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I also went and got copies of my bone density scan and my ultra sound of my spleen and some blood work up. I had no idea that I had switched sexes and that I was "post menopausal"!!!!! That is what my bone density scan stated. This is a normal snafu for my VA hospital.
Where to start!!!! People might say the beginning but that is just to obvious so I will start at a place that is somewhere near the present.
I had an appointment or should I say a walk in appointment at my vascular clinic. At my veterans hospital
So I then proceed from her office which by the way was the end of the day and I have to wonder if that might have been the reason for blowing me off then reality hit and said gee it makes no difference what time of day it is, they always blow me off.
I went to the emergency room to check in and have the right side pain. while I was there they did an EKG which did show "sinus arrhythmia". I do have sinus bradycardia which I am worried about because it is symptomatic. It's my understanding that with KTW sinus bradycardia can occur. The nurse there was the first person in 10 years at this VA hospital the agreed with me the sinus bradycardia can and will cause dizzyness. Everyone at this hospital is like you should be happy with a low heart rate. The problem with this is that I am not a marathon runner and I am also not over weight and so as I am not that overly fit and I have dizzyness and other problems that show me as symtonmatic, then one would think the doctors might take this a little more serious.
After being in there for two hours and blood test, x rays and urine tests, the doctor tells me that I have gallstones. The says that if I continue to have pain or fever you know all the signs of urgent care needed now then I need to come in and they will yank out my gall bladder. He also tells me to stay away from fried and fatty foods. I did tell the doctor that I was vegeterian and did not eat out and was away from fried foods it didn't seem to matter as I saw him again about 20 minutes later and asked how he knew that I had gall stones and he said he read it off my ultra sound I had done the prior week, and at this time again he stated to stay away from fried food ETC again blown off.
I do have concerns that I was just blown off and given a off the cuff reason for the pain as I am asymptonmatic for gall stones.
well enough for now and I will try and do another one today
Where to start!!!! People might say the beginning but that is just to obvious so I will start at a place that is somewhere near the present.
I had an appointment or should I say a walk in appointment at my vascular clinic. At my veterans hospital
(please note that to see a vascular doctor can only happen once a week on a Monday between the hours of 1 and 3 maybe 4 pm. now if a holiday is on that day your screwed because they don't make it up. If you have not been seen in the clinic for six months then you have to go back to your "primary care" doctor to get a referral and it can take weeks to get an appointment.)
This appointment was not planned, on the previous Friday I had a ultrasound of my spleen and two days later I had terrible pain on my right side. It was not until I thought about it, that to me and as I am a layman and not to medical trained :P but why would my right side hurt if my spleen is on my left side and then I remembered that he did all the ultrasound on my right side and nothing on my left. Maybe they can see everything on my right side and still get a good picture of my spleen. I have had an ultra sound of my spleen before and I thought it was all done on my left side. Well back to the story as it were, I went to the vascular clinic to see them about the pain on my right side and I was concerned that it could be problems with my KT as the whole right side of my chest has a birthmark and I also have vascular malformations in my right chest.
I get to the clinic and they check me and the nurse tells me that this will be the last time I can do a walk in and that I will now have to schedule appointments from now on. This would not be a problem if, like any normal doctor I could call and make a same day appointment or even get seen a day or so later and even speak to a nurse and have the doctor call me back. At this veterans hospital getting calls back is like pulling teeth out of an anteater. Unlike most doctor offices to make an appointment you have to wait some times hours on the phone or try and wait for a call back which only happens 1/4 of the time. The phone system sucks and they no it and well it seems they don't care. There was a time when you called that you would at least be told how many people are in front of you now you just have to wait and no estimated time is given.
I am also at this appointment because I have a small patch on my right arm near the elbow that might be cellulitis or eczema or something.
To give some back ground on this I had an appointment a few weeks prior to show this rash/thing to my vascular doctors. I say doctors because it's rare to see the same doctor when I visit the clinic. The doctor I did see looked at it and then had me do blood tests to check my white blood count, she told me that she would call me the following day with the results. She did call and said that my white blood count was fine and just give it a few days and it should disappear. When I asked her if she knew what it was she said she had no idea and told me to call back if it does not go away after a few days.I had doubts that it would go away because I had already had it for a few weeks now. It was raised and did burn and was warm to the touch and looked weird. The doctor put in my records that there seemed to be no swelling or redness.
The patch never did go away and I did make that call and guess what the doctor never called me back, gee what a surprise.
Now that I can get off the back ground and get back to the present appointment
So I get checked in and put in a room and had a good laugh about being told that I would not be allowed to do walk ins again, the doctor comes in and it would happen to be the very same doctor that told me to call back if the rash didn't disappear. So I told her about the chest pain and she tells me to give another few days and call back if the pain is still there, again the great big blow off and when I tell her that the rash is still there she tells me to go home and put some anti itch cream on it. She tried to blame it on a bug bite or a sting from bees I raise or did raise. I lost both hives long before this rash. I explained that I was worried because it was on my birth mark and that the rash has been there now for three weeks that it could be more than a rash on my birth mark and again she blows me off. I also explain that I am worried that the chest pain is more than just pain as it is on the same side as my birth mark and again she blows me off.
So I then proceed from her office which by the way was the end of the day and I have to wonder if that might have been the reason for blowing me off then reality hit and said gee it makes no difference what time of day it is, they always blow me off.
I went to the emergency room to check in and have the right side pain. while I was there they did an EKG which did show "sinus arrhythmia". I do have sinus bradycardia which I am worried about because it is symptomatic. It's my understanding that with KTW sinus bradycardia can occur. The nurse there was the first person in 10 years at this VA hospital the agreed with me the sinus bradycardia can and will cause dizzyness. Everyone at this hospital is like you should be happy with a low heart rate. The problem with this is that I am not a marathon runner and I am also not over weight and so as I am not that overly fit and I have dizzyness and other problems that show me as symtonmatic, then one would think the doctors might take this a little more serious.
After being in there for two hours and blood test, x rays and urine tests, the doctor tells me that I have gallstones. The says that if I continue to have pain or fever you know all the signs of urgent care needed now then I need to come in and they will yank out my gall bladder. He also tells me to stay away from fried and fatty foods. I did tell the doctor that I was vegeterian and did not eat out and was away from fried foods it didn't seem to matter as I saw him again about 20 minutes later and asked how he knew that I had gall stones and he said he read it off my ultra sound I had done the prior week, and at this time again he stated to stay away from fried food ETC again blown off.
I do have concerns that I was just blown off and given a off the cuff reason for the pain as I am asymptonmatic for gall stones.
well enough for now and I will try and do another one today
