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More fun with doctors, IOW.
Last November, my appointment w/the gynocologist was cancelled when she called roughly an hour and a half before I was set to be there and had just found out I was supposed to come in and why.
Turned out we had tried the low dose birth control in October (started on them the first week of the month, while I was on vacation) and had to stop taking them on advice of one of the nurses I contacted online - I was having migraines off and on for 3 days by that point.
Anyways, she thought it would be better just to go ahead and set up for a surgical procedure called Endomoterial Ablation as soon as possible to get the bleeding to stop (which although I was on the Megestrol, I was still having on and off again bleeding) and then we could try some different medications to try to alieviate the other symptoms (mood swings, hot flashes, et al.)
I tell her to go ahead and set it up and I would arrange for the time off from work. Letter came about a week later and the date she had set up was for December 22. The week of Christmas is not going to work (and I'm still filing in for Ma doing the price changes and it's also the week of Christmas and Grasshopper cannot spare me that week as it is) so I called the scheduling nurse that afternoon and asked for the surgery to be rescheduled for January (I also have sick time that rolls over again in January and I would need to use some of that to cover my lost hours for that week.)
Letter came in right after Christmas with a date of January 19th (which is day after tomorrow) at 10:15 a.m. Talked to Grasshopper about it and he said to just remind him and he and Germ would make sure that everything was covered while I was out (only need 3 days off - day of the procedure and 2 days after, according to my doctor.)
Reminded both of them last week and offered to come in today to work a few hours to get signs and/or tags ready for the week, but was turned down (Grasshopper has pretty tight hours this week so Sunday was out. I'll just use a day of my last 40 hours of vacation time instead and then use 2 sick days to cover the hours - just need to remind Rochelle when I go back in on Friday.) Which was probably just as well, as we had some SNOW this morning.
Mostly powdery stuff and just enough to dust everything but now it's mostly gone. Good thing I didn't try to go to work, or go out shopping w/Mom as we were planning (need new khakis for work, as I have one pair I can squeeze into and they are starting to unravel, so next weekend we'll have to make a run to Ollie's to see if they have any more men's pants, as they are wide enough in the leg for my liking and they are only 12 bucks a pair, but I digress.)
Then week before last, I get a letter from the Breast Center to reschedule my mammogram update (have dense tissue on right breast and they wanted to set up another visit for 6 months from my previous visit last July.) First afternoon appointment they had was for the 18th at 3:15 (tomorrow at that.) And I know my doctor will not want me putting that off, either so I went ahead and set up that visit.
Last Monday I got a call from the surgery department letting me know they had to rearrange the surgery schedule and that I have been moved up to 7:30 a.m. This means I have to report by 6 a.m Tuesday morning but the bright side I should be leaving around 10 or shortly after.
Got that out of the way, then Wednesday morning another lady called from the hospital to update contact and insurance information. Took less than 10 minutes to do that. Thursday afternoon I had to go for my pre-op consult with the nurse, which took not quite an hour.
So I'll go in tomorrow, but have to leave by 2:30 so I can make my appointment for the mammogram, then go early to the hospital Tuesday morning (have to use a special surgical soap the night before and that morning before I leave, wash the sheets Monday evening so they are freshly clean and throw the kitties out for the night) and get this procedure over with.
At least I'll get a 3 day break from work. Just hope we don't get that 1-3 inches of snow the forecasters are talking about Thursday night/Friday morning so I can get back to work.
Last November, my appointment w/the gynocologist was cancelled when she called roughly an hour and a half before I was set to be there and had just found out I was supposed to come in and why.
Turned out we had tried the low dose birth control in October (started on them the first week of the month, while I was on vacation) and had to stop taking them on advice of one of the nurses I contacted online - I was having migraines off and on for 3 days by that point.
Anyways, she thought it would be better just to go ahead and set up for a surgical procedure called Endomoterial Ablation as soon as possible to get the bleeding to stop (which although I was on the Megestrol, I was still having on and off again bleeding) and then we could try some different medications to try to alieviate the other symptoms (mood swings, hot flashes, et al.)
I tell her to go ahead and set it up and I would arrange for the time off from work. Letter came about a week later and the date she had set up was for December 22. The week of Christmas is not going to work (and I'm still filing in for Ma doing the price changes and it's also the week of Christmas and Grasshopper cannot spare me that week as it is) so I called the scheduling nurse that afternoon and asked for the surgery to be rescheduled for January (I also have sick time that rolls over again in January and I would need to use some of that to cover my lost hours for that week.)
Letter came in right after Christmas with a date of January 19th (which is day after tomorrow) at 10:15 a.m. Talked to Grasshopper about it and he said to just remind him and he and Germ would make sure that everything was covered while I was out (only need 3 days off - day of the procedure and 2 days after, according to my doctor.)
Reminded both of them last week and offered to come in today to work a few hours to get signs and/or tags ready for the week, but was turned down (Grasshopper has pretty tight hours this week so Sunday was out. I'll just use a day of my last 40 hours of vacation time instead and then use 2 sick days to cover the hours - just need to remind Rochelle when I go back in on Friday.) Which was probably just as well, as we had some SNOW this morning.
Mostly powdery stuff and just enough to dust everything but now it's mostly gone. Good thing I didn't try to go to work, or go out shopping w/Mom as we were planning (need new khakis for work, as I have one pair I can squeeze into and they are starting to unravel, so next weekend we'll have to make a run to Ollie's to see if they have any more men's pants, as they are wide enough in the leg for my liking and they are only 12 bucks a pair, but I digress.)
Then week before last, I get a letter from the Breast Center to reschedule my mammogram update (have dense tissue on right breast and they wanted to set up another visit for 6 months from my previous visit last July.) First afternoon appointment they had was for the 18th at 3:15 (tomorrow at that.) And I know my doctor will not want me putting that off, either so I went ahead and set up that visit.
Last Monday I got a call from the surgery department letting me know they had to rearrange the surgery schedule and that I have been moved up to 7:30 a.m. This means I have to report by 6 a.m Tuesday morning but the bright side I should be leaving around 10 or shortly after.
Got that out of the way, then Wednesday morning another lady called from the hospital to update contact and insurance information. Took less than 10 minutes to do that. Thursday afternoon I had to go for my pre-op consult with the nurse, which took not quite an hour.
So I'll go in tomorrow, but have to leave by 2:30 so I can make my appointment for the mammogram, then go early to the hospital Tuesday morning (have to use a special surgical soap the night before and that morning before I leave, wash the sheets Monday evening so they are freshly clean and throw the kitties out for the night) and get this procedure over with.
At least I'll get a 3 day break from work. Just hope we don't get that 1-3 inches of snow the forecasters are talking about Thursday night/Friday morning so I can get back to work.
) is that they have openings (one near the left shoulder and one near the right lower abdominal area) that connect to a hose that is part of a small heater mounted on the wall (it's called the Bair Paws system) which keeps the patient warm before surgery (I was told that there is another one inside the surgical suite that is used during surgery.)
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