I think I am loosing it

[Guest guest]

3 weeks ago I went to my pcp for my 3 month post op check up. They

drew a ton of blood to look at everything. 2 weeks ago my husband

went to the same physician for his yearly and they drew a ton of

blood on him. Well his lab results have come in the mail today.

They are all fine, perfect actually. I was really worried about his

PSA and it was 0.74 which is excellent. Anyway why haven't they

sent me mine. When I was there the doctor, whom I have known for a

while, said " I dont know what to do with you, never had a pt who has

had this surgery " .

Anyway, every other time I got my labs back pronto, now I am

starting to get a little paranoid. What if something is wrong and

she is trying to reach the other docs to talk about it. I have been

in tears all day. I am so scared that something will go wrong.

Everything has gone perfectly and I am so happy to be putting all

this behind me. The last 2 years every time I had anything done it

just turned out badly, so I dont have the best history of good luck

at all. Maybe its just paranoia, once bitten twice shy sort of

thing. But dang nabit, I want my labs. I still have pain after I

eat but was told that was normal. It scares me tho. I just want to

move on and put all this behind me.

Also, I have not taken any insulin in about a month, my fsbs's have

been great, right where they should be. Well the last 3 days they

have creeped up. Tonight it has stayed in the 160's since dinner at

6:30 and I didn't eat anything bad. I'm wondering if I should

inject myself with a little insulin. This morning my fastin blood

sugar was 127 when it had been in the 90's the last few weeks. I am

really getting scared. What if there is something going on with the

iselts or my liver. Paranoia again. Sometimes I really wish I

wasn't a nurse and didn't know what I know. Like I told Fliss the

other day, never underestimate the power of ignorant bliss.

Sorry to go on so but at least ya'll dont have to hear me whine,

just read it..LL Well thanks for letting me get it off my chest.

Hope all of ya'll are doing ok.

Thanks,

Chrissy

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Isn't the imagination the worst at times? Especially when it can

feed off from cold hard facts and prior experience? Taming that

beast is one of the hardest things a human has to do. I guess

that is why horror films are so popular...it is just the expression

of our innermost wild creatures.

As far as your lab tests from the PCP visit...I have to agree with

both and Dave. " No news is good news " as far as there

not being anything critically wrong....but of course, you cannot

rule out the abnormality that is not immediately threatening but

may not bode so well in the long term. However, if there is

something not quite so good showing up, you have the

knowledge and experience to figure out how to handle it. Just

look at what you have already faced and overcame. And keep in

mind the resiliency of the human body. What may be abnormal

for the perfectly healthy person, may be your new norm.....and it

is most likely within tolerable limits. I think of the WWII soldiers in

the Pacific theater whose liver enzymes were so out of whack

that they were grossly jaundiced....but they were kept on the front

lines and performed at above normal levels. Now if this were you

or I, safe and sound at the home front, we most likely would have

been hospitalized. So everything has to be taken in its

appropriate context.

In addition, it is very true that specialized tests may have been

sent out to a reference lab and this can take weeks or even up to

a month, to get results back (depending on the nature of the

test).

Hopefully you will hear one way or the other soon....and that

everything will be good news.

As far as the blood sugar......I know that activity level and health

status can affect it's stability. Do you think that you had a burst of

activity yesterday that may account for the slight increase? or do

you think that you are coming down with a cold or something that

may be stressing your system? Did your kids do something that

got you to out of sorts? I would expect that just the act of living

day to day, week to week, etc will create different curves of daily

blood sugars and that after a certain amount of time you will get

a sense of these trends. Maybe even just the lenghtening of

daylight is causing the whole pituatary - parathyroid - adrenal

system to up-regulate thus causing a greater consumption of

your energy factory. Hopefully, the swings will even out and

lower themselves to less aniety producing levels. Healthy

concern and watchful waiting while you monitor the situation is

the act of the moment!

Laurie

(PS do you sleep walk? could that hot fudge sundae not have

been a dream after all? Do you have chocolate stains on your

pillowcase? are you missing a carton of fudge ice cream in your

secret hideout? Is the cat following your around the house

begging for more " licking-the-used-bowl-treat " and you have no

idea what he is talking about? hmmmm...if so, you may have

discovered the answer. The mid-night, sleep-walking,

chocolate-hot-fudge-with-marshmallow-and-a-cherry-on-top-sun

dae eating monster has come to life! LOL The cure? Piling

up aluminum cans outside your bedroom door. It stops all

midnight roamers, as my brother discovered when he lived at

home with me, his sleep walking sister)

[Guest guest]

Chrissy,

They should get you the results! I would call them and ask. Maybe they can

tell you something right then. Especially with your blood sugars going back up.

Don't wait! Let them know. I am praying you are fine!!

Angie in SC

" The happiest of people don't necessarily have the

best of everything; they just make the best of everything that comes along

their way. "