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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / October 2006ok, drama queen at it again
yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! i think i've been keeping it calmly together, since my biopsy, for the past 5 days, i think. went out to the mailbox a little while ago and nothing in the mail yet, after 5 days, about the biopsy results. no phone calls about the biopsy, and that's good news. so, why am i now starting to get very nervous? i mean, 5 days later, why am i now getting rattled, when no news by phone is supposed to be good news. breathe! i'm starting to hold my breath again, too. damnit. i think i'm starting to unravel. get a grip, katie! thursday, i'm going to call if i don't hear anything by then. don't like how i'm feeling, very nervous. need to go distract myself. maybe i'll go play bingo or something, anything away from home. kate > ...thursday, i'm going to call if... Dammit, call today! We're on pins and needles waiting to hear too. Of course not as much AS you but FOR you. Prolly stoopid secretary forgot to mail the letter. Bud > ...thursday, i'm going to call if... Dammit, call today! We're on pins and needles waiting to hear too. Of course not as much AS you but FOR you. Prolly stoopid secretary forgot to mail the letter. Bud that, That, THAT's how i feel! but seeeeee, bud, i have this little voice inside my head that says, "follow their rules" and call thursday, if i don't hear anything by then. and then there's this other little boice that sez, "to heck with rules! i wanna know sumthang NOW!" it's almost tomorrow now. then it'll be only 24 more hours. but my poor kitties! i can tell they're getting nervous too. i tink it's my fault, like maybe that other boice rubs off on them. kate > Bud > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > kate Hey, kate - it's possible to call in a nice way, remember that! I always remind myself that there is no shortage of folks who call the next day demanding results immediately when there is no chance for any such thing. A nice call from a patient saying she's tressing out and wonders if it would be possible to get the results over the phone would not be considered a pain in the greater scheme of a doctors' office. Of course, my problem is staying available for the return call from the nurse. Inevitabley they call when I give up and go out to do errands, or hang up the laundry, or fall asleep for a much needed nap! LOL  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare {{{{{{{Kate}}}}}}}} DeeTee >> Bud >> [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > for > a much needed nap! LOL {{{{{{{Kate}}}}}}}} DeeTee thanks, sweetie. kate > On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:23:24 -0400, d'huit wrote > (in message <yrednSIdH9e8hr7YnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@comcast.com>): [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > for > a much needed nap! LOL On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:23:24 -0400, d'huit wrote (in message <yrednSIdH9e8hr7YnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@comcast.com>): > Bud > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > kate Hey, kate - it's possible to call in a nice way, remember that! I always remind myself that there is no shortage of folks who call the next day demanding results immediately when there is no chance for any such thing. A nice call from a patient saying she's tressing out and wonders if it would be possible to get the results over the phone would not be considered a pain in the greater scheme of a doctors' office. ***i tried. i called my doctor's office twice today. both times the switchboard put me through to the nurse's voice message:-( i left a message. been at home all day and nobody called back.<lower lip trembling> kate (thinking . . . on the otherhand . . . maybe, i should be celebrating that it appears as if the biopsy result isn't/wasn't worth the time and trouble of notifying the patient (me) about it????) Kate, hope that mail comes tomorrow. In the meantime, don't borrow trouble! Gwen > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > kate Kate, hope that mail comes tomorrow. In the meantime, don't borrow trouble! Gwen me too. i'm trying real hard not to borrow anything, gwenie. i keep telling myself that no phone call is good news. but no news, at all, is nerve wracking. kate > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > kate (((Kate))) I would think they would have called by now if it were bad news, right? The mail is just slow, that's all. I totally relate to forgetting to breathe. My anxiety acts up and my chest gets tight, and I have to make an effort to take a deep breath every now and then. Ugh! I would definitely call by Thursday. Hugs you tight. Kelly C. > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > kate (((Kate))) I would think they would have called by now if it were bad news, right? The mail is just slow, that's all. ***oh, you just provided me