So, here we are in October, the month where it seems anything wrong that is going to happen, will happen in this month. Aside from August, October is proving to hold true for us!
I have been in pain for weeks, and finally went to the doctor. She finds blood in the urine and says either kidney infection or kidney stones. Her office will set up a CT and then I will go to a Urologist either way, since I shouldn't keep getting either kidney stones or kidney infections. Well, heavens if I had known the trouble her scheduling nurse had in doing his job, I would've been better off at the Emergency Room. I guess since I have a high threshhold of pain, they look at me and think they can take their time in scheduling things. Well, it took a lot of persistance on my part but finally got the ct scheduled.
The CT was read in record speed, I had a call the next morning with the results, Kidney stones again. The nurse said the dreaded words, "Matt will be making an appointment for you and calling you in a couple of hours." Well, Mr. I Can't Do My Job still hasn't called me. I have called several times and they have excuses and I have the name of the Medical Director for Utica Park Clinic and a very nice letter drafted for him. I find it offensive that Mr. I Can't Do My Job has a job in the capacity that he has. I am sure there are other people out there in that practice receiving the same level of customer service but might not be as aggressive as I am! FRUSTRATING!
So, with that said, the ever so lovely hives that came with the last kidney stones, YES, they are back too! It has been two years since the last go around with all this. I am starting to think somehow the kidney stones are contributing to the hives. BUT, YES I am self medicating because Mr. I Can't Do My Job would have to get me a referral to the dermatologist and that would probably take him until sometime in 2012 to get that accomplished.
I am afraid of what our medical care will become in the near future. If this is ANY sign of how it *might* be, I DON'T LIKE IT, NOT ONE LITTLE BIT.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Shhh...be quiet....
In a family of all boys, I try to be queen at all times and a queen doesn't want to hear boy parts referred to in their proper terms so we use "unique" names! In this house, we have equipment and a bag of tools. You figure out which is what.
So, Todd has been having to go to the bathroom ALL the time. If we take to long to get out of the house, he gets upset because "now I have to go potty again." I really was thinking of taking the kid to the doctor, but then I remember back to all the times I had to go potty growing up and chalked it up to my paybacks from child years!
The first day of school is upon us, we are running around trying to get out of the house and in all the commotion Todd says....
"Shhh....be quiet, you are going to wake up my equipment and then I will have to go potty AGAIN." We all quietly tiptoed out of the house!
So, Todd has been having to go to the bathroom ALL the time. If we take to long to get out of the house, he gets upset because "now I have to go potty again." I really was thinking of taking the kid to the doctor, but then I remember back to all the times I had to go potty growing up and chalked it up to my paybacks from child years!
The first day of school is upon us, we are running around trying to get out of the house and in all the commotion Todd says....
"Shhh....be quiet, you are going to wake up my equipment and then I will have to go potty AGAIN." We all quietly tiptoed out of the house!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Dr Visit
Max has been complaining for a couple of weeks of his stomach hurting. So on Friday, we take him to the doctor. He explains to the doctor what all is happening and the goings on with his body. He proceeds to tell the doctor, "We are here to get to the bottom of what is going on with my body." Max is being very dramatic and VERY expressive. The doctor tells him he wants to take an xray of his stomach, Max agrees that is probably the right thing to do!
So, off Max goes to xray and when he comes back, he proceeds to tell us how safe radiation is and he is sure no harm will come to him from that machine. Explains to us the sounds the machine made and really there is no harm from having a xray taken (poor nurse, I am sure she had 100 questions thrown at her!) When the Doctor comes in, he looks at us and says, "Max is well, full of poop, that's a lot of what is going on."
Max says, "I forgot to tell you I swallowed gum on accident a couple weeks ago, did you see that or do you think I pooped it out already?"
The doctor explains that no he couldn't see it and told us and Max to eat more fruits and vegetables and food with more fiber. Max quizzes the doctor on healthy choices and tells him he really likes salad and will eat from the salad line at school three of the five days. THEN......
Max says, "Well, we were planning on eating Taco Bueno for lunch, that's a bit healthy for you. I was planning on eating fruits and vegetables there."
I am sitting there trying to contain my laughter, the doctor is smiling and listening, Max continues....
"See, I figure I would get a kid's meal and I would choose the taco. On my taco comes meat, which is fiber, lettuce which is a vegetable and tomato, which is a fruit. Now most people think tomatoes are vegetables, but really it is a fruit. So, that is what I plan for lunch, sound good Doctor?"
He laughs, and says, "Yes, I believe it is."
So, off Max goes to xray and when he comes back, he proceeds to tell us how safe radiation is and he is sure no harm will come to him from that machine. Explains to us the sounds the machine made and really there is no harm from having a xray taken (poor nurse, I am sure she had 100 questions thrown at her!) When the Doctor comes in, he looks at us and says, "Max is well, full of poop, that's a lot of what is going on."
