I stalked the University Radiology patient portal until the report appeared and then held my breath when opening it. I'll put the summary and findings below the cut

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I really do like this doctor. He is thorough and confirms things and hey, so far his guesses are correct, if annoying ( Read more... )

I'd sent a message online to the gastro to ask about the recommended follow up tests but I don't think they'd seen that yet and had called me based on the blood test to get me in at 9am tomorrow. Wait, not even the results of the ultrasound, just the BLOOD TEST ( Read more... )

Got the email from labcorp and popped up to check it and then checked the University Radiology tests even though I didn't yet get an email. The tech at the radiology place was pffting that fatty liver disease doesn't cause abdominal swelling (you a doctor?) I think she was giving me the vibes that I was wasting her time for getting Scanned Whilst ( Read more... )

It was oddly busy for a Friday morning at the location where I got my ultrasound. It's good that I didn't have back to back appointments as I had to go home and change my shirt since she got the goopy gel all over the bottom of it. Ah well. It didn't stain but I didn't feel like walking around with a cold sticky shirt ( Read more... )

Have my day o' scans and tests tomorrow and I'm trying not to be nervous but you know how it goes. Hopefully I get some answers and we don't have to proceed to scopes and more invasive stuff. This aging stuff is for the birds ( Read more... )

I like the new gastroenterologist. He listens and it didn't seem like I was getting the "you're just fat" vibe that you get from doctors. We're going to start off with getting an abdominal ultrasound to make sure I don't have fatty liver or spleen issues and also we're going to test for celiac and it's related issues just to cover our bases before ( Read more... )

Made an appointment with a new gastro that has excellent reviews. Unfortunately it's not until Sept 16 (would've been the week before but STUPID jury duty ( Read more... )

I was just commenting to Sis that in the rehab/nursing home that even though he's had some bad days, he wasn't having the auditory hallucinations that someone was out to get him ( Read more... )

State of the Dad:

We were finally able to get him into a rehab place as of a couple of days ago. Not the best rated but not the worst and in a location convenient-ish to Sis and BIL so that's good. They FaceTimed a couple of times when they were able to pop by and last night the old dude was being all emotional and sentimental which I think Sis ( Read more... )