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   OK so Monday the 18th I am sitting at my computer, I have the day off of work and decide to play around on the internet for a bit. I get thursty, I get up, I give a big ol stretch, and the next thing I know my dog is licking my face and whining and I am on the floor with no idea how I got there. I am 32 years old and have never passed out that was not related to hitting my head or drinking to much (with I don't do all that often). So I am sitting there on the floor trying to collect my thoughts and figure out what the hell happened. My hands are a little tingly and so are my feet, I am thinking WTF. Well just so happends I have a doc appoint the next day for a physical. I had planned on not going cause I was not going to worry with it, but in light of the dog slobber on my face, I think I will go.
   So here I am in my doctors office only to find out my doctor has left the practice, some lady I have never seen has taken over his patients, oh step this way so we can weigh you. HUH? this is not like getting my hair cut, or a new pharmisist, where the hell is my doctor lol. So I go in and see this lady who in my opinon is a total QUACK, yes say it with me... you know you want to.... AFLACK!! ok lol Any way so we are talking I am tell her about my recient weight loss and she is like oh your doing great so what plan are you using. I told her I was doing Weight Watchers, she frowned. I aksed her why, she told me weight watchers is not a good plan she would recomend SouthBeach or Atkins... Um ok did Dr. A die of a heart attack? And I have lost 22+ pounds and learning how to eat right without cutting anything out of my diet.... and that is not good? so that was my first red flag.
   She is asking me about passing out and I tell her basically what I told you, and at this point I would not be suprised if she ordered me a rabbies shot cause my dog licked me.But she just nodds, she starts pressin on my neck checking a few things out, was like breath in, breath out, hold it, blah blah blah, then she does something wierd and child like that was allmost amusing. She takes my arms and controts them in different positions behind my body, first my left hum... nothing there.... then my right... and she stops... makes anoise, and then moves it to a spot, athen moves it back, moves to the same spot and then moves it back. Then she actually said it, "Cool, your pulse stops in your wrist when I put your arm in this position." FKin Cool? my pulse stops and you say cool? lol so then with a gleem in her eye she starts writing... and saying stuff like, "Oh I have not see anything like this in a long time." So now for my diagnosis... I have TOS so she says... Thurasic Outlet Syndrom. Um yeah I doubt it... I read up on it, not only is it not all that common, but that are no side effects of passing out. With it you get one pale hand one regualr, hand ulcers, pain in your hand, and the list goes on and on, untill at the bottom it says with occasional dizzyness. Becuase I got dizzy.... I have all this. Yeah right lady... So before I leave she break out this prescription pad?? I was like what is that for? She said when my old doc checked my bad chloresterol about 2 years ago it was just a little high, I think medication is the best way to get it down. Um.... 2 years? here are some meds? no tests? no change in diet? WTF are you nutts? so she oredered the blood work, and guess what I got the results back today and due to my working out and change in diet and loosing weight my bad number where at 98 which I was told was great!! HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA kiss my butt...
  So anyway I go to see this specialist tomorow who will put me on a tilt table thing and try to make me dizzy, may do a stress test, ct scan and maybe an mri? Why I have no idea but all pre aproved by blue cross so I dont care lol. Oh and a side note... I found that my doc moved to another office in my town and I have an appoinemnt to see him and have all my records transfured. I will blog more later when I find out what the do on the spin thingy... lol sound like a fair ride to me.

  Ok  think that is enough bloggin for today I am sure you all are tired of reading it.
Posted by DouglasMB on 2008-02-28 16:11:44 | Rating: n/a | Views: 96


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Posted by
Whitters
on 2008-02-28 16:24:12
 
How scary for you! I hope that the MRI results come back in a positive way.
 
 

Posted by
Mamacita925
on 2008-02-28 16:34:24
 
Hey TOS can be cured by meds. I used to work with a vascular surgeon I've seen lots of cases and only once was it cured my surgery...

You'll be okay, have you never stood up too fast and gotten dizzy?? hmm that happens to me all the time!

You'll be great..Good luck to yoU!!
 
 

Posted by
DouglasMB
on 2008-02-28 16:51:46
 
see yeah I get dizzy from time to time when I get up to fast I thought that was pretty normal specially for folks who are athletic at all. But the passing out takes it a bit further, and then she was talking mess about a chest xray and an extra rib and cutting it out... WTH why would you say all that crap without knowing, my theory is test first... speculate later. Don't scare the crap out of me untill you have to. That would be like me going to the doc and saying hey doc I have a stomac ache and she going ya know I bet it could be cancer and we have to cut out part of your intstines.... find out what it is before you say a bunch of mess... sorry for he out burst I am not normally like that but she rubbed me the wrong way.
 
 

Posted by
penumbra88
on 2008-02-28 18:11:27
 
Enjoyed your description of modern health care from a patient perspective.
 
 

Posted by
Mamacita925
on 2008-02-29 09:21:29
 
It would have rubbed me the wrong way too. I understand. They don't take a whole rib out just part of one. Do you know anything other than that about TOS? If you wanna know anymore lemme know I can give you more info just incase...I don't put it in doctors terms either..lol I use normal people language.
 
 


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