Going back
As a reminder to folks, when I first started having problems that led to my hospitalization in August, 2007 (which eventually led to my diagnosis in April, 2008), I was treated by Dr. Arvind Kulkarni (he just happened to be the gastroenterologist on call the day I was referred for the blockage in my bile duct). As I have said previously, I like Dr. Kulkarni for several reasons, not the least of which is that he treated me as someone with an intellect. For example, when he ran tests, he showed me the results and explained their meaning. As it turns out, when MB was in the hospital last week, Dr. Kulkarni happened to be there, as well, doing some procedures. He was kind enough to stop by and catch up. I appreciated that, too.
Now when all this happened, I had been going to a “Doc in the Box” for my health care needs; I didn’t have a primary care physician. As I continued my treatments with Dr. Kulkarni, I realized that I really needed to get a PCP, so I asked him if he knew of someone he could recommend. Turns out that his wife was a general practitioner. So after spending several months seeing Mr. Dr. Kulkarni, I started seeing Mrs. Dr. Kulkarni.
So the GP I have been talking about lately is Mrs. Dr. K. This past week, I got a call from Mrs. Dr. K’s office regarding some tests that they ran. The end result is that I have been referred to a gastroenterologist for a follow-up to these tests. Now, I don’t think there is any reason to worry about this referral (heck, they didn’t tell me to go to the emergency room, yes?). So, my journey appears to be heading back to where I started; I have an appointment with Mr. Dr. K. in a couple of weeks. Of course, I’ll post when I know something.
My physical health remains the same, though, the stress level is starting to go up as I get closer to March 30 (the date of my next set of scans). As always, I take each day as it comes and try to enjoy it as much as possible. As one of my older son’s shirt says, “Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things!”
Enjoy!
Merle
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