OY!!!
I actually have a really good post about getting my annual physical (no details, although I will discuss some stuff; I hate pelvic exams, too, owie.)
But, we almost didn't do any labs, it seemed kind of an afterthought, but I said, "Yeah, I have no idea what my cholesterol is, let's do some labs!" He agreed and decided to do a couple different ones.
Let's see, this thing I got in the mail today reports back on the following:
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
Lipid Profile
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (cont) (cause there was more than could fit on one row)
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (cont) (cause there was more than could fit on 2 rows)
CBC With Diff, plus two more rows (cont)
Anyway it lists various test results on each row, within the category or whatever.
At the top of this sheet of results, it says, "Elevated liver tests (AST and ALT) - otherwise all labs are completely normal. I recommend recheck of liver tests in 3-6 months and further evaluation if they are higher. Quite often mild elevations are caused by medications you are taking."
Well, so it freaked me out to read the first three words of that . . . .
On the other hand, it sounds like the reported levels are MILD, so there's not huge cause for concern; 3-6 months is a ways off, anyway. I'm wondering if the doc was waiting for me to get this report before discussing the elevated result with me, or if the comments up top are all he wanted to relate . . . I can always call him, I guess, although it doesn't sound like there's any more to find out, for now . . .
It sounds like he doesn't know if/that/whether a specific med I'm on may cause this. I don't know if Neurontin or Effexor XR can have this effect on the liver . . . .
Still, I'm a bit FREAKED out. I figure when I discuss it tomorrow in therapy, the above thoughts and conclusions (aside from still being freaked out) are things my ologist will agree with or come up with as well.
Still freaked, tho. Lol.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Freudian Slip & Fall
I think this is kinda funny, but then again, since it happened in front of the object of the Freudian slip . . . and since that object happens to be my ologist, and he happens to be more capable of figuring out what it means or is a clue about than a non-ologist, well, mebbe it wasn't the best time and place for this particular Freudian slip!!!
I had no clue that I had made this slip, until he told me.
Okay, so my ologist is back today, after being gone for three weeks. Since there was an obstacle that came up whilst trying to contact the iatrist he recommended, while he was gone, and I was so nervous about pushing through the obstacle, I suggested/asked if I could make the necessary call(s) right then and there in front of him.
So I did.
On the first of the two calls, I explained that I needed a different than the usual situation; I needed to be able to access a psychiatrist up at a more northern office of the county Behavioral Health system, rather then the one right nearby. I mentioned that my ologist particularly recommended this iatrist to me, as I felt my last psychiatrist verbally assaulted me. They sent me through to someone else, and I left a message stating the same.
My ologist recommended this iatrist for someone else who had been seeing the same iatrist I was, and needed a new one when 'ole Jerk-Face closed his private practice. This same person lives near me, and also needed to see one out of the normal area, and they were fine with it, and now she does. So it'll work for me too, but I haveta get through the various screeners and bureacracy.
The Freudian slip comes in where I was saying "my last psychiatrist was verbally abusive; I felt that he verbally assaulted me." Instead of psychiatrist, I had said, without realizing it, PSYCHOLOGIST. On both occasions I mentioned this to the two different people or voice mails at the more northern office.
AND, my psychologist was sitting RIGHT THERE, in front of me, when I did it. When he mentioned this, I was like, "I did? Are you sure? I thought I said iatrist . . . ", but I had said ologist, instead. Twice!!!
I think it's kind of funny.
I also think maybe it's cause I was annoyed my ologist had forgotten to tell me he was going on vacation a few weeks ago and I found out a few mins before the end of the last appt. before he left. Maybe? I have no idea what my subconscious is up to!
Anyway, my ologist is kind, gentle, warm, empathic, sometimes more neutral (I like the term benevolent neutrality!), depending on the therapeutic need and however he determines is the best response/reception to what I'm saying. He is wise and helpful, supportive and constant.
So I don't know why I made that Freudian slip, but I still think it's funny, esp since it was right in front of him!
I had no clue that I had made this slip, until he told me.
Okay, so my ologist is back today, after being gone for three weeks. Since there was an obstacle that came up whilst trying to contact the iatrist he recommended, while he was gone, and I was so nervous about pushing through the obstacle, I suggested/asked if I could make the necessary call(s) right then and there in front of him.
So I did.
On the first of the two calls, I explained that I needed a different than the usual situation; I needed to be able to access a psychiatrist up at a more northern office of the county Behavioral Health system, rather then the one right nearby. I mentioned that my ologist particularly recommended this iatrist to me, as I felt my last psychiatrist verbally assaulted me. They sent me through to someone else, and I left a message stating the same.
My ologist recommended this iatrist for someone else who had been seeing the same iatrist I was, and needed a new one when 'ole Jerk-Face closed his private practice. This same person lives near me, and also needed to see one out of the normal area, and they were fine with it, and now she does. So it'll work for me too, but I haveta get through the various screeners and bureacracy.
The Freudian slip comes in where I was saying "my last psychiatrist was verbally abusive; I felt that he verbally assaulted me." Instead of psychiatrist, I had said, without realizing it, PSYCHOLOGIST. On both occasions I mentioned this to the two different people or voice mails at the more northern office.
AND, my psychologist was sitting RIGHT THERE, in front of me, when I did it. When he mentioned this, I was like, "I did? Are you sure? I thought I said iatrist . . . ", but I had said ologist, instead. Twice!!!
I think it's kind of funny.
I also think maybe it's cause I was annoyed my ologist had forgotten to tell me he was going on vacation a few weeks ago and I found out a few mins before the end of the last appt. before he left. Maybe? I have no idea what my subconscious is up to!
Anyway, my ologist is kind, gentle, warm, empathic, sometimes more neutral (I like the term benevolent neutrality!), depending on the therapeutic need and however he determines is the best response/reception to what I'm saying. He is wise and helpful, supportive and constant.
So I don't know why I made that Freudian slip, but I still think it's funny, esp since it was right in front of him!
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