The Invisible Woman Chronicles

This morning I got to take mom to drop off her lab stuff.  Unfortunately she doesn't seem to get the memo that the lab closes at noon and she should wake up. I told her to wake up a half hour ago and she said ok.  She's sleeping. I get it. I was supposed to get up at 6 and I went back to sleep until 7.  I'll wait a few more minutes before I try again. I thought I could renew her license and change it to an ID.  We were supposed to go on Monday afternoon but she changed her mind about going. I just thought I could have done it online so I didn't push it. I was the one that said we could do it online. I guess if you're switching over to an ID then you can't.  I think they want your license.  My mom will gladly throw it back at them.  She didn't learn to drive until her early 30s and she's never been a fan.  Never did freeway driving.  When we moved here, she maybe drove once and then it seemed like I took over.  It wasn't like No, you can'...

I had a weird bump under my arm that formed when I cut my under arm shaving one day.  It didn't seem to heal and I thought maybe I had an infected hair follicle trapped.  It kind of burned and it was where I had lymph nodes taken out.   As a kid, I broke out a lot in my underarms and it was disgusting. Sometimes it was cysts and I wondered if it was that.  Years later, I had to deal with an ugly boil on my upper thigh that took a long time to heal and then an infected cyst on my upper chest near my neck.  What is that called?  Decolletage?  Took me a few rounds of antibiotics to heal that nightmare up.  So yeah, that's where my thinking went.  Weird skin thing. It got suggested that I have another doctor do a test to take a closer look.  Ok.  Made sense.  I definitely didn't want anyone pulling out any blades and cutting me if we didn't know. I had enough of that the year before, thank you very much. So after I did the tes...

I didn't think I'd wind up this angry this week but surprise surprise and it's not even at anyone in my daily life. My mom seems to be having some side effects from the pills she got from the hospital so we were able to make a virtual visit on the spot.  That was really cool and I was really glad to see her doctor.  We drove to get lab work so they could take a look and the lab dude said we had to make an appointment after 5.  We couldn't walk in.  My mom said we have to go because there's a big crowd and walked out.  There was nobody there.  I asked the guy so if I came during the day, we wouldn't need an appointment?  He said yes. I thought I'll just take an extended lunch.  No problem there.  Good doctor.  Stupid lab guy.  Whatever. I was trying to look online to make a lab appointment just in case but there was nothing there. I said we'll take our chances and go in before lunch time.  I get plenty of time and I can sign in ...

 I had to laugh at my 3 bottles of Flonase sitting on my dresser after reading the review last night about treating it for anxiety. I do have allergies. I do have anxiety.  I just didn't think I need to snort nasal spray to calm down.  Who knew? I looked it up, Flonase can cause anxiety.  Cool.  Makes sense. The other thing that didn't sit well with me was that I got asked if there's anything new in my family history.  Fair enough question. Then came the added unnecessary comment Because you got a long list for your family history. What the _____?  It was said in an asshole tone when I think about it.  Kind of surprised me and I said no.   Who doesn't have family history?  He made me feel like I came across as someone from a family of diseased pathetic losers.  Did he become a Trump supporter in the last year?  It was just all so strange to me until I read reviews that there was some negative reviews in the last year....

 I was doing ok until I got a call around 11.  It was from the Sleep Clinic. Wait?  What?  Sleep clinic?  What happened there?  How did they get my number??? Ohhhh, referral. I didn't realize I was getting signed up for a sleep study.  That never got explained to me.  At. All. Now I am mad.  I was nice to the woman on the phone who was ready to sign me up for an appointment and more medical bills. I said I'll have to get back to you about my schedule.  Lose my number please.  I'll screen it next time. I guess I overlooked some things and now this just did it.  I'm done.  If I need a prescription refilled this year, I'll be making an appointment.  Elsewhere.   I told my mom about the prostate cancer comment and she said did he apologize?  Not at all.  She laughed but thought shouldn't he be embarrassed especially in front of a student?  You would think, wouldn't you but nah, he thought it was f...

 I think I feel a little bit better this week.  Well definitely better than I did on Monday.  Still shocked to find out I had prostate cancer.  How come I didn't know? I am not mad that comment was mad.  I was kind of puzzled I didn't get an I'm sorry, just made more jokes and made the situation weirder.  I thought after his medical assistant told me that change is hard, I realized well, maybe it's my time. I miss my first doctor with Columbia.  She was about my age, had a daughter, divorced, had weight issues and had breast cancer.  She wound up leaving and going to work with an urgent care facility through Aurora.  I could talk to her about anything.  I couldn't with the second and apparently the third thinks I have a prostate.  Yeah.  I think I need someone that was like my first who might understand more.  I could even talk to her about work problems and she could relate how there's one that has to get on your nerves...