Now for a Post on My Physical Condition

OK, so the good news is that that spot has disappeared, though there is some scar tissue. But now my lower abdomen is so hard and swollen that I can hardly stand it.

Why does this always come to a head when a weekend is nearing? My luck, I'll be heading to the ER...noooooooo! I hope not!

It's too bad that I'm in the midst of a potential crisis now and I'm needing to change directions as far as which doctors to use. My oncologist has set me up to see two new GI doctors, but the earliest they got me in is 10/6. From past experience at KU, even if my doctor spoke with the GI doctors, it could be doubtful they'd get me in sooner. I've been through this before with the neurosurgeon trying to get me into an internal medicine doctor. They had to go outside of KU to get me into a doctor asap.

Well, hopefully tomorrow I'll have some relief. I have a feeling that I need to call my PCP and start moving that direction. Perhaps she can decide what tests to run to see what this abdominal thing is. I think the other doctors focused only on that "spot" at my T8 and blamed every symptom I had on spinal cord damage. I don't think this abdominal problem I'm having has to do with my T8. I don't know what it is, but there is "some thing" inside my abdomen, on the right side, that is putting pressure on my bladder, bowel, and hip. But the 64 million dollar question is, "what kind of test do they perform that will show what is going on?"

My oncologist is ordering a colonoscopy/endoscopy, but it won't be until well into October before that gets done.

I am so disappointed in doctors. I used to think so much of them, but not any more. I've never come across so many inadequate people in all my life. I'm sure they are overworked, but still, it's just not right.