with a reassuring mantra! "the mail is just slow, that's all." I totally relate to forgetting to breathe. My anxiety acts up and my chest gets tight, and I have to make an effort to take a deep breath every now and then. Ugh! ***you too? i thought i was the only person i knew who could forget to breathe. and does it make you sooooo exhausted that you fall asleep unexpectedly? i crashed for like four/five hours right after i got up from here and sat down on the sofa to pet mugs. when i woke up, i couldn't help thinking that my nervousness must have worn me out. then i thought, maybe the spinal injections are kicking in much better and sleep is catching up with me? goofy, how that happened. I would definitely call by Thursday. Hugs you tight. ***thank you, sweetie. kate Kelly C. > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > kate kate I agree with kelly. i think no news is good news. you are in my thoughts and prayers. sending you a gentle hug janice | (((Kate))) | [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] | > | > kate kate I agree with kelly. i think no news is good news. you are in my thoughts and prayers. sending you a gentle hug janice thank you, sweetie. how are you doing, hon? are you ready for next week? kate | (((Kate))) | | I would think they would have called by now if it were bad news, right? The | mail is just slow, that's all. | [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] | I totally relate to forgetting to breathe. My anxiety acts up and my chest | gets tight, and I have to make an effort to take a deep breath every now and | then. Ugh! | | ***you too? i thought i was the only person i knew who could forget to | breathe. and does it make you sooooo exhausted that you fall asleep | unexpectedly? i crashed for like four/five hours right after i got up from | here and sat down on the sofa to pet mugs. when i woke up, i couldn't help | thinking that my nervousness must have worn me out. then i thought, maybe | the spinal injections are kicking in much better and sleep is catching up [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] | > the biopsy, and that's good news. so, why am i now starting to get very | > nervous? i mean, 5 days later, why am i now getting rattled, when no news | > by phone is supposed to be good news. | > | > breathe! i'm starting to hold my breath again, too. damnit. i think i'm | > starting to unravel. get a grip, katie! thursday, i'm going to call if i | > don't hear anything by then. don't like how i'm feeling, very nervous. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] | > | > kate > ***oh, you just provided me with a reassuring mantra! "the mail is just > slow, that's all." [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > kate Oh my God, how I wish I could sleep when anxious. I am always tired because I'm so nervous all the time. When Rach was in the hospital the first time, I don't think I slept at all the first 3 days. Brett finally got me to eat a BLT, then I fell asleep for a few hours.:( Come to think of it, he may have drugged it.:/ I've got serious anxiety issues. It is something I am working on. Even the thought of taking meds. for it makes me nervous...how sick is that? Anyway, I'm really happy you were able to sleep and put the worry aside for a few hours, and I really do hope the back injections are helping. My neighbor has just had one set of injections, too. He is having serious problems, in addition to Parkinson's. He was looking better when I saw him yesterday. The back feels better, so the tremor isn't as bad, because the stress is reduced. Yay.:) Kelly C. > ***oh, you just provided me with a reassuring mantra! "the mail is just > slow, that's all." [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > kate Oh my God, how I wish I could sleep when anxious. I am always tired because I'm so nervous all the time. When Rach was in the hospital the first time, I don't think I slept at all the first 3 days. Brett finally got me to eat a BLT, then I fell asleep for a few hours.:( Come to think of it, he may have drugged it.:/ ***(((((((((((((((kellyc))))))))))))))))) that must be really hard on you. i'm not normally nervous. but when i do get nervous, it's like my system goes into hyperdrive. never used to crash from being exhausted by it, though. could be that i've been so sleep deprived for so long, that my body is taking advantages of the lulls now?LOL I've got serious anxiety issues. It is something I am working on. Even the thought of taking meds. for it makes me nervous...how sick is that? ***i don't think that's sick. i think that's being cautious, maybe a tad overly cautious, but not sick. i have to keep reminding myself, even now, that being nervous is temporary; being anxious is temporary. that they are just emotional reactions and will pass, like every other emotion. (but when i'm in hyperdrive, i'm in hyperdrive and i have to wait for that to pass before i can deal with the rest.) i really had to do that a lot when butch was so ill. and i still have to