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Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd

I'm about to head out the door to the first of four doctor's appointments I'll be having in the next 3 weeks.  They involved poking at both mind and body as they involve a p-doc visit as well as kidney doc visits for my chronic kidney disease, a diabetes doc visit, and--new one--a visit to see if I qualify for weight reduction surgery.


I'm not having any of these appointments due to being in crisis, thankfully.  However, it's a lot of poking and probing for me to handle with my PTSD social anxiety.  I'm wearing my coat and tie to today's appointment at the big university hospital doc I'm driving to see an hour away.  It seems to get me a little more respect when dealing with those harried intake staff, when haggling about insurance co-pays, and taking my place with as much dignity as possible in those suspenseful waiting rooms. 


Wish me luck.  I may come back to get a second helping of support again between this doc appointment and the last of this string of doc appointments October 7th.

Bit47
Bit47
Good morning, Muji. My thoughts will be with you this morning. Safe travels, and I hope your visit goes well. Maybe treat yourself to something on the way home? Good luck. ♥
Gladdmatt
Gladdmatt
You sound like you're taking it all very well and have coping mechanisms that work for you best. Best of luck! I'll say a prayer for you.
silverlight
silverlight
Hope your day of appointments goes smoothly,muji.Do come back and let us know how they went.
arfie
arfie
Well. . . Doc it all. . .

Wishing you a boring, uneventful series. Exciting doctor's appointments are never good news.
LillyPotter
LillyPotter
hugs Muj, i am wishing for boring also
cheesepuff77
cheesepuff77
Muji, Prayers and Support to you!
Community LeaderLeo
Leo
Prayers, blessings, support and hugs, Muji. I am in a similar boat, and sympathize. We're with you.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Big hug for you muji and a blessing.... I hope the apt(s) go well ....xo
DanceStrong
DanceStrong
Lots of warm hugs and support. I hope everything checks out fine and the poking is at a minimum. I'll be sending warm encouraging thoughts over the next few weeks.
Doo
Doo
Much support to you muji. The poking and prodding is something very hard on me too after too many years of it. We are here for you!
Zoe
Zoe
Many prayers and much support to you. I understand, my abuser was a physician so I have a hard time with doc appointments. Good job for taking care of you.
2magicman
2magicman
Much support goes out to you. I hate doctors that poke and prod It's been years since my abuse but i still have a problem with touch. Hope the doc is someone you can trust. Hope for great results.

Scott
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Thanks, everybody. I'm home now. They kept me at the hospital way longer than I expected. It was 4 hours straight through lunch. I'm a diabetic so I was starting to wonder if they realized what they were doing. I saw two doctors, two nurses, a nutritionist, all kinds of medical staff. Fortunately, I took along a good book to read, and in the waiting period between each one I read it instead of sitting there getting myself amped up.

I spoke to them calmly, I think, and I think I made the right decisions when asked. I took all of the copies of recent tests and medical records I had, and that helped.

I have to go back once a month now into 2017, though, so this is going on for a longer haul than I expected. I'm trying to stay in the "one day at a time mode." I thought my string of doc appointments were just in the weeks up to be start of October, but now they will go until March. I hadn't prepared myself for that possibility.

Anyway, today went well. If I can repeat today every time I can make it one visit at a time until then. I sure do appreciate your posts of support. I thought of them while I was at the hospital today, and sure enough, I knew I could count on them because here they were when I got home just now. Thank you!
looney1
looney1
Good luck muji. If anyone deserves a good outcome it is you.
Spiral
Spiral
Right there with you. At this very moment I am sitting in a doctors office waiting to hear if I have thyroid cancer. Hope your appointments go well.
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