General Surgery Consult

Wow! I really liked this doctor. He was older but sharp and very personable. He cracked jokes and was very light-hearted. If I had to see someone for general surgery I would definitely see him. So he listened to all my stuff and felt around all of my lymph node areas. He did say that my lymph system was participating in the whatever is going on with me. But, he said that he did not feel a mass together enough to get an easy biopsy. So he called my doctor and told him that there was no way he was going to go in searching for a lymph node to biopsy. So the next step is to go and get a CT-scan. Hooray. The surgeon asked me to let him know when they find something. :-) He was a riot!

So my CT-scan is scheduled for Tuesday morning at 9 AM. Fun. I have never had a CT-scan before so I don't know what to expect. If it is anything like an MRI with a long tube, I am going to have some problems. If they have to give me contrast, I am going to have some problems. Between my needle phobia and my claustrophobia, I am a mess!

Meanwhile, I woke up sweating in the middle of the night. It was a weird feeling. Then I woke up with the headache already. Not a good sign when I don't normally get them until later in the day. Still just trying to take it one day at time. Sometimes I feel as thought a whole week hits me all at once. :-)

Fun Day today

Yesterday I went to my yearly cardiology appointment. I go every year because I have MVP (Mitral Valve Prolapse) where my mitral valve doesn't work properly so it leaks. I take meds daily for it so that my heart doesn't work harder than it has to work. I seem to be doing fine. Apparently, from my moniter last year that I never got results for, I had just normal palpitations. That's good. It means the meds are working and my heart is fine. I had mentioned to her that I get these night terrors of spiders in the bed every once in a while. It doesn't really bother me, but it scares the heck out of Randy when it happens. Normally I get the sensation that a spider has fallen on me from the ceiling, so I scream, do a combat roll in the bed, and begin beating the "spider" to death. Needless to say, it wakes me up (and Randy too). I usually go right back to sleep after it. So the doctor tells me yesterday that the meds I am on has been known to cause these types of things. Wow. Didn't know that. So she suggested that once I get my health back on track, we might try to switch me to another medication. I think we may try that.

I did mention the symptoms I have been having lately to her and she her first response was the same as Randy's doctor. Have you seen an Infectious Disease Specialist? I told her no. She recommended one to me and told me if I needed her to she would write me the referral. I am a little overwhelmed at the moment so I may do it on Monday. Today I have an appointment with the doctor for a surgery consult. My PCP said that I should have the lymph node biopsied. Woo hoo this should be fun. I go today at 2:30 for the consult. I guess I will know more after that.