Loss of a True Hero

I have waited a few days for it to sink in but a co-worker of mine died Tuesday after a short fight with cancer. I guess he had gone in for a routine check up and they had found tumors on his lung x-ray, others said he had pancreatic cancer and it had metastasized. None the less many paramedics had been sitting by his bedside to help his family care for him. He was sure he was going to get better. RIP Bill, you are going to be sooooo missed.

New Doctor, no New News

Well I saw another doctor today. I put me on light duty for another 2 weeks. He feels that I aggrieved my previous injury so I need a little time off to heal. He also prescribed Physical Therapy again, which luckily is in Gresham so I don't have to drive so far. He also said I needed to find another line of work. I am working hard to get through my nursing studies, but not fast enough.

Doctor Nightmare

So I went to the doctor that I was assigned by my company again today. After sitting in the exam room for a half hour she finally came in and said that we needed to get and MRI. She wrote me a prescription for an MRI last Wednesday which I promptly took over to where I had had my last MRI because they didn't have the number and refused to assist with making any appointment. The MRI place scheduled me for the MRI 2 days later , Friday. I went, had the MRI and they were supposed to sent the result to the doctor's office. I reminded her that I had already gone and had another one last Friday and they were supposed to send they result, which she did not have. She had one of the MAs come in and ask me for the phone number to the MRI place. Who promptly faxed over the Radiologist's written reading of my MRI. She never actually looked at the results. According to what she read there was no change and she planned on sending me back to work. After a couple of "If you were my daughter's" I finally said "So what you are telling me is I have to totally destroy my back to get any medical help." At this point I was irate and reminded her she had sent me back to work back in March before my back was medically stationary resulting in further herniation of the already bulging disc. She told me I needed to "be reasonable" and I was welcome to get a second opinion. Which I promptly told her I would be getting. Needless to say she quickly cancelled my Friday PT appointment and "transferred my care" to no one. I have another appointment tomorrow with a Providence Occupational Doctor, so hopefully they can help me/

Day At The Spa

So my brother got me a gift certificate to a wonderful Spa in Salem called Indulge. Yesterday Tammie and I partaked in the spender of what they have to offer. I started with a Hot Stone Massage which was wonderful, while Tammie had a facial. Once we were both finished, I went and had a Facial while she had the Hot Stone Massage.

After we were done with those we had a nice light lunch while our feet soaked in preparation for our Ice Cream pedicures. I chose a Pumpkin Spice “soaking scoop”. while Tammie choose a Chocolate one. Next they used an ice cram sandwich pumice stone to exfoliate our feet followed by energizing mask I chose Marshmallow Tammie went with Caramel, she has some Marshmallow phobia:-) They followed it all up with body icing lotion, I went with Strawberry Kiwi and Tammie picked Vanilla. Once we were all done with our toppings they painted our toes. Finally was on to the manicure, I went with the Chocolate "soaking scoop" Tammie had Vanilla, we both went with the Carmel energizing mask and Strawberry Kiwi Icing Lotion. All in all it was a fun day at the spa with a great friend.

Professional Courtesy Doesn't Exist in Medicine

Well as far I'm concerned there is NO professional courtesy in medicine. So I went to the clinic the hospital refers my company to. I showed up about 10 minutes before my appointment. Being that I had already been a patient I figured there would only be a little additional paperwork. Well after sitting for about 20 minutes for what I thought was a Physical Therapy appointment. I was told "Oh no, you are here to see the doctor." The receptionist realized that I had to do more paperwork and being that my claim had been closed they needed to find my chart. So after finishing paperwork and sitting in the waiting room for an hour and a half I was taken back to a room. The MA said my name twice and being that I'm in pain and had just asked how mush longer it was going to be she was ready to get he next patient. So I get back to a room and she asks what happened I tried to explain but she cut me off before I could finish. She asked if I was taking anything for my injury and I said yeas and told her the medications. Never asking if I was taking any other medications, which I do. She tool my vitals and said the doctor would be in shortly. The doctor came and preceded to tell me I needed to loose weight (something I know and am trying to do) I needed to find a new profession (something again I am trying to do, and told me that I shouldn't become a nurse. Well what does she expect me to, be a secretary or a MA. So as far as my summation of her message, I'm stupid, fat, and should just go pump gas. Needless to say I left pissed off, irritated, and in pain. The only good thing the doctor did was order another MRI so we will see what the results of that are.

My Back is back to reek havoc

Well, I was working a day car Saturday and carried a patient down 4 steps. By the time I was to our stretcher I felt a sharp pain in my back both left and right side this time. I went to the hospital and they were of no help, pretty much thought I was dumb. I had taken most of my uniform off by the time i got back to a room. They are referring me to Concentra again so we'll see what they say.