monday

This has been the day from HELL

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First Tom was feeling blah--well that's not quite right

He was feeling like Hell.. Lot of pain in his back.

He went to work anyway-- at 8:25, I hear the front door

being unlocked and there he is . Looking like HELL.

Pale white, walking almost doubled over.

He went to bed and I threw the down comforter over him

because he was freezing and in intense pain.

We had an appointment at 10:30.

I woke him up at 10:00 - he got up and said

"I feel better , call the doctor and cancel..

I DON'T THINK SO !!!!

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We get to the Dr. office and the nurse won't even look

at me . More about that later.

They checked Tom out , got their bodily fluids and

sent us home . By the time we got home there was a message ,

that yes, he has a kidney stone. This is not his first

time with this kind of problem.

Kidney stones has a history of rolling around , making a

person wish to be unconsious and then just as

quickly, the stone finds a place to rest for a while and the

pain is gone . Until the next time .

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Back to the nurse.. I had requested my medical records on

April 29th.. I called the office on May1-- no they had not gotten

around to getting the letter that I need to see a specialist, or

made copies of my records .Fine -I called back on the 5th--nope

still no letter or files, No I could not talk to the doctor. He does not

talk on the phone .

May 7th- I called again -- "What exactly is it that you need?"

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WTF!!! I faxed the info request to you , have called and

all you people have done is blow smoke up my ass. Now I am pissed.

So this morning after the doctor gets done with Tom, we had

a little TALK.

He tell me , I'm sorry you are upset, I told him ,

I am beyond upset,

I AM PISSED and I want my files N O W !!!

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So after we have been home a while they call and say my

files are ready. I get back in my truck and go back to the office.

I start readingthe file (Now mind you, they did not give me

any of the info I had requested, EKG results, echocardiogram reading)

and also states in my file that I have had a hysteroctomy,

(I have not ), that my tonsil are ok ( hmm -didn't realize he had them- since they

were removed in 1969) and that

I am an ANGRY NORTHERNER. What the

hell does that have to do with my medical history??

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So now I am REALLY pissed. Back on the phone and

told that that I wanted the heart test results N O W>

Back in my truck, back to the office and get the results.

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I will be interviewing a new doctor tomorrow.

And will be writing a letter to the AMA