Patty

[Guest guest]

Hey Patty,

Isn't that the way it always is....that we start to crow too soon about our good

days? Oftentimes I'm afraid to say I'm doing good, because as soon as I do,

I'm jinxed and it starts back up again. I'm so sorry for you! I hope you can

get in to see the doctor today, instead of having to wait until Monday. You

should not have to go through this weekend in pain! You probably should

have stayed home to rest, too, instead of going to work. But I know how that

is....

Don't let the nurse at the doctor's office sluff you off today. Is there any

way

that you could leave work early and go to the doctor's office? I had to do that

once, I was having a bad episode, on a Friday, and the nurse kept stalling,

saying the doctor would call back. So finally at 3:00 p.m. I went to the

doctor's office and said I'd sit in the waiting room until he could see me. The

nurse was mad because I didn't have an appointment, but I knew if I didn't

see him then that I'd suffer through a whole weekend without relief, probably

ending up in the ER. The waiting room was full of people with scheduled

appointments, and the nurse didn't like having me in there, in obvious pain

and enough discomfort that everyone was looking at me with pity in their

eyes.

One lady even offered to wait longer when it was her turn, wanting to let me

go ahead of her, and a couple other people in the room nodded their heads,

saying they'd do the same, but this nurse was a real bully, and made me wait

until all the other people were seen. That's okay, I just wanted to make sure

that he saw me. When I finally got in to see him, he said that he didn't even

know that I'd called or that I was having any trouble!!! The nurse apparently

hadn't even given him the message(s) (yes, I'd called three times) that I was

in pain. So either he or she was lying, but once there, he took care of me

right away.

I'm not saying that this is the case with your situation, but if you could get

there to see him today you'd be so much better off. You shouldn't have to go

through a whole weekend in pain.

Let us know.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

http://www.pancassociation.org/anthology.htm#Heidi

Bluffton, South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI, Intl.

Note: All comments or advice are my personal opinion only, and should

never be substituted for consultation with a medical professional.

Patty wrote:

> Well Heidi I think I spoke too soon. I had to go to the ER Wednesday

because of severe panc pain.

The ER doctor said I needed to follow-up with my GI doctor the 1st thing in

the AM. I called and the receptionist said I couldn't see the doctor until next

Monday.

The oxycodone is not helping so I have anothter call into my doctors office

I'm a little upset right now waiting for the phone call.