I woke up this morning and was not happy. I felt like I had hunger shakes, high anxiety, and still had no desire to eat. I went to work feeling this way ( and I did eat something. ) and decided to just cut out early and head to Tri-Cities.
I get there super early and meet my mother for lunch. By then I have had 2 liters of water. Oi.
Anyway. Had some good food, but during lunch I get a phone call from the doctor saying that he was called away and they need to reschedule. I'm not kidding. I understand, but I drove 2 hours and it is a medical office. I ask if there is anyone who could see me.
They say they are busy and this other doctor won't be in until much later. I bring up that I came in all the way from Spokane ( they were only giving me an hour's notice. ) and ready to go in to the sob story that I'm about ready to lose my mind here.
She puts me on hold, my mother and I discuss the option of going to this emergency clinic that both of us have gone to and that is fairly nice in town. The nurse gets back on and tells me someone named Erik can see me 30 minutes from my original appointment time. Cool.
I was still a little shaken up since I wasn't going to see my actual doctor. . .the whole
reason for going to Tri-Cities, and so my mother comes around the table and goes to give me a hug. But she stops, backs away, and looks conflicted.
You see. Turns out my parents have scabies right now which means no physical contact with other people and that in itself is a hilarious story with another "I hate doctors!" moment. It made me laugh so hard to see her expression. I felt better with that.
Anyway. Go to the doctor, it is so dead there. Apparently, no lead doctor was there. Erik is an assistant to my doctor who sat with me. They ( He and the nurse ) were happy to see my labs and went back to look them over. ( Has probably everything there. I am so ecstatic that my calcium level is smack dab in the middle.
I'm lactose intolerant. This is a big concern for me! )
He came back, a bit frustrated over what to do. Basically don't know what it is and told me I need to see a Gynecologist for this. He doesn't want to put me on birth control before seeing one and there isn't any other tests that could be done.
He recommended that until I get in to see one, to take 800mg of ibuprofen three times a day. So 12 tablets a day. To do this during my periods to make it less of a pain.
My only worry was I called two Gyn's several months ago and was told it would be, well, several months. He's referring me to one in Spokane ( He's from Spokane! ) so. . .hopefully, for the love of everything. . .I GET IN BEFORE I COMPLETELY LOSE MY MIND.