No Call From The Doctor Yet.....

[Guest guest]

Hi all: I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. Well,

after having a couple of relatively quiet days regarding the panc

(well, quiet for me is still having the usual background pain, etc.,

but it seemed like the burning thing had gone down at bit) I'm right

back where I was (although not quite as bad as the " on the verge of

needing to go to the ER but not going because I hate it there and

they su** basically...) with the burning " battery acid " thing going

on again.

I DID call the GI that said he'd see me on on an as needed basis and

this was on Monday....I think I posted to you all that the nurse

said she'd have to " talk to the doctor before scheduling an

appointment and he won't be back in the office until

Wednesday " ....well, Wednesday went by and no phone call, Thursday

went by and no phone call and now Friday has gone by and no phone

call. Now I'm trying really hard to believe that they were perhaps

really, really busy and the nurse forgot to ask him about me needing

to be seen..but that is very hard to believe. I honestly think

they're playing the game of " if we pretend she doesn't exist she

won't call back. " Well, WRONG answer and I WILL be calling back

there first thing Tuesday (Monday is a holiday in the states -

Columbus Day so they may or may not be in although I may try to call

then as well on the thought that maybe they don't " Celebrate " that

particular holiday in doctor's offices.

So, just thought I'd let you all know...I'm going to be getting VERY

serious here soon regarding finding a pancreatologist. I HAVE GOT

TO FIND A DOCTOR!!! This is just getting way out of hand and it's

partially because I just haven't given it the time research-wise in

feverishly, giving it my all, until I find one that I can actually

work with that understands this illness. Or at least does all he

can regarding getting to the bottom of this. At any rate it's

3:30am on Sunday morning and once again I'm up not

sleeping....despite taking the sleeping pill the pain doc gave me so

guess I have to call him now as well.....

Did I ever mention how much I hate this illness? Just one thing

after another...and I'm getting worn down I've gotta tell you.

Sorry guess it's another pity party coming on.....but I seem to

recall being this way near the holidays last year. Just keep

telling myself that there is always someone that has it worse than I

do and sure enough because last night they had the show on called

something like " Make A Wish " and there was a family featured that

had lost everything in the hurrican....boy that was really

something. Not to mention another story about a man that had cancer

that just tried to really make his last days good ones...so those

were heartwarming.

Well, sorry for this length of a post but yep, that's me the queen

of the long drawnout posts!!

Take care all

[Guest guest]

My first impression was that they were giving you a run-around too.

I hope you find someone really good, they seem to be like needles in

haystacks!

Eileen