Scope it out

Feb 06, 2015

So I went to my 2nd surgeon's appointment only to be told that I now have to get a scope. The fact that they could have done this over the 2 months I was waiting for someone to tell me my allergy test results seemed to escape anyone there. I am frustrated but I am not mad or even surprised that I have to have a scope - the nurse appointment back in the early fall they told me as much. So I have over a month to wait for the scope, then another two weeks after that to go BACK to the surgeon (for the 3rd time) to go over my results. If they find any issues (ulcer, H Pylori, etc), they will have to give me medication and then I will have to rinse and repeat - Take the meds, have ANOTHER scope, then another surgeon appointment to sign off on surgery. In that case, we're looking at surgery happening well into the summer. Ugh. The worst part is when I first came in they told me my likely surgery date was going to be late April but now there's pretty much no way that's going to happen. They shouldn't have said anything.

My April 8 appointment happens about a week from my 3 year anniversary of my first referral. This process can definitely swallow up a ton of your time and energy, and there's no getting around it. I'm just doing my best to be a patient-patient and not a bratty miserable one, lol. 

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