handing off
Odd timing that last night was the Scrubs episode when a pateient was handed over from medical to surgical, to medical, to surgical, etc. Neither wanted to treat him, so they would change the diagnosis to warrant ferreting the patient to the other ward.
The cardiologist is ready to ferret me out to a metabolic doctor. Basically it was "despite the months of hypertension and tachycardia, your heart is tolerating it pretty well. So there's not much I can do to treat you. But this might be a metabolic problem, so you should see this metabolic doctor."
Granted, he finally gave me something to try and slow down the heartbeat. But he also wants me to wear a holter monitor to see how fast it really is. I can only say "resting for an hour in front of the TV and my pulse doesn't drop below 96" so many times to him. Or the classic line "I haven't had this problem for long," seems to have fallen on deaf ears.
Office didn't have any holter monitors available. So by the time they get one and call me, hopefully the medicine will kick in which makes it useless. Needless to say I'm filling the script tonight and crossing my fingers.
I'm being very proactive about this because Sunday I think I had my first blackout. While driving the car. At 80 miles an hour. I also mentioned this to doctor, and he didn't seem that concerned about it since I didn't crash my car into a million pieces.
Seeing the metabolic doctor, I'm kinda mixed about. The cardiologist didn't seem that convinced that he'd find anything. But if there is a metabolic problem, this doctor will supposedly find it.
If the doctor treated me like that, so did the office staff. After telling me there was no copay "Uhh, yeah it says so on the card," and then getting a bill for said copay. Then they wanted me to sign paperwork for a study that the doctor wasn't going to have me to, so I refused. Then they asked for a copay after leaving when I paid for today and the last one.
This cardiologist originally tried to tell me that first my brain pacemaker was causing this. Then it was stress. Then it had to do with my celiac. So I'm just tired and frustrated with him and his excuses.
Yes, it was good to hear that my heart so far isn't ready to give out (even if it feels like it at times). And with the exception of the med that lowered my blood pressure (and hopefully the med that will lower the heart rate), it was pretty much a waste of time to get talked down to.
The cardiologist is ready to ferret me out to a metabolic doctor. Basically it was "despite the months of hypertension and tachycardia, your heart is tolerating it pretty well. So there's not much I can do to treat you. But this might be a metabolic problem, so you should see this metabolic doctor."
Granted, he finally gave me something to try and slow down the heartbeat. But he also wants me to wear a holter monitor to see how fast it really is. I can only say "resting for an hour in front of the TV and my pulse doesn't drop below 96" so many times to him. Or the classic line "I haven't had this problem for long," seems to have fallen on deaf ears.
Office didn't have any holter monitors available. So by the time they get one and call me, hopefully the medicine will kick in which makes it useless. Needless to say I'm filling the script tonight and crossing my fingers.
I'm being very proactive about this because Sunday I think I had my first blackout. While driving the car. At 80 miles an hour. I also mentioned this to doctor, and he didn't seem that concerned about it since I didn't crash my car into a million pieces.
Seeing the metabolic doctor, I'm kinda mixed about. The cardiologist didn't seem that convinced that he'd find anything. But if there is a metabolic problem, this doctor will supposedly find it.
If the doctor treated me like that, so did the office staff. After telling me there was no copay "Uhh, yeah it says so on the card," and then getting a bill for said copay. Then they wanted me to sign paperwork for a study that the doctor wasn't going to have me to, so I refused. Then they asked for a copay after leaving when I paid for today and the last one.
This cardiologist originally tried to tell me that first my brain pacemaker was causing this. Then it was stress. Then it had to do with my celiac. So I'm just tired and frustrated with him and his excuses.
Yes, it was good to hear that my heart so far isn't ready to give out (even if it feels like it at times). And with the exception of the med that lowered my blood pressure (and hopefully the med that will lower the heart rate), it was pretty much a waste of time to get talked down to.
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posted by Jenn @ 13:30
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