Posted by clover on June 21, 2003 at 10:37:14:
please pray for me. yesterday i went for what i thought would be a normal annual visit to the ob/gyn. since the school district has switched our insurance, i had to visit a new doctor. we talked prior to the exam about my being normal and never having any problems, to which i knocked on wood. i believe in that moment i jinxed myself. during the exam the doctor noticed a significant difference on my right side and, tho' he wasn't supposed to,he proceeded w/ an ultra sound to satisfy his curiousity. turns out i have a rather large cyst on my right ovary. something normal, i've been told by many, and nothing worth freaking out about. however, i've never been in a hospital, never been operated on, and hadn't had so much as a filling until last year. naturally, i'm freaked. so this leads to my next probablem. the dr. wants me to go to radiology and have more thurough ultrasounds done. i should have had it yesterday, monday by latest. well, in order to do that i must have a referral from my primary care physician. this shouldn't be a big deal, but since we've switched insurance, i've also got a new PCP, whom i've not yet seen, and since i haven't been in to see him, i can't get a referral. i called my HMO and they were no help. called the dr's and waited for a return call, and got nothing. tried this morning, but let's face it, it's saturday. there's nothing for me to do but wait until monday morning, hope i can get an appointment early that day just to get in for a check-up so i can explain to this new dr. that i really need a referral to get into radiology, then hope that radiology can get me in at some point that day as well. this is way to stressfull, the timing is awful because i'm swamped with trying to get everything done for my move this week. ugh.
so just please, keep me in your prayers. hopefully i'll maintain some small amount of sanity thru' all of this.