I had my consultation with the vascular doctor Wednesday thinking he would say nothing was wrong and would send me on my way just as I have heard so many times before… Well, surprise! He didn’t. Evidently, I am showing the beginning signs of Raynaud’s AND a degenerative vascular disease in my legs. I have to wear compression socks—I really hate those things—and add a blood pressure medicine to my several medicines that I now take 😦 . I will have to watch my extremities to be sure they do not get cold—both winter and summer. My right hand and foot do not have much feeling so this is not the easiest task. This is how my mom lost her fingers.
I have lots of questions with few answers which leads to more questions. I still have no results from the blood tests done in October and this doctor contacted the other office. This is what they said…
1) I have NOT had an autoimmune test done on my blood (not true) and 2) that I have NOT had blood taken in the past 6 months (not true).
I am not sure what that was in those glass tubes back in October but I could have sworn it was blood–MY blood—all 6 tubes. I am to return to have blood drawn and it will be at least 10 tubes this time… Oh, joy, joy…
What have I learned… (please take this in the fun that it is meant to be)
- If you are sick, don’t go to the doctor—you might catch something 😀 .
- It you have blood drawn, make sure you take photos to be sure you can support that it was done and that it was your blood 😀 . You might want to get it geo-tagged but I am not sure that is worth it.
- When the technician says, “This is going to hurt a little,” believe her and know it is going to hurt a lot more than a little 😀 .
- When a doctor says there is nothing wrong with you, get another opinion—immediately 😀 .
This has been going on for several years now—it is nothing new but it has gotten worse. Doctors and others thought I was making it up (including family members). By the way, there is no way you can make this up with the way I was tested. I was even beginning to believe I was going crazy, too. After all, when everyone tells you that you are crazy, and there seems to be no logical explanation…one begins to believe it. The jury is still out on whether I have lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or other autoimmune disease, but it is nice to know I wasn’t going completely crazy!!!
I hope your day is great and your gardens are happy! Happy Gardening! 😀
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Garden2day 
I’m glad you are on your way to finding an answer about your illness; that you are finally being taken seriously! And congratulations on having a peaceful heart about your personal life, every day brings new revelations and the load is lighter. It just seems to take so long while we are carrying the worries….
Thank you! It is a relief in a way to know. I can expect and plan better, too. As for for a peaceful heart, it there had been any other way to get to this point faster, I would have taken it lol 🙂 . I wish he had been honest, if not for my sake, at least for the girls. Legally, we are still tethered but emotionally–it is such a relief to let go 😀 . Take care and keep making those beautiful paintings!!!
Keep your faith! God is in control! I’m praying for you every day.
Thanks, for that! I do. I cannot walk without God 😀 – there is no way. And, you continue to be in my prayers! Take care and thanks again!
Re the blood tests – unbelievable. Probably you have no way to check with them to make sure everything is proceeding correctly. At least, keep checking with your doctor. Do you have a receipt that you paid for these tests?
Lillian
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Hi, Lillian. I know the insurance and the office has it in my records. Maybe this is the way it should be because the vascular doctor is testing for more things this time around. I have no clue…but I will ask when I go back later this month. It is just a mess. Thanks. It is disheartening to think there might be something wrong somewhere down the road and not getting the results in time could mean not being treated in time…for example, cancer. Take care and have a great weekend! 🙂
So glad you saw a specialist. And I totally agree with you about the going to the doctor, then getting sick–so, I try to avoid them as much as possible–home remedies, common-sense prevention and care, etc..
Keep yourself warm! We are supposed to have some very chilly weather heading this way in the next few weeks (they think/say). And–keep your sense of humor and the ability to see that always-present silver lining to life’s situations. ❤
Me, too. I want to say, see, there was something all along and I’m not totally crazy…
I’ll try to keep my sense of humor. It comes from the Alabama side of the family 😉 lol–really. I have an Easter Lilly that started growing in Dec and now it is supposed to get cold? Oh, wow. Only in the south…. Take care!!!!!! Thank you. I needed a cheering up 🙂 .