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Stomach Drama Continues

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I am so tired of feeling sick to my stomach. I keeps me up all night. It hurts all day. It kind of even makes me nauseous. I went to the doctor, he asked where it hurt. I misrepresented because I was bloated and my whole stomach kind of hurt at the moment. Now that I didn't eat last night and am really skinny I can tell it hurts higher up. See my diagram below. The green area has a much sharper pain when I touch it. The red area kind of hurts when I am really full but I think it has more to do with whatever is up in area green.

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So I call the doctor yesterday and got his helper because he was busy. I said, I don't want to just wait for Jan 9th to get a colonoscopy and asked if they could do any other tests bfore. I asked if it would be possible to get a blood test or stool test to see if something else is up. At least a freaking blood test. The last one I took was in like 2000. Anyways, so they say they could fit me in at 6am for colonoscopy. I declined first of all because I would have had to be ready at like 5am at Millard Fillmore suburban and second of all because I wasn't calling for a rush colonoscopy. I just think maybe they should check some other stuff first.

I am really so sick of the whole process. What does it take to find a doctor with a few minutes who thinks of a the whole picture? I would pay lots of money at this point. I think I am going to just take @jenks's advice and just go to the emergency room. I think I am going to go today after I finish with some important stuff for work. If I go there I will blog the whole experience.
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💬 8 comments

  1. jenks ·

    (i sent you an email)
  2. paul ·

    Thanks jenks.
  3. paul ·

    Okay, I have decided I am not going to go to the emergency room. I am just going to wait until 1/9 and medicate myself in whatever ways I deem appropriate to deal with it until then.
  4. james ·

    god damn it

    I have never, ever, ever, not once heard about someone having a positive experience with a doctor in this town.

    The guy Jim saw when he was having debilitating joint pain told him he couldn't do anything until it got so bad they needed to operate.

    I have seen about four doctors and each of them was a fucking idiot for a variety of reasons.

    And this crap?

    Not to mention it is impossible to get an appointment with anyone. No one is taking new patients. AH!
  5. jim ·

    Paul, when I was in pain I had to buy books on anatomy and physical therapy and figure it all out for myself. Maybe you should just study up on internal medicine and then get a sharp knife.
  6. mike ·

    why don;'t you just suck it up and do the 6 am colonoscopy instead of waiting if it is really that bad.
  7. libertad ·

    whoa mike that was bitchy and unexpected...kinda funny. Why 6am for a colonoscopy? IT seems to me like no doctor would prefer to do this at such a time, but I guess not. Why not go for it? Take it...haha!
  8. mike ·

    ok i didn't mean to be bitchy,. I'm just saying if it is really miserable i would take it!

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