Monday, September 28, 2009

???

Dr. Mowatt wanted another CT. He said that would take 7-10 days to schedule, then schedule the appointment for 2 weeks later. I went downstairs and sucked up to the nice lady at CT, then went back upstairs and waited for Dr. Mowatt's nurse to come back from lunch, got a copy of the orders, went back downstairs and she fit me in right then instead of coming back tomorrow, which she originally thought she had to do. So I saved 7-10 days. Done, $977 later, but the radiologist here wouldn't use contrast either, so we are no further ahead. He and Dr. Morriss (the urologist) will consult and decide what to do next. My appointment is for the 19th to review the results. Hope someone at work will change shifts with me!

He said if it is lymphoma they will do radiation (not sure how they would differentiate), they may decide to do a biopsy but not likely, I will probably lose a kidney because of the blood flow issue, and that was about it. He did think surgery was still the most likely.

Now I am off to Texas to load up a truck and list the house with a realtor.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Irritated - and someone may have to be harmed.

The back story: The company I work for, Skymedical, is subcontracted to NBPower to provide emergency medical 24/7 for the refurbishment. Skymedical provides a paramedic 24/7. During normal conditions, there is an occupational health nurse here Monday-Thursday and a ??? (guy we'll call Al - his qualifications are questionable) here Tues-Fri, both of these are during office hours. For some reason, the guy we'll call Al hates Skymedical. My first day, he ran down the company and my immediate supervisor, and even took a few potshots at the Skymedical owner. Being a person who doesn't give a crap, I didn't pay much attention. Someone said he wanted to work for the company, and wasn't hired. Someone else said he had a friend who was supposed to get the contract and didn't. He is a little little man, and all very short men have issues, in my experience. So, I ignored it. Who really cares? However, then Al gave my chest pain patient Pepto-Bismol and told him he didn't have to go to the hospital. And that was when I realized, this guy can be very dangerous.

Last week, an email came out to all Skymedical employees saying that a new schedule password would be issued because non-employees had access to the pswd, and that this password must be guarded with one's life, the schedule could no longer be viewed from the Health Unit computer, so this guy we call Al would not be able to access it. Apparently this annoyed him.

So, when Dr. Mowatt called for me at this number (why? Not sure The only reason they would have this number is because I called Dr. Wheelock's office from here...) He took a message. And then he took a little black book and put a sticker on the front that said "All skymedical employees must read this every day and initial to show that they have received the message." And then proceeded to write in there four pages of random things including "July 25: All employees must leave this book on the desk. Red book is to be put in cabinet." Until finally, at the bottom, the last message says:

"2009/09/25
Hi Ande, Dr. Mowatt's office called. Needed to get a hold of you before Monday. I don't have a list of Skymedical employee #s. I don't even know the password to know when your next shift is. Al."

Perhaps, then, dumbass, you could say - "No, I am sorry, she isn't working today, why don't you call her at home? Or on her cell phone? Or call her referring doctor?" But no, he takes full responsibility for something he has no intention of doing, getting the message to me. There was no call to my cell or my home phone from the doctor. Why? Because I am certain the "kind" gentleman at the HEALTH UNIT said he would take care of it. And we assume that other people will behave as professionals. Instead, this guy would prefer to inconvenience me and possibly impact my health, by making certain I have no way to get his message, just so that he can make the point to someone somewhere that his feelings are hurt for not being included with the new password to the schedule.

So, now, back to the most important part of this - why does Dr. Mowatt's office want me to call them before Monday? The options are not positive, with the worst being that my appointment has been cancelled. But hey, how would I know? Maybe they want me to fast for bloodwork? Maybe I am supposed to bring something else? No idea. :(

Ande

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

I have a report!

I have an appointment with Dr. Mowatt (James!) next Monday at 11 AM. Then I am theoretically off to Texas to pack up a U-haul (Actually a Penske, because Robert said they are far far better!) and list the house with an agent, finished or not.

Everyone comoing into the health unit is sick! Which, of course, stands to reason, I suppose. Today alone we went through a 40 pill bottle of cold and sinus, a 24 pack of the same, TWO boxes of immodium (you know that's for diarrhea, right?) and one whole thing of Pepto-Bismol. YUCK! I am being very careful about handwashing, not touching my face, and I am eating tons of Vitamin C. I also read a very interesting article that has convinced me I should also be eating more vitamin D!

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/05/16/f-health-vitamin-d.html

I am a fan of these vitamin things. :)
Love to all
Drene



And......Kelly - I am so sorry I have not yet returned your sweet message! I will do so soon, I promise, Friday is my day off this week. YAY!

Friday, September 18, 2009

Nothing to report

Called the doctor (Wheelock) today about the appointment with the next doctor (Mowatt), they have been out of the office since Wednesday, according to their message. I left a message and will follow up again on Monday.
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Waiting

Dr. Wheelock says he isn't the man for me. :(

I have to see Dr. Mowatt, a general surgeon with hepatobiliary system/liver/pancreas as a 'specialty' and oncology 'experience'. He should be joined for surgery by a Dr. Morris, (a urologist I believe) and apparently other characters as well to deal with the vein and artery from the kidney and the inferior vena cava, as well as the duodenum. Par-tay!

So I am waiting for Lori from Dr. Wheelock's office to make me a "fairly urgent" appointment, I am to follow up next Friday if I haven't heard from her by then.

I'm feeling a bit hateful right now, since my lovely new job can't figure out how to pay me, or at least not a consistent dollar value, and my phone died in the middle of talking to Andrene. So, I won't subject y'all to my pissyness, since everything will look better in the morning. God, I hope so anyways!
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Sunday, September 06, 2009

Appointment time!

On Thursday afternoon, I called the doctor's office and got....no answer.

On Friday morning I called and..... got an appointment! The receptionist was very nice, she said that they wanted to fit me in next week, but had no appointments left on Wednesday, the day they normally saw patients. But, she was going to see if the doc would see me on Friday. She would ask him and call me back. I gave her my number at work so she could call back and explained that I worked shifts. She said...you work in Lepreau? Why yes! She knew the prefix because she lives in Musquash! We're like sisters now. :)

She called me back with a 10:30 next Friday, September 11th, appointment time. Woohoo!

Interesting notes:
1. One guy I work with, his wife is my fifth cousin, and they were at the reunion in Caraquet last month as well. In fact, he was sitting two rows ahead of us, and heard me translating to Olive. He also noted the freakishly small chair I fell into. He also thought the speaker (who happened to be his father in law) went on far too long, and said that even if you were a francophone it was still boring.
2. One girl I work with, she is the cousin of the next door neighbor/childhood friend of my oldest nephew, and she hung out with the daughter of my cousin MM, who is not currently working for NRF but is working in Rad Control, and he was here last night. In my very office.

Tiny little world, or what?

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Last thing before bed...

So....
Now, theoretically, they are going to call me and my appointment will be within a week. More tomorrow, I am sleepy. But.... kind of tiresome still. :)
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