My frustrating day at the doctor....
Hello all!
Some of you know that I had an MRI on my hip about 3 weeks ago. Well the results came in today.
Let me just preface most of this by saying I have known the ortho doc since I was about 13. My mom cleaned his house for YEARS. He has done surgery on EVERYONE in my family--except me and so, I trust him. Anyway, the orthopedic doc says that there are no abnormalities in my hip joint. Then he says..."However, you have a mass on your left ovary that we feel you need to consult your OB/GYN about".
Hmph.
I know that mass/cyst could be an egg. However, those are not words I want to hear. So, I start getting all nervous about this. I have already had a hysterectomy and when I did that my mom told me to take it all out. I hated to think of taking hormones the rest of my life...so, I asked the gyn NOT to do it if she didn't have to do it. So, now I am worried and trying to hear him tell me about my hip.
I tune back in and he is saying something about the mass/cyst *could* be putting pressure on a nerve and that could be causing my hip issues....but then he began talking about giving me a shot in my hip joint to take away some inflamation. SO, I say "Do you see inflamation?" He says no...but, there is probably some b/c of my lack of rotation in the hip joint. So, I say "Okay...give me a shot"
He takes me to the appt desk....much to my confusion...b/c you don't just give a shot in the hip joint. Basically it is a procedure that must be done in a surgical facility. SO....surgery.
Now I am sweating....I am STILL thinking about the mass/cyst thing and now I have to take off for what amounts to a very minor "surgery" thing to get a shot that may or may not relieve some of my hip issues. And I can feel myself getting all freaked out and I am trying to ask the nurse/assistant/appointment desk lady questions. He hears and brings me back into the room. And I am asking "Can this be put off....Do you see any reason for me to have it other than pain management? If it is not going to fix my hip for sure...do I really want you to DIG into my hip?" He says "Look...you came to me. You know what you can live with." And he put on his most charming smile and said "Some people just need extra attention." And I know he is teasing me. Really. I know it. I just didnt' want that. I needed some questions answered.
SO, after I cried in the car and to my poor father in law (bless his heart!) I have come to this conclusion. I am going to address the mass/cyst first. And then I think I am leaving my hip as it is--until I cannot stand it.
I know. I am a bad patient. I hate going to the doctor. I have never really had to go. In my world--you go to the doctor, you get a pill and your are done. This is just too much.
Some of you know that I had an MRI on my hip about 3 weeks ago. Well the results came in today.
Let me just preface most of this by saying I have known the ortho doc since I was about 13. My mom cleaned his house for YEARS. He has done surgery on EVERYONE in my family--except me and so, I trust him. Anyway, the orthopedic doc says that there are no abnormalities in my hip joint. Then he says..."However, you have a mass on your left ovary that we feel you need to consult your OB/GYN about".
Hmph.
I know that mass/cyst could be an egg. However, those are not words I want to hear. So, I start getting all nervous about this. I have already had a hysterectomy and when I did that my mom told me to take it all out. I hated to think of taking hormones the rest of my life...so, I asked the gyn NOT to do it if she didn't have to do it. So, now I am worried and trying to hear him tell me about my hip.
I tune back in and he is saying something about the mass/cyst *could* be putting pressure on a nerve and that could be causing my hip issues....but then he began talking about giving me a shot in my hip joint to take away some inflamation. SO, I say "Do you see inflamation?" He says no...but, there is probably some b/c of my lack of rotation in the hip joint. So, I say "Okay...give me a shot"
He takes me to the appt desk....much to my confusion...b/c you don't just give a shot in the hip joint. Basically it is a procedure that must be done in a surgical facility. SO....surgery.
Now I am sweating....I am STILL thinking about the mass/cyst thing and now I have to take off for what amounts to a very minor "surgery" thing to get a shot that may or may not relieve some of my hip issues. And I can feel myself getting all freaked out and I am trying to ask the nurse/assistant/appointment desk lady questions. He hears and brings me back into the room. And I am asking "Can this be put off....Do you see any reason for me to have it other than pain management? If it is not going to fix my hip for sure...do I really want you to DIG into my hip?" He says "Look...you came to me. You know what you can live with." And he put on his most charming smile and said "Some people just need extra attention." And I know he is teasing me. Really. I know it. I just didnt' want that. I needed some questions answered.
SO, after I cried in the car and to my poor father in law (bless his heart!) I have come to this conclusion. I am going to address the mass/cyst first. And then I think I am leaving my hip as it is--until I cannot stand it.
I know. I am a bad patient. I hate going to the doctor. I have never really had to go. In my world--you go to the doctor, you get a pill and your are done. This is just too much.