I was at the hospital all day today and I'm exhausted, so I'm going to make this brief.. .
ENT appointment was intense. They did an entire physical exam, throat & nose scope, and a fine needle biopsy .(with no anesthesia , which I don't ever recommend) They asked me if I had night sweats, fevers, or weight loss....Doctor was thorough but not really willing to tell me his opinions on my lumps...which, for me is frustrating because I like to know everything :)
CT scan was a PAIN. My general family physician had ordered the chest CT last week and then the ENT ordered a neck CT today, my insurance did not have approval for the neck CT so I waited forever for them to fix it. Nurse had trouble getting an IV started and scan went relatively quick....
Lessons learned today: Biopsies suck, waiting forever for 2 CT scans gets old, (3hrs seems like forever while fasting) and it makes a world of difference when the medical staff you're dealing with treats you with kindness and respect