Ima Raven's Agony Column
Feb. 13th, 2020 07:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenI should not be as anxious about routine doctor visits as I am. Honestly. But I got worried when my weight was down from last time - but he just kind of brushed it off and said if I feel okay, it's no big deal, but don't lose any more. I'm a bit curious why I've dropped 3-4 pounds and now sit at a lower weight without any real effort. But what the hell.
The nurse who took my vitals got me ALL THROWED OFF when she started grilling me about the abdominal ultrasound I didn't get last year. (or the year before that butanyway) Then lectured me about how we need to keep an eye on those liver enzymes etc, took my BP which was hella high for me (125 over 66 with a pulse rate approaching 100BPM because I'm now in full-blown Anxiety Mode) and finally she's done making me feel like a wayward first-grader. So I never brought up the low blood pressure I've been having at home because I was feeling really ... scared, frankly.
The doctor himself is pretty chill. Also a runner. He gets orders for fasting bloodwork drawn up for me, and says if the liver enzymes keep going down we may not need an ultrasound, but let's check everything out first. Oddly enough the paperwork still has me as having elevated cholesterol, even though the last two blood panels have shown healthy levels. Eh.
So anyway, I'm now trying to quiet my anxiety brain down enough to try to sleep because part of me is screaming about being diabetic and having liver failure.
I also made a quick trip to Chamblin Book Mine and had quite a haul, which I'll share tomorrow when I feel coherent. But I found a complete Sherlock Holmes, no Solar Pons novels, and a stack of stuff on ultramarathons.
The nurse who took my vitals got me ALL THROWED OFF when she started grilling me about the abdominal ultrasound I didn't get last year. (or the year before that butanyway) Then lectured me about how we need to keep an eye on those liver enzymes etc, took my BP which was hella high for me (125 over 66 with a pulse rate approaching 100BPM because I'm now in full-blown Anxiety Mode) and finally she's done making me feel like a wayward first-grader. So I never brought up the low blood pressure I've been having at home because I was feeling really ... scared, frankly.
The doctor himself is pretty chill. Also a runner. He gets orders for fasting bloodwork drawn up for me, and says if the liver enzymes keep going down we may not need an ultrasound, but let's check everything out first. Oddly enough the paperwork still has me as having elevated cholesterol, even though the last two blood panels have shown healthy levels. Eh.
So anyway, I'm now trying to quiet my anxiety brain down enough to try to sleep because part of me is screaming about being diabetic and having liver failure.
I also made a quick trip to Chamblin Book Mine and had quite a haul, which I'll share tomorrow when I feel coherent. But I found a complete Sherlock Holmes, no Solar Pons novels, and a stack of stuff on ultramarathons.
