Okay, so I haven't been mentioning full details on this blog as I guess I'm quite a blend into the background type of person and don't reveal too much about myself....but this blog post will be different and it will list every detail possible of what happened today. Let's begin with some background information I had a lump in my breast for a while (roughly 6 months) and it was not going away so a couple of weeks ago I did the correct thing and went to the doctors. This was fine. She (the doctor at my GP) examined me and said it was nothing to worry about but she will send me off to get an ultrasound done on the lump to find out whether it is a cyst or a fatty lump and then told me if it was a cyst it could be drained and if it was a …show more content…
She gets tucked in and starts doing an ultrasound on my breast and measures the circumference or something or other on the screen and then tells me to clean it up but also says that it's nothing to worry about, that it's just a fibroadenoma which is a fatty lump that most young women develop (and yes I had to look up that word). Afterwards the doctor stated that she was going to do a blood test, to which I asked if she needed my arm as that's where I've seen my sister have hundreds of blood tests done (and it probably is around that number because she has to have her blood checked regularly) but the doctor said no to which I thought was strange and then she stated she needed to take it from the breast as she needed the cells which I already thought a blood test was a bit weird to have considering she did an ultrasound and told me it was a benign lump that most young women develop but I was in fear as I hate needles as it is, let alone having them take something from inside of my body and my anxiety, of course, went through the roof as I tried to calm myself down. However as I've witnessed many blood tests I thought to myself "yeah I can get through this on my own it'll be over within seconds" so I got into the position she asked me to do but was still wondering when I gave her consent to stick a needle in my breast but oh well
This time he did a lot of test: urine test, blood test, and a lot of poking, tapping, looking, and listening. I was afraid I had contracted some awful disease, like cancer. My Medicare and Medicare Supplement pays for everything, so I wasn’t worried about that. I have to pay for the Medicare and the Supplement, but the coverage is better than Medicaid coverage. For example, I had a knee replacement, and Medicare and the Supplement
My insurance company doesn’t open until 8 and while I knew for a fact that Tubal Ligations were covered, I was worried that maybe the hospital wasn’t in my plan. I tell Michelle, that I would like to wait until 8 to call my insurance. She understands. At 8 am, I am dialing my insurance company when Michelle calls me up to the desk. She informs me that Dr. Gutierrez says she was already expecting me up there and since I am not she is canceling the surgery and leaving because she is very busy. I stammer that my surgery is scheduled for 9:30. Michelle shrugs. At this moment I experience a full anxiety attack. I tell her I would be back and try to collect myself. As my husband assists me with breathing exercises, I finally compose myself to call my insurance.
This woman has had depression for years, she has been through so many events that other teenagers her age has been through. In this particular blog, she lists six things that many people said to her when they found out she has depression. The first one she said was, "But you're too young to have depression." I strongly agree with her response to that. I have a 9 year old cousin, she has anxiety and with her anxiety comes depression. One night she messaged me and she asked, "How do you deal with it? How do you sleep at night?" At that moment I realized that even a 9 year old worries about everything I
Yes, she was very happy to hear it was a cyst. She was not too familiar with breast cyst so I provided her with information pertaining to breast cyst and other breast changes that may appear as lumps. As far as education, at the time I worked at a hospital, which was strict on where we obtained education material for our patients. So I obtained some print outs of educational material from the source we used at the time and provided it for her to take home at discharge. We also had breast models on the unit so I went over the self-breast examination with her (even though she obviously was doing her monthly check, it was good reiteration!) and we went over all the important signs and symptoms that she should contact her provider when
A few weeks back, I went in for my routine annual visit and explained to my Gynnie that my periods are very irregular. I 'm not too concerned about this, since I figured I am most likely perimenopausal. Oh, joy! Actually, aside from the irregular periods, I don 't have any other symptoms yet, so I 'm counting my blessings. As a precaution, my Gynnie decided to do a biopsy to rule out any cancer. She could have done it that very same day, but I was not at all mentally prepared for that, so I opted to come back the following week. I DO NOT LIKE PAIN. I 've had a uterine biopsy once before and remember how awful and painful that was. My Gynnie, upon seeing how distressed I was becoming at the very thought of it, decided to prescribe a Valium for me to take just before the procedure.
