Why oh why do DR's office's torture you!!!

[njcarita]

a few years ago my general practitioner left me a message also on a friday evening.... letting me that I had a fault y heart valve.... my heart was enlarged and that there was a problem with my heart rythm....

tried calling back doctor and of course they were no longer in the office.... i freaked so instead of leavcing a message for my gp I called my cardiologist thinking I was at deaths door....

Cardiologist called me back and told me to pay no mind to my gp ...
faulty valve was my mitral valve that i always had..
my heart was a little enlarged due to my high bp that we were on meds to control.... absolutely normal..

and the irregular heart beat was not a new accorance... I've always had it.. and all the test we have had (holters etc) have showed them to he benign...

 

[tigercat]

I have 2 anurisums (sp) on my spleen that they are keeping a close eye on. Out of the blue the specialist tells my gp to have it ultrasound. No problem, but then all of a sudden I get called about having a CAT scan done on it. What??? No answers not reason why just it is scheduled. I go for it and then wait for the results. I get a message on my answering machine that I now have an appointment with the specialist regarding the results. The office is shut down until after the holidays. Makes me so mad.
tigercat

 

[MoniqueU]

My friend just had 3 mammograms, an ultra sound and a biopsy with 10 to 20 samples and 5 metal markers left in her. She got a call the day before Christmas eve to come in it sounded like from the Dr himself but i am hoping it was just insensitive office staff. She said no and she would call monday and hung up on him or them or whatever. She wasn't expecting results back then and has another biopsy with an incision and stiches at another area next week. I am praying it is just a follow up BS reason for wanting her in and not bad news. She is so generous and a fun and funny person who has been through alot and doesn't need any more problems.