Quote from: TanyaG on October 03, 2024, 03:29:14 PMFirst, hugs and all the encouragement I have to give. Second, it may take a few days to figure out, so its great you are being investigated. Once they've started, they'll have to finish!
Make sure you understand what they are telling you and if they use medical-ese ask them to translate. Communication is all here, especially once they've started start coning in on the diagnosis. At that point, getting them to write stuff down for you helps too because the amount of content can be overwhelming.
Thank you, Tanya.
Yeah, you're right. Doctors speak their own language. It's like Vulcan but more icy.
The Haynes Manual of the human body, lol.
I'll be okay. Honestly. The outpouring of support here is something else. I don't deserve you folks. I am usually the one offering it, but... to see it from the other side... you are all very special. Thank you.
Quote from: Lori Dee on October 03, 2024, 03:34:23 PMI love the bling! Mine was just a boring old cloth-covered piece of cardboard that I got at the pharmacy.
I know what you mean about antibiotics. In the Army, they gave me penicillin. I am not allergic and it works. That was over thirty years ago. Now if I need something, which is very rare, they give me Amoxicillin. I tell them to stop playing around with my health and give me the good stuff. I know it works, I am not allergic to anything. But no. Idiots don't use their heads. You can't have Superbugs develop immunity to something they never prescribe. They can't develop anything when they are dead. Kill the dang bug!
Yeah so is mine, Lori, lol. They have no idea of fashion, hahaha.
I get the whole resistance thing. Hospitals in the UK are like... you take your life in your hands these days. You can come out sicker than when you went in. But that's a symptom of how under pressure it all is. For every downside you have in the US... private healthcare isn't trying to deal with the weight of the world. You kind of have problems with every solution.
Back when I was a kid, though... the doctor used to just be like "Yeah here's some antibiotics. Come back in two weeks if it doesn't clear up." My brothers both had them. Now, you have to have green stuff probably pouring out of every orifice, I dunno. That's probably a help and a hinderance.
At least I know I'm not going crazy and I'm not just allergic to the internet, lol.
Will let you know more when I know more.
Dunno what I'd do without this place and you fine folks. As much as I take breaks, Susan's is my home. The best people seem to find their way here.