BrownEyes401
preop test results
Jun 08, 2010
I spent ALL day at RI hospital doing my testing. I had my Gall bladder ultrasound today and the tech was acting kind of weird. it was pretty obvious she found something wrong when she refused to tell me my results and said “Dr. Roye will talk to you about this”. It made me a bit nervous because i wanted to know how bad it was and she didnt say anything which made it even worse. So I left the office thinking the worse and pressed on to next appt which was CCK HIDA scan. I walked in the office, registered and waited in the room for 45 mins to find out there’s no need for the scan because my ultrasound showed that i had GALLSTONES the size of golf balls. UGH! You have to be kidding me
! then that D*** sentence again “Dr. Roye will talk to you about this”. I don’t want to wait a week or two for answers i want to know NOW! But whatever i lived what them for this long I’m not going to let it ruin my day. i walked out of the office upset but optimistic that everything will be okay and moved on to my sleep study follow up hoping for good news. when i walked into the room the RNP said i had sleep apnea. I stopped breathing 17x a hour and my oxygen dropped to 78. As a result i have to use a machine at home for 4 weeks and most likely won’t be able to do the surgery until i was finished. At this time i was ready to cry nothing was going my way and i was getting a little discouraged
. Out of 3 appts not one told me what i wanted to hear. On my way home i received a call from the Hospital saying that there was a cancelation if i was available to take my pulmonary function test & ABG. I was a bit hesitant since my day was going the way it was but i went dragging my feet. After the testing the tech looked at me and told me that my testing went great and i wouldn’t have to do my ABG. WooWhooo finally some good news! Anyway, I’m proud i finished 4 out of 6 test in one day. All i have left is my Echo-Cardiogram and blood work which is scheduled for Thursday and i will be done with ALL my pre op testing
. I’m ready for ALL the challenges that I have ahead of me, I welcome it with open arms because what doesn’t kill us does makes us stronger. Thanks for reading
