Friday, April 10, 2009

I feel like I was thrown under a bus today

Today is probably one of my worst days in the last year and I feel like I was thrown under a bus.


I went to a perinatologist for a check up on my asthma. I think my midwife was concerned that I would have an asthma attack during delivery and thought I should see a specialist. So far it is well controlled with the medication I am on, so there is no problem there. However, the dr. took it upon himself to check my 3 hour glucose test results and my day got worse from there. I would much rather have heard that I have GD from my midwife, but no, I got this guy doctor who's bedside manner left something to be desired. His nurse was really nice though, but not enough to make up for his lack of sensitivity.

My day is kind of a whirlwind after that, because then I had to make a bunch of appointments to start insulin shots and blood testing and follow up appointments. Then to make it worse the nurse called during dinner and left a message that I needed to pick up my insulin testing stuff from Walgreens before my Monday appointment and she was adament that I do this. However, about an hour later Walgreens called me and wanted to know what machine I would be using. How the hell would I know??? I tried calling the dr.s office and of course no one is around except an ass-facey on-call dr. who's Friday night I apparently ruined and he couldn't help me anyway. Needless to say, I have not cried this much since my cat George died and all I want to do is stay under the covers and sleep it away. Which I did, as soon as I got home from dinner I slept for about 4 hours. Now I'm all groggy and my eyes are swollen :(

3 comments:

Patrice said...

{{{HUGS}}} to you Rachel!!!!
I'm here for you!!

alittleweirdo said...

Sorry to hear you had such a bad day! Insensitive doctors are the worst! Hope things get better!

PNWBookGirl said...

Sorry to hear about the GD! Hopefully you had a great morning spinning though! My staff meeting ran late, so I didn't make it down.