The next day, I put in the call for the result. Waiting to hear was not my favorite part. Rose waited with me for about four hours. Finally, I called the nurse and she told me Dr. Endo #1 would have to give me the results. I knew something was up. When the results were normal, the nurse always told me. The day passed slowly and no one called. After Kevin
When we finally got there the mom that drove us there dropped us off at the emergency center and left because she had to go to work. While we were in the waiting room I was trying to convince my mother to get us a taxi and leave because I didn’t want to have stitches. She wasn’t going to let me go home though. After about five minutes go by and a doctor came out and called us into a room that she made sure I had to get stitches. It was a short girl that couldn’t speak greek very well with black hair and dark skin. She said I would have to have three to four stitches. After she left to get the doctor who was actually going to give me the stitches I got scared and I had goosebumps all over my arms. The doctor came in five to ten minutes later and he asked me and my mother a bunch of questions before he started the surgery. After that he warned my mom that she might get dizzy watching the surgery. When he started the surgery he put a blue plastic on top of me, gave me an anesthetic pill, and gave me the
I would communicate with a patient who is concerned about the discomfort of receiving her first mammogram by explain the process. Some patient could get nervous and uncomfortable about expose their body. Having confident and being professionally is the best way to handle nervous patient. I would answer their question as many as I can if they have question. I would explain the procedure to a patient by how they doing to do. I would tell them that it won't hart that badly but its may be more uncomfortable since this is their first mammogram. Also I would tell them that after the mammogram they going to have an x-ray to make sure that they don't have cancer or any
On April Fools Day (how appropriate), I underwent a core needle biopsy on (according to the radiologist) a “pretty good size mass” in my right breast. After a fall down the stairs in January, I experienced some swelling in my left breast, that led to a mammogram, an ultrasound, and finally a biopsy. In hindsight, when the radiologist and his nurse spoke to me after the ultrasound, I should have caught on to what he, with all his medical mumbo-jumbo, was trying to tell me.
The simplest way to diagnose for breast cancer is a regular self-check for changes in the chest or breast area. On finding a lump or cyst under the skin, it is ideal to visit a GP for confirmation although; most lumps or cysts are normal or non-cancerous. On confirmation of the presence of breast cancer, a patient would be further examined to find out the stage of cancer and what treatments would be ideal for them.
She made me once again re-explain what had happened. After I had explained the story, she was feeling around where the pain was. Every touch felt like a gunshot hitting my shoulder. I was in so much pain that the nurse gave me a popsicle. She thought the popsicle may calm me down a little bit, her thought wrong. She called my mom to come pick me up and bring me to the doctor. It felt my mom took like a day to get to school, she quickly brought me to the car and rushed me to the
Given the prior negative mammogram, if there was a concern that there may have been a lump that the member palpated but the physician could not, the proper evaluation would be a breast sonogram and/or referral to a breast surgeon for examination.
So they hooked me up to this machine and did their thing, Afterwards she told me that the results showed abnormal activity in my heart and that I needed to get to the Emergency Room at the main hospital in Pocatello right away. I was a little bit nervous about the way she sounded and went right away to the hospital. They did another EKG, different blood tests, 3 chest x rays, gave me IV’s and bunch of other stuff. Well, the good news is that everything is fine with my heart and it is very healthy. What happened was that all the medications (3 different types of antibiotics and I just started the new one yesterday) had affected my chest, heartbeat and stomach? They gave me all these medications for the pain and I have to stop my other medication for the sinus infection. I am kind of out of it and don’t want our first phone call to be anything less than special. I should be feeling better tomorrow… are you free? Sorry for all of the details (don’t worry because I am going to be totally fine, and besides looking at your pictures always makes me feel better), but I wanted you to know that it would have to be something like this for me not to call
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