Sep 27
hmmmm….
Me again - two in one day! It’s like, a Tree-nanza! Or not. Anyway, remember back in April, when I was having all those weird problems with, well, EVERYTHING IN MY BODY, and I went to the doctor and they took 78000 lab tests? But then I didn’t hear anything back, because they lost all my labs, and I had to redo them, say…June-ish? Remember? But I STILL didn’t hear anything back, and after awhile I just assumed that, hey, they’d call me if something was wrong, so I must be fine. Just in case, though, I called to see, and I was told over the phone that, indeed, my results were completely normal.
You know where this is going, right?
I just got a phone call from the clinic, and was told by a slightly out of breath Dr. Lee that he just found my lab results sitting on a desk, and noticed that some of my numbers were not right, and what do you mean, you were told they were normal? Because, Sgt Williams, there was blood and protein in your urine, not A LOT, mind you, don’t worry, but enough to be not okay and JUST TO MAKE SURE, Sgt Williams, can you please come in Monday afternoon for some more tests? And, are you feeling okay? No…pain in your back, swelling? Really?
You guys, great. Wouldn’t you know that one week before I leave here I find out I’m defective? Does this doctor not know who he is DEALING WITH? For crap’s sake, I only JUST started sleeping full nights again, after the whole non-selling-house issue. Now THIS! Don’t worry, he tells me. Pshh.
Anyway, I know y’all spend every waking moment wondering about my health and well-being. Now you are up-to-date, and I can go google things like Polycystic Kidney Disease and Renal Failure.
Auf Wiedersehen!!!
September 27th, 2006 at 11:42 am
Oh God, I gave it to you…sorry.
Seriously there are other things that can cause that, infection and whatnot, I sure hope you aren’t getting kidney problems too! HUGS!
September 27th, 2006 at 1:45 pm
Kay - You totally DID! You kidney cootie giver!
September 27th, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Treena, they just did the same exact thing to me last year! When I went back and they did more blood work, it turned out I was just fine. Relax girl! Don’t work yourself into a frenzy when you have so many other things to thing about that are GOOD!
September 27th, 2006 at 6:16 pm
Ack! Don’t worry until the second test comes back bad. All medical tests have a chance of going awry. I had one cholesterol test come back in the “your heart is pumping crisco instead of blood” range but a test immediately after that said I was ok.
September 27th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Ah man those guys suck. At least you don’t have to worry about the house and everything over here you know. The house is EMPTY!!! ahhh!!! We’re camping indoors yo!
Love you lots!!!
September 27th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
it’s all that soju…
September 27th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
Jen AND Greg - Yeah, well…honestly we’re dealing with the military, and I know this. I’m actually NOT that worried. Only like…10%.
John - See, aren’t you glad I forced my love of camping on you? Now you want to do it all the time!
Mindy - Hey!!!! Shhhhhhhh…..(ps I think that would be my liver)
September 28th, 2006 at 1:56 am
I think you would feel better if you smacked that doctor around until there was some blood in HIS urine…
September 28th, 2006 at 8:50 am
Mr. Fab - THAT is a fantastic idea!
September 28th, 2006 at 10:29 pm
I’m sending all of my extra good health karma your way now that Sean is on the mend. Hope they find some easy answer to all of this (like, hmmm, maybe you’re allergic to Korea) and you can just forget it all.
September 29th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
Kari - You know, I sometimes think it IS Korea. I certainly never had these problems before. We’ll see. But thank you!