>I am so happy I can rant away here. Do I, don't I call my new doc (PCP)
>already to tell him his idea of asprin or aleve as breakthru med is
>absurd??? I am trying but... ( of course I would rephrase it for him in
>a nice and humble manner.) Saw him for the first time last week. Do I
>suck it up to let him know I am not a problem patient. I do have 4
>vicodins left for extreme emergencies. I had a trial script for them,
>they help with the pain but cause more the next day by slowing
>motility.I see him again in Feb. My pain clinic appt is on new years
>eve. Never been before. I got a slip in the mail on Fri saying I have
>a radiology appoint. but I don't know for what. It's a holiday here
>today so I don't know if I can find out. I hope it is a pelvic U/S as
>the last docs were following and endometrioma on my ovary that goes up
>to the size of an orange then leaks.
>Curious to see how that is going. I know the ovary has been adhered to
>my bowel but is the cyst?? Seems so,it is an ouchy place. Ah it's
>probably for a darn mamogram. I know I need one a year (they took a
>nasty out of my left breast a few years back) but I do not want to drive
>to Boston in rush hour by myself for a mam. I gotta tell them I NEED
>a.m. appt. as I am better in the am. by 4 my usual med have left me
>not your best candidate for driving. I have to drive my daughter to
>Childrens tomorrow for her kidney doc and that will kill me for a few
>days. Any advice would be great. This would be it for major medical
>centers for me.Been to the otehr two. If we can't get it together I
>will be lost in the cracks i figure. My plan is to go to Germany asap
>($$$.) I just want to be kept functional and as comfortable as I can
>till I get there.
>Oh yes SSI just denied me for a second time. No money, how can I make
>$$???Damn them. They did not read my questionairre at all. They said I
>could still work as I could litf small weigh and I could not work
>closely with other ( their response about fecal incontinance??) so now
>for a hearing. George W must want to keep that money in SSI for his
>awful war???
>Love to all,
>Dawn