I finally sent the ECG and CT scan results to my VA provider. There was a ct scan done when I fell and broke my wrists, and I explained that I had hit my head on the kitchen cabinet that was just above eye level prior to the CT scan. The cabinet is right next to the door without any counter under it. I requested a cardiologist to discuss the finding on my ECG.
This will be a bit different, instead of my message stating the kidney damage, they now have a PDF with the results of the CT scan describing the kidney damage, not just one kidney, but both kidneys.
I do hesitate in my writing, not knowing how much I should share. Sometimes it is should I even bother with trying to get my female hormones. I'm well past the age that females would go through menopause, and I've heard of the difficulty they go through trying to get the proper dose of HRT. Another was the old standard, comparing the cost of transition with life expectancy.
Maybe it could be shown with an example. I'm age 76, after my hernia surgery, I'm checked in to stay overnight. The occupational therapist comes to have me walk the hallway. She brings with her a walker, expecting me to use it in our walk. I ask how to use it, and she explains. Her remark is that I lied about knowing how to use it, as I push it out the door. Outside the door, I push it to the side, stand up straight, and continue the walk without the walker.
Back to this life expectancy, I think it was put as the improvement in the quality of life for a few years, did not justify the cost of that improvement. Like I stated, it was an old standard.
Not knowing if I'm going to run into this old fashioned thinking of a doctor deciding HRT will not give any benefit at my age.
Michelle
