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"I've never seen liver cysts this big - I've read about them . . ."
not really what i wanted to hear from the gastroenterologist i saw yesterday . . .
so weds i saw the regular doctor - no pneumonia or bronchitis - just a cold that's not going away . . . yet another new p.a. or n.p.a. or whatever . . . a whole new person i have to train on how to treat me since apparently it is not possible for a doctor's office to teach their own people how to treat their own patients . . . hmmm . . . that sounds a little bitter, doesn't it . . . but i get sick of having to explain abt airflow/no alcohol/re-rinsing yr hands & washing them outside the room i'm in/ no temp cause of the covers on the thermometer/ sleeve down for the b.p. etc etc . . .
anyway (ha! i'm grumbling again!!) i am finally getting better - no fever, throat better for swallowing, etc . . .
and then yesterday was the gastro guy . . .
i asked abt exercise, he said, i don't know - there not much real data on what's ok for people with cysts this big . . . and on the 19th i'm scheduled for both a colonoscopy (well, i've never had one yet!) and the same but from the top down - they'll drug me, spray my throat with a number, stick a tube down it & have a look-see . . . because with all my other probs, esp the fibromyalgia, he's not positive that most of the pain/discomfort i feel is from the liver . . .
and he thinks i'll end up needing surgery anyway . . . apparently if they get too big, they can burst, leading to infection, or they can cause the liver to start atrophying . . .
rats . . .
so there . . .
at least he seemed intelligent & competent, and not full of himself . . .
well, i'm over the shock of it, anyway, and starting to resign myself . . .
and off to do the first of the month shopping!
ta, everyone!
not really what i wanted to hear from the gastroenterologist i saw yesterday . . .
so weds i saw the regular doctor - no pneumonia or bronchitis - just a cold that's not going away . . . yet another new p.a. or n.p.a. or whatever . . . a whole new person i have to train on how to treat me since apparently it is not possible for a doctor's office to teach their own people how to treat their own patients . . . hmmm . . . that sounds a little bitter, doesn't it . . . but i get sick of having to explain abt airflow/no alcohol/re-rinsing yr hands & washing them outside the room i'm in/ no temp cause of the covers on the thermometer/ sleeve down for the b.p. etc etc . . .
anyway (ha! i'm grumbling again!!) i am finally getting better - no fever, throat better for swallowing, etc . . .
and then yesterday was the gastro guy . . .
i asked abt exercise, he said, i don't know - there not much real data on what's ok for people with cysts this big . . . and on the 19th i'm scheduled for both a colonoscopy (well, i've never had one yet!) and the same but from the top down - they'll drug me, spray my throat with a number, stick a tube down it & have a look-see . . . because with all my other probs, esp the fibromyalgia, he's not positive that most of the pain/discomfort i feel is from the liver . . .
and he thinks i'll end up needing surgery anyway . . . apparently if they get too big, they can burst, leading to infection, or they can cause the liver to start atrophying . . .
rats . . .
so there . . .
at least he seemed intelligent & competent, and not full of himself . . .
well, i'm over the shock of it, anyway, and starting to resign myself . . .
and off to do the first of the month shopping!
ta, everyone!