Tuesday...

I went to the doctor yesterday assuming that this giant medical group that had many different offices would house my new doctor in a separate office. Imagine my surprise when i learned this new doctor was also in my old doctors office! I wanted to just turn around and leave especially when the receptionist gave me a less than friendly look (or two) when i arrived. -Now she might have been having a bad day, i don't know but i did mention to the person booking my appointment the other day that i was unhappy with the service i was receiving at the time...ooops.- Anyways i figured i'd ask this new doctor if the same type of issues were going to be a problem. If they were then i will keep looking for another doctor. When i was in the exam room the nurse took my BP. It was good 117/78 which i think is very good considering i was upset to be dealing with the same people who'd been ignoring my calls for over a week now. Once the nurse left and i was waiting to see the doctor i heard a very loud man talking and I thought...oh, I hope that's not my new doctor. He just seemed like one of those loud people who aren't very personable. Well, my thoughts were pretty much right on target. The loud guy was the doctor. He's pretty horrible at people skills. In fact I was telling Jeremy some things he said to me while I was there and Jeremy said it was a good thing he didn't go this time because I'd have to drive all the way to the other coast to find a new doctor :) I have read that most endocrinologists are not overly friendly. They deal with diabetes and considering the amount of people suffering from that these days they are super busy and don't have time for chit chat. He came in and asked me what my problem was. I told him about the heart issues I was having and my eyes teared up a little (mostly just because I'm exasperated and a little scared). He said "why are you crying?" and then I started to tell him about not being able to get in touch with the office, sitting around at home feeling as though I was going to have a heart attack. I told him that had I known he was in the same office I never would have gone to see him either. He very abruptly told me to stop talking...(one of the first times I didn't like him) and told me that I was absolutely right to be upset. He told me that he wanted me to talk to the office manager about it. He said "you're young so that's one thing, but what if a 70 year old person calls and nobody calls them back. They might give up and something bad will happen to them" Here I interrupted him and told him just because I'm young doesn't mean that my issues are any less important. I feel like a lot of times doctors down here discount what I'm telling them because I'm "young and healthy." Anyways, my bloodwork came back saying that my thyroid function is normal. I told the doctor that I'm still having symptoms like my hair falling out, insomnia, jittery feelings and he asked if I wanted to take the meds for thyroid and see if bringing my thyroid number down a little helps me feel better. I said yes, I do want to try that. He also told me it sounds like I may have a prolapsed valve in my heart which would be causing the pain and sent me to get an ultra-sound of my heart (echo-cardiogram) -I know that will make Cat feel better- :D Overall I was happy that something is finally being done to figure out what's going on with me. I don't like the doctor as a person, well maybe that's not the right way to say it, I don't like the doctors personality but I feel like he is more capable to handle what I've got going on than the last doctor. He's already ordered a bunch of blood tests for my thyroid that my last doctor never had done. I'm going to take the methimazole for 2 weeks (that's the med to slow the production of tsh in the gland) and then I'll go see the doctor again and assess the progress. He also gave me a beta-blocker which would be for the heart pain, and would help slow down my racing heart, but he told me not to take both pills right now. He wants to know what my reaction to the methimazole is first before taking anything else. They are also scheduling me to see a cardiologist. He thinks I should have a stress test done to make sure my heart is ok. Last night I finally went to church after missing a couple weeks. I felt pretty good but about halfway through I started having major hot flashes. I asked Jeremy if he was hot (we are in south florida after all) and he said no. I should have known that would mean bad news...I woke up at 3 this morning with my heart just racing. I know I've got to be patient and give the medicine time to work. I think it actually takes a couple weeks before I'll see any changes. Thanks for the prayers and words of encouragement. Tuesday was the first day I've ever left Jakob with someone (outside of family) for a few hours. He did great. When I got there I asked him if he was ready to go and he said "no" and kept running around with his little friend :) It is such a load off my mind to have someone who can watch Jakob if I need her to. I try to get appts on Fridays then Jake can stay with Jeremy but sometimes it's just not possible. I hope you're all doing well and have a great weekend!