Has Merissa been to the Dr yet? Hope she is feeling better. How did your test turn out? Were they able to find out which of the adrenal glands is causing the problem?
Thinking of you both
Sharon
Merissa and I, we appreciate kindly your concerns and willingness to follow any update we may have, thank you...!
Believe it or not, I have been postponing to say anything about last Thursday, as it turned out to be another shocker and one that endup causing both of us some unnecessary stress, only due to the mess our health system is, particularly in the public system however, we survived to it and continue on, as always, and like everyone else, right...???
Well, Merissa's appointment was changed from midday Friday to midday Thursday due to a cancellation, the day I had my vein test done and while I didn't wanted Merissa to drive, I endup with no other choice.
Firstly I had made some arrangements to have someone to drive me there at 10:00am (Hospital arrival time) and then pick me up at the expected check-out time of 4:00pm but, at 6:45am in the morning that day, I was to ring them and confirm my bed, (no bed no test) and I was told that, they couldn't confirm it yet so, I was suppose of not eating anything for this test so, I waited for the bed confirmation but instead, I was getting a call from the hospital every 20 minutes or so, and all from different people/department, one would say that the test was off, minutes later I was getting a call from someone else saying that the test was on but, for me not to leave home until they would confirm the bed.
I was suppose to leave home at 9:00am to be there at 10:00am so that preparation could be made for my test expected to happen around 1:00pm so, I organised for this person to pick me up at just before 9:am and Merissa would drive herself to the doctor, a lot closer, only 25km away.
This person waited here at my place until 9:30am as she had to be elsewhere and that would be the latest she could leave so, 9:30am come, together with a few more call from the hospital so she could see that, was no story of mine, that was actually happening...!
She left at 9:30am and me still waiting so, we had to quickly re-thing our plans as, Merissa needed the vehicle to drive to her doctor and I also needed the vehicle to get me to the hospital, the major problem was that, my attempt to drive myself to the hospital and than drive myself back home, was out of questions at they were clear to me that, they weren't going to allow me to drive home, no release form would be signed unless they could be sure, someone would be there to pick me up so, I had no choice than, ask Merissa (and the pets) to come with me so that, she could then drive to her doctor and then, spend all those hours parked somewhere, until the 4:00pm was due.
I wasn't very happy with that choice but, I just couldn't find a better solution so, we all went. Merissa saw the doctor and he wouldn't barge, he simply said that, such medication can be extremely dangerous to the wrong person and that, only the specialist that she will see on the 26 August (no change, so far...!), could make such decision...! I only found out when she come to see me later in the afternoon.
We couldn't communicate with each other, I had no phone on me so, and after they done my vein test on both Adrenal glands, and put in a recuperation room, Merissa was allowed to see me however, she was expecting me to get out at 4:00pm, and the doctor the signed me in, was suppose to sign me off at 5:00pm because, one set of rules say that I had to stay there for 1.5 hours and another set of rules says that I had to wait 2 hours before release.
After 4:00pm was truly gone, Merissa got worried and she went looking for me. Was 5:00pm when she came in, and she set there for a few minutes and told me what happen at the doctors she went to but, she was concerned about the dogs being in the vehicle unattended, and the last time we did that, it cost us $1,500 (someone called the RSPCA) and a warning that the next time, we won't get the dogs back so, Merissa wanted to go back to the vehicle, particularly because I said that I wouldn't be far behind.
I could see in Merissa blood shot eyes that she was in agony, she was suppose to take her pain killer medication at 5:00pm, she never took it with here as we were suppose to be home by that time but, that wasn't going to happen.
I started to get really stressed, as the damn doctor was nowhere to be seen and any call, messages, etc, went unanswered so, and as time went by, I started to get really stressed. Was just pass 6:00pm when the doctor walked in, and even though she was a very nice looking young woman, I let her have my own thoughts of what I though of the situation, the whole ward, 3 nurses the doctor and me, the last patient for the day that was suppose to be out before 5:00pm so that everybody could go home so, I wasn't the only one annoyed with the delay but, none of the nursers said a damn thing, they all kiss the doctors arse and can't afford to say anything however, I was in a very different situation, and was within my rights to express my... "disappointment"
I got a very interesting excuse/answer from this doctor, "I'm sorry but, I have my doctor and husband also waiting for me...!"
What in a heck, do I have to do with that...???:frown:
So, they knew that Merissa was there to pick me up however, they had to push me out in a wheel-chair, right up to the vehicles door. While I felt relived, I could see that was getting dark (Merissa simply hates to drive at night), she was in great pain, cold and the dogs were all stressed also from being in the car, all day but, they would be worse if left at home...!
We got home at 7:30pm, safe and sound but completely stressed out, and for a good reason, I believe...!
I got a courtesy call from the hospital the next day about lunch time and while I was very surprised that I hadn't felt any pain or discomfort from the test, when I was told that I would be saw until that moment, when I got close to the 4:00pm, I started to feel what they meant and all of a certain, I walking "again" like a Geisha (bum grapes)
:redface: and the sawness shown its teeth...!
As you can see, no wonder why I was trying to forget about it but, I understand that some people do want to know what's happening and I fully understand that so no problems...!
The whole thing looks/sounds like, a bad written story and while I can accept the part about being badly written, this ain't no story...!
I/we have to be able to joke about it, at the end of the day, that will be the only way to maintain some sort of sanity for us to avoid any more stress, that we have had enough of, already...!
Tomorrow is another day, and we still have the rest of this day to live so, lets get along with that, huh...???:biggrin:
Cheers
George