centre of the universe - the dreaming: Ah, much better now

09/09/2005: "Ah, much better now" Now that the kidneys are in better working condition ("Hey mum, do you have any more of those rocks in your kidneys or did you pee them all out?" The Captain asked last night), I'm feeling much better. Not for having sat in the emergency room for four hours waiting for the people who'd just done the CT scan to get the results looked at by someone who knew what they were looking at. I finally gave up on waiting to see the doctor (if you ever have an emergency, it's best to have one after regular working hours, I find) and just asked them to fax the results to my family doctor, with whom I had an appointment in the afternoon anyway. I went to the appointment with my family doctor, who had just received the results (half an hour after I left the hospital), so I figure that was a pretty good turnaround time. I had to wait for about an hour to get in to the CT scan.

The CT scanner, by the way, is Ultra-Cool. It makes a very futuristic humming noise. I was in the Star Trek room, and said so, to the amusement of the radiologists. We had a good chat about Star Trek while we were waiting for the lab coat guy to do his lab coat guy stuff. What a great bonding experience.

Anyway, the health of the family is looking up. My doctor told me to eliminate dairy from my diet, as well as fruit juices, which, even though they don't have added sugar, do apparently have sweeteners added and aren't very good for you. Unless they're home-juiced with the pulp still in (I've been toying with the idear of getting one of those Fabulon6000 ultra-juicers with a diesel engine and three speeds for quite some time now - this cinches my decision). He also reassured me that it's a good idear to go and see a naturopathic doctor ("just check their credentials," he said, "and maybe find out where they've trained. The ones trained in Europe probably have a bit better education. Then again, even the guy with the lowest marks in medical school still gets to call himself 'doctor'! HA-ha-ha." Must be a doctor joke). He figures the kidney stones and my indigestion could be a result of a B-6 deficiency, common in pregnant and breastfeeding mums.

So I'm feeling much better, Mike's not green anymore, The Captain's off to school this morning, The Nipper's cough is loosening up, and Tau the Cat is the STINKIEST CREATURE IN CREATION. Ye gods. Hurgh.

"My Night" "Power Sk8"

2 Comments

TUO , on Friday, 9th September:

I am so glad that everything's looking up (except for Tau's odorosity, I guess). I wished so hard that I could have been around to help, somehow, instead of being thousands of miles away.

Vide naturopaths: whatever makes you feel better, I guess. I initially thought they were the same as homeopaths, which I think is a complete and utter crock (not one *molecule* of the original substance left??? So you're paying for magic water???) but I see that they are not, necessarily. Just be careful with the herbs and make sure your doctor knows what you're doing. But you're smart, you know all that. :)

Thinking of y'all lots...

Terry , on Friday, 9th September:

That is an ancient joke.

"What do you call the guy who comes in last in medical school?"
"Doctor."

The implication being that SOMEONE'S doctor is the guy who barely passed, which is why it's always good to get a second opinion...

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