Max says, "I forgot to tell you I swallowed gum on accident a couple weeks ago, did you see that or do you think I pooped it out already?"
The doctor explains that no he couldn't see it and told us and Max to eat more fruits and vegetables and food with more fiber. Max quizzes the doctor on healthy choices and tells him he really likes salad and will eat from the salad line at school three of the five days. THEN......
Max says, "Well, we were planning on eating Taco Bueno for lunch, that's a bit healthy for you. I was planning on eating fruits and vegetables there."
I am sitting there trying to contain my laughter, the doctor is smiling and listening, Max continues....
"See, I figure I would get a kid's meal and I would choose the taco. On my taco comes meat, which is fiber, lettuce which is a vegetable and tomato, which is a fruit. Now most people think tomatoes are vegetables, but really it is a fruit. So, that is what I plan for lunch, sound good Doctor?"
He laughs, and says, "Yes, I believe it is."
Friday, January 1, 2010
Ornery.....
If you looked up the word ornery in the dictionary you would find "Steve" followed by "Todd." Unfortunately, or fortunately, depends on how you look at it!, they both live with me!
Before kids, when we would go shopping, a couple scenarios would transpire. 1) Steve walking away really fast in a crowded aisle leaving me with the stench and people looking at me OR 2) making shopping absolutely miserable so as to not have to go shopping with me ever again.
It seems that his traits have been passed to his children, but only one choose to accept said trait!
A couple of weeks ago, we were all shopping at Sam's (something I don't do often, go in public with all of them in tow!) and Todd was playing with a whoppie cushion and having a blast. No harm there, he is entertaining himself and no one is having adverse reactions from his toy! UNTIL.....
We are in the checkout line, which takes forever, when Todd says, "Mama, move over here right in front of me." So, leading by example and being a good listener, I move in front of him. He proceeds to blow up the whoppie cushion and then deflate it. I must say, it was the loudest he had made so far, and Todd says, "Mama, you shouldn't fart like that in public." OH MY GOODNESS, I fell for it!
For the people behind us, they couldn't see his hands until I moved, but he had hidden the whoppie cushion and he had nothing. SO, there I stand, with three boys laughing hysterically, the people behind me laughing at him and then Steve says "See, that's why we can't ever take mommy shopping!"
Fast forward to last night at WalMart, New Year's Eve, and I was heading down the crowded chip aisle to get snacks to get through the long evening. I am waiting to grab chips and move because standing in one place to long is not good for Todd! His mind thinks and conjures up things he can do/say that will embarrass me.
Well, as I make my move to get the bag of chips, I feel a breeze on my back. Hmmm...wonder why I feel that breeze, which was then followed by a very cold feeling. Yes, Todd had stayed still too long! He pulled up my shirt and proceeded to place a frozen dinner on my back. I screamed from the cold, turned to Todd who was on the floor laughing, a man behind him laughing, to which I could only say, "Todd, you are ornery!"
I am determined that this boy will conform to and become a good shopper, I owe it to his future wife!! Now, if I could only work on the boy that is old enough to know better!
Before kids, when we would go shopping, a couple scenarios would transpire. 1) Steve walking away really fast in a crowded aisle leaving me with the stench and people looking at me OR 2) making shopping absolutely miserable so as to not have to go shopping with me ever again.
It seems that his traits have been passed to his children, but only one choose to accept said trait!
A couple of weeks ago, we were all shopping at Sam's (something I don't do often, go in public with all of them in tow!) and Todd was playing with a whoppie cushion and having a blast. No harm there, he is entertaining himself and no one is having adverse reactions from his toy! UNTIL.....
We are in the checkout line, which takes forever, when Todd says, "Mama, move over here right in front of me." So, leading by example and being a good listener, I move in front of him. He proceeds to blow up the whoppie cushion and then deflate it. I must say, it was the loudest he had made so far, and Todd says, "Mama, you shouldn't fart like that in public." OH MY GOODNESS, I fell for it!
For the people behind us, they couldn't see his hands until I moved, but he had hidden the whoppie cushion and he had nothing. SO, there I stand, with three boys laughing hysterically, the people behind me laughing at him and then Steve says "See, that's why we can't ever take mommy shopping!"
Fast forward to last night at WalMart, New Year's Eve, and I was heading down the crowded chip aisle to get snacks to get through the long evening. I am waiting to grab chips and move because standing in one place to long is not good for Todd! His mind thinks and conjures up things he can do/say that will embarrass me.
Well, as I make my move to get the bag of chips, I feel a breeze on my back. Hmmm...wonder why I feel that breeze, which was then followed by a very cold feeling. Yes, Todd had stayed still too long! He pulled up my shirt and proceeded to place a frozen dinner on my back. I screamed from the cold, turned to Todd who was on the floor laughing, a man behind him laughing, to which I could only say, "Todd, you are ornery!"
I am determined that this boy will conform to and become a good shopper, I owe it to his future wife!! Now, if I could only work on the boy that is old enough to know better!
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