The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.
-- Heda Bejar --
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Wow. Several days to catch up on. This being my diary to help my failing memory (damn Versed!) I have to be careful not to leave large blank swaths of time.
Tuesday of last week I had an appointment with the urologist. Frustrating. He'd received the results of my latest kidney ultrasound. He was looking for cysts. They didn't find any. They didn't find any in the February ultrasound, either. Or in any of the CT scans. Now he wants some kind of fancier kidney scan, with radioactive contrast.
I'm remembering the trauma I went through with the IVP last year, the IVP that was ultimately useless, which had I known what they were looking for, I could have told them it would be. I absolutely don't want to go through that again. No way. So I asked the doctor if this was absolutely necessary, and he said yes. When I pressed for why, he said because "the condition is progressing". This conversation was in the hall as I was on the way out and he was heading to the next patient.
Progressing? Every test has been the same! They've all said exactly the same thing since last year at this time. Progressing? How? I'm beginning to think he's just malpractice-shy and is covering his tail with tests.
I'm afraid if I try another urologist (there's only one other locally, and he's just down the hall from this guy), he'll want to repeat everything. I don't want that.
I'm ready to spit nails.
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1 comment:
Don't let him bully you. Get him to explain EXACTLY how your condition is progressing so that YOU can decide for yourself if you feel the test is necessary. I don't trust doctors, and never will. Especially when they think they know you and your condition better after a few short visits than you do, living in your body your whole life.
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