 10/30/2009 3:28 AM (GMT 0)
Calm, you make a very valid point. We should be able to look over the test results. During the 2004 presidential election campaign in the U.S., it came out in the news that one candidate's prostate cancer got diagnosed in time because HIS WIFE read over his lab test results & thought that his PSA reading was too high-- so she contacted his doctor about it. She had just a layman's facts, having read about prostate cancer many times in the media. But it turned out that she was right: her husband needed further testing-- which determined that he did have an early-stage malignancy of the prostate!!!!!!!!! That goes to show how medical office routines can miss what should be apparent to a seasoned doctor-- therefore, we patients need to see for ourselves what has been reported by the lab. / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC ... [etc.])
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