Let me echo Tina -- thanks for your wonderful updates. I'm so hoping we get our response today.
I am traveling today and won't be at a computer until after about 5 central time. If our doctor responds today, Tina will post it asap.
I hope the dye test goes well. Later tonight or early tomorrow I'll spend some good time with your updates and see if there's anything on the web that seems pertinent. I at least feel that right now you have a much better level of information from your doctor, which is key.
And for the record, while it may have seemed sometimes this weekend that you were being a bit of a pain to the hospital staff in not going along with your PA's recommendation, I will say this: I think that by trusting your intuition, you did exactly what you had to do. When it comes to our own bodies, we hear all the time that we have to be our own advocates. That's exactly what you did. You weighed the information you had and the options you were given and they didn't seem to add up for you, so you acted on it. It's very difficult to just not "go along" with a medical professional's advice. But intuition can be very strong sometimes, and often it's the best thing we have to go on when we're in a situation without enough information.
Take care today, and I'll be back to check on you as soon as I can. Diane
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Philedude,
Let me echo Tina -- thanks for your wonderful updates. I'm so hoping we get our response today.
I am traveling today and won't be at a computer until after about 5 central time. If our doctor responds today, Tina will post it asap.
I hope the dye test goes well. Later tonight or early tomorrow I'll spend some good time with your updates and see if there's anything on the web that seems pertinent. I at least feel that right now you have a much better level of information from your doctor, which is key.
And for the record, while it may have seemed sometimes this weekend that you were being a bit of a pain to the hospital staff in not going along with your PA's recommendation, I will say this: I think that by trusting your intuition, you did exactly what you had to do. When it comes to our own bodies, we hear all the time that we have to be our own advocates. That's exactly what you did. You weighed the information you had and the options you were given and they didn't seem to add up for you, so you acted on it. It's very difficult to just not "go along" with a medical professional's advice. But intuition can be very strong sometimes, and often it's the best thing we have to go on when we're in a situation without enough information.
Take care today, and I'll be back to check on you as soon as I can. Diane
June 24, 2009 - 8:40amThis Comment
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