I had an interesting visit to the doctor.....

[Louisiana1976]

for a female problem the other day. After a painful biopsy, she told me the problem could be anything from hormones to cancer. So now I'm waiting on the results.

Have you had an interesting visit to the doctor lately? If so, what happened?

[1Hippiechick]

1. You call that interesting? I call that insensitive! Why would she scare the bejesus out of you,

very possibly unnecessarily? Was she in a foul mood or something? Agitated? Irritated?

[Louisiana1976]

8. Aside from what she said....

she seemed OK. I've got my fingers crossed that it's hormones or something else minor.

[NNadir]

2. Some time back, while having an angiogram under local anesthesia, my doctor said to me...

"...Sir you are going to die..." (pause for punch line) "but not from heart disease. You have a heart of a nineteen year old..."

Maybe she thought she was being witty.

Even delirious, it sort of bugged me. If I wasn't so interested in looking at live images of my own heart, I might have gotten mad.

Good luck with that by the way...the biopsy...I hope it will turn out OK.

[av8rdave]

3. I had one of those last year

I was told that either it was nothing or I had 12 - 20 months left.

Fun stuff!

Obviously, it turned out to be nothing, as I'm still here and healthy.

Vibes sent for the same news for you!

[Joe the Liberal]

4. At least you can go to the doctor.....

I haven't been to one in a loooooong time so I have no interesting stories to tell.

[Blue Diadem]

5. You're seeing my Dr. aren't you?

I suspect you and I had the same type biopsy and my Dr., also a female, said the exact same thing. Even though my biopsy turned out negative, she told me she didn't feel comfortable with saying I was cancer free until I had a surgical procedure done. I had had an ultrasound done a few days after the biopsy and it showed a larger area as well as other areas that the Dr. said she was afraid she may have missed when she did the original biopsy. It was also the first time I'd ever had an ultrasound tech wish me good luck and ask if I'd been scheduled for a biopsy yet.

I finally had the surgical procedure done a few days ago, 8 weeks after the biopsy. She told my husband that visually things didn't look cancerous but we still won't know for sure until we get the rest of the test results.

Prayers and hugs that yours will be negative.

[1Hippiechick]

9. Where in the dickens are y'all digging up these doctors? What the hell is wrong w/saying

"Hmmmmmm....I think we better run some tests. Sometimes I don't get a clear reading (or whatever) and I just prefer to run a (more indepth test, an additional test, a different test) just to be on the safe side, and I should get those (results, reading) back in a few days. My office will give you a call then. Until then, not to worry."

Any doctor who would unnecessarily cause a patient to agonize over an incomplete test result using that kind of language is cruel, inhumane, and should be reported, in my NOT so humble opinion.

[Demoiselle]

10. Agreed, Hippiechick...

Unless they can prove there is some therapeutic benefit from worrying frantically for a number of days, it certainly doesn't make any sense to offer up frightening possibilities before anything is known for sure. (My goodness, I'd fret plenty over the gentle equivocations you quote in your post, without having the scary stuff laid out for me!!!)

[Madrone]

6. I'm still waiting on my interesting visit...

It's still 1.5 weeks out. A month wait to see an endocrinologist, which I'm told is AMAZING ... usually the wait is much longer.

Potential biopsy of my own, but I won't know if I'm having one until I'm there and they'll do it then. I'm thinking it is likely I'll have one.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Lately? No, thankfully

For me, interesting is not good. I like boring. I like to read words like remarkably unremarkable in my blood work and CT scans. I feel like I'm the living breathing reincarnation of the character, Dunbar, in Catch 22; living as boring an existence as possible to make life last longer, yet paradoxically, a long, boring, meaningless life may not be worth living.

It's not nearly as boring as it sounds because the rules change from day to day depending on my latest whim.

[guitar man]

11. damn, way to leave you hanging

hope it all turns out allright :hug:

I had an interesting visit to the doc saturday, found out I have pneumonia...again, just about a year to the date that I found out I had it last year :(

[Akoto]

12. Here's one for you ...

"What you have is a terrible, grueling, chronic health condition. There's no cure. I've heard of some people pursuing alternative therapies, but frankly, I've had neither the interest nor the time to investigate them."

He dismissed me as a patient not long thereafter, because I called to ask whether I was having a reaction to a drug (I was). "Emotional issues" was the justification. Had to rely upon my pharmacist and a nurse helpline for tapering instructions. That man gave me a fear of doctor abandonment, on top of the obvious chronic pain issues I'm already having.

Thankfully, I found my way into a university health system, where I was assured that I did have real health problems and not mental issues.

[1Hippiechick]

13. This is exactly another major problem with our healtcare system - arrogant, uncaring physicians! WE

have to be proactive about our own healthcare! I had this conversation w/hubby the other day who was going to the doctor b/c he thought he had gout. I said, "Did you google it to find out the symptoms, possible remedies, etc.?" "No." he said. I said, "You can NOT walk into that doctor's office unprepared to ask questions. Most of the docs I've seen don't genuinely care about you as an individual. Please prepare before you go." And, he did. I was so proud of him! He has high blood pressure meds, and he even asked the doc, "you are aware of the other h.b. meds I am taking, aren't you?" (That took a lot for my hubby to do that.)

[latebloomer]

14. I never went back to a doctor after she told me

that what was probably an endometrial polyp (more than 95% of them could be benign) could well be CANCER, and I should go to an ONCOLOGIST!

Wound up having it removed by someone sane, and it was benigh.

Wrote the first one a very nasty letter.

From my own research I knew it was probably nothing to worry about, but doctors' words carry a lot of power, so I did freak out a bit.

Why couldn't she just say, "It's probably nothing, but we do need to get it checked out just in case." I would have had no problem with that.