do that with grief. Anyway, I'm really happy you were able to sleep and put the worry aside for a few hours, ***i think it helped me. and I really do hope the back injections are helping. ***i know those are helping. my lower spine pain levels are about half of what they were. maybe that's why i can sleep more than a couple of hours, even if it wasn't at bedtime. My neighbor has just had one set of injections, too. He is having serious problems, in addition to Parkinson's. He was looking better when I saw him yesterday. The back feels better, so the tremor isn't as bad, because the stress is reduced. Yay.:) ***that's great news! i think we rarely consider how stressful pain is. i know i didn't even think about it in those terms, until just this moment. maybe i'm just too busy dealing with it and coping that i don't notice/recognize how stressful it is? and then, how do you reduce the stress of pain, if you can't reduce the pain? hmmm . . . interesting. kate Kelly C. {{{{Oh oh oh Kate}}} Hang in there and hang on! It'll be fine.:-) Thanks for your kind words in the previous reply...I appreciate it a ton. I admire Rose the First as much as U do. Gentle Hugs from Rosie Dos Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself." -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > kate {{{{Oh oh oh Kate}}} Hang in there and hang on! It'll be fine.:-) ****thank you, hon. Thanks for your kind words in the previous reply...I appreciate it a ton. I admire Rose the First as much as U do. ****i meant them. and yeah, rose #1 really is very admirable, and smart and funny, and nice and sweet. hmmmm . . . and now, i'm thinking all that must have something to do with the name.<smile>(how's that for oblique?) kate Gentle Hugs from Rosie Dos Signature"If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself." -- Meat Loaf, Bat Outta Hell II > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! > > i think i've been keeping it calmly together, since my biopsy, for the past > 5 days, i think. went out to the mailbox a little while ago and nothing in > the mail yet, after 5 days, about the biopsy results. no phone calls about > the biopsy, and that's good news. so, why am i now starting to get very > nervous? i mean, 5 days later, why am i now getting rattled, when no news [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > don't hear anything by then. don't like how i'm feeling, very nervous. > need to go distract myself. maybe i'll go play bingo or something, anything > away from home. > > kate > Thanks for your kind words in the previous reply...I appreciate it a >ton. I admire Rose the First as much as U do. > >****i meant them. and yeah, rose #1 really is very admirable, and smart and >funny, and nice and sweet. hmmmm . . . and now, i'm thinking all that must >have something to do with the name.<smile>(how's that for oblique?) Youze guys are toooo much! LOL But thanks for the compliment. I feel all warm and fuzzy, and will go to school today with a song in my heart! You brightened my day. And Kate, don't worry.The operational phrase here is "No news is good news!". Easy to say, I know. I think it is a good idea to set a deadling and then call. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 19:41:08 -0700, "d'huit" <threecedars1@comcast2.net> wrote: > Thanks for your kind words in the previous reply...I appreciate it a >ton. I admire Rose the First as much as U do. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >funny, and nice and sweet. hmmmm . . . and now, i'm thinking all that must >have something to do with the name.<smile>(how's that for oblique?) Youze guys are toooo much! LOL But thanks for the compliment. I feel all warm and fuzzy, and will go to school today with a song in my heart! You brightened my day. And Kate, don't worry.The operational phrase here is "No news is good news!". Easy to say, I know. I think it is a good idea to set a deadling and then call. Rose @}>->-- yep. going on day 8 of the "no news is good news" operational phrase. i called them twice today, was switched to voice mail and they never returned my call. kate Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. >yep. going on day 8 of the "no news is good news" operational phrase. i >called them twice today, was switched to voice mail and they never returned >my call. Holey cow! That is certainly not a great way to conduct a medical clinic. Grrrrrr Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:36:27 -0800, "d'huit" <threecedars1@comcast2.net> wrote: >yep. going on day 8 of the "no news is good news" operational phrase. i >called them twice today, was switched to voice mail and they never returned >my call. Holey cow! That is certainly not a great way to conduct a medical clinic. Grrrrrr Rose @}>->-- my thoughts, too. i'd like to gently thump somebody (maybe even everybody) there--just to remind them that part of their job is also to not increase the anxieties of their patients. thinking . . . maybe my doctor should have said, "phone call means trouble; ignore means we don't care." kate Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. Okay, here is a new way to handle it. Call the office. Tell the switchboard that the doctor called you and you are returning his call. hehehe If you get his voice mail, tell that machine that you have called and left messages which no one has bothered to return and you have not received mail either. Frankly you are unimpressed by his staff or operation. Sincerely hope that there is someone there who might even email you the results. Duckie who hates stupid staff > On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:36:27 -0800, "d'huit" > <threecedars1@comcast2.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. Dontcha just hate that....hang in there Kate...I think they do that for the suspense..jk.. I bet everything is just fine..if they did see something the pathologist would have alerted your doctor as soonas he/she saw something bad.. (((((((((((Hugs )))))))))))))))) > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > kate Dontcha just hate that....hang in there Kate...I think they do that for the suspense..jk.. ***what i really dislike is when i loose my centeredness. boy, if they do that for suspense, they should be writing screenplays! I bet everything is just fine..if they did see something the pathologist would have alerted your doctor as soonas he/she saw something bad.. ***that has to be right, i'd think. but then, what about the pathologist to whom it is just a job? or maybe that depends upon the doctor telling the pathologist he wants the results right away? my phone has been making me very jumpy since early this morning. it rings and no matter who is calling (until i hear who), i'm on a roller coaster ride. it's like ring. hold breath. ring. don't touch it. ring. breathe. ring. hold breath, and so on, until i get up nerve enough to pick it up. and i just noticed tonight, that it doesn't matter what time the phone rings now. logically, i know that doctor's offices close. so, you'd think i'd could turn off that switch by end of office hours, but i haven't been able to. maybe i can, now that i just told myself about office hours. egads. thank you, rhonda. kate (((((((((((Hugs )))))))))))))))) > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > kate Kate wrote "drama queen at it again": > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! I think when this all over, we'll nominate the participants in the thread for an Obie or Oscar or some award. ... I need not suffer in silence while I can ... still moan, whimper and complain. Kate wrote "drama queen at it again": > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! I think when this all over, we'll nominate the participants in the thread for an Obie or Oscar or some award. ***nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. i get first dibs! kate ... I need not suffer in silence while I can ... still moan, whimper and complain. (you, too?! well, hey, chief! i gotta have something to talk about.LOL) You Know Kate...When this is over...I think I will be first in line to start punching all those in line that couldn't just pick up the phone to tell you Good news...why have to wait for it in the mail....Jimmeny Christmas...For heaven's sake this is the 21 century with all kinds of high tech stuff ...the telephone being on the bottom of the list... And FAX has been around a pretty long time.... Heck it takes about two minutes to send an email...ARGH!!!!! Okay I'm done now... Sending a hug and a prayer that no news good news Cindy > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > kate You Know Kate...When this is over...I think I will be first in line to start punching all those in line that couldn't just pick up the phone to tell you Good news...why have to wait for it in the mail....Jimmeny Christmas...For heaven's sake this is the 21 century with all kinds of high tech stuff ...the telephone being on the bottom of the list... And FAX has been around a pretty long time.... Heck it takes about two minutes to send an email...ARGH!!!!! Okay I'm done now... Sending a hug and a prayer that no news good news Cindy thanks, cindy. i'd like to turn you loose on them about now. i can't believe they don't even have the courtesy to return my voice mail messages today, about a biopsy no less. kate > yeah. well. i feel like one. what is the *matter* with me?!!! > > i think i've been keeping it calmly together, since my biopsy, for the past > 5 days, i think. went out to the mailbox a little while ago and nothing in > the mail yet, after 5 days, about the biopsy results. no phone calls about > the biopsy, and that's good news. so, why am i now starting to get very > nervous? i mean, 5 days later, why am i now getting rattled, when no news [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > don't hear anything by then. don't like how i'm feeling, very nervous. > need to go distract myself. maybe i'll go play bingo or something, anything > away from home. > > kate |
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