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So yesterday, or maybe it was the day before, all the days are blurred right now, I posted about going to the ER with a nosebleed that just wouldn’t quit. I talked about the doctor and the epistaxis kit and the blood work and the funny little thing they put on my nose and all […]
(warning, possibly graphic images are posted here) I realize that some of you are going to gripe at me about this–lecture me about how I should have done this differently, and you mostly certainly wouldn’t be wrong. But before anyone tells me that I should have made better choices, I do need you to understand: […]
You know how we take our cars into the mechanic and we get an oil change, fluid check and top off, and a fluid flush and refill? Well, apparently, the other day, I had to do this, but I had to do it for my body. I was admitted to the hospital on Thursday, and […]
In psychology, you’ll learn that people ‘tell’ on themselves all the time. Forensic psychologists learn to hear what people say and what they don’t say and use that to develop a profile of the person. My title to this post, a somewhat provocative one, I suppose, tells a lot. See, it’s MY hand but it’s […]
Most of the time, I deal with ‘living’ as a ‘dying’ person quite well. Most of the time, I handle being sick okay. Most of the time. But there are days like today, days where I want to just get up, walk out of the house and LEAVE somewhere, by myself, without anyone else around […]
I went to see an ENT for the first time in my life. Back in 2009, I had a CT scan of my head to check for pituitary problems, since I seemed to have hypopituitarism, and incidentally, they found that I had evidence of chronic severe sinusitis. We sort of laughed at the time because […]
So many of you know I’ve been waiting nearly three years now to get some type of medical insurance coverage, since the acute episode that almost took my life and hospitalized me, twice, for more than a week each time. I was eventually diagnosed with diastolic (left-sided) congestive heart failure, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, both […]
As of midnight, November 1, I am finally insured! Yay! It’s been a long road waiting for this to happen. My doctors have wanted me to have another sleep study, which costs $1850. My pulmonologist wants me to have another V/Q exam, which is a nuclear exam, and was quoted at $3200. I also need a […]
I had read all about the procedure. I knew what to expect, for the most part. I even watched videos of it on YouTube. None of the videos I watched even came close to what I experienced, but that’s beside the point. I expected to be nervous and have anxiety over the procedure. That’s normal. […]
I know, you’re confused as to why the letter Q on the A-Z challenge is for ventilation-perfusion, right? Well, I was sort of confused when I learned the name of the medical test that the ventilation-perfusion was called by the docs as a V/Q scan. I get that the V is for ventilation, but what’s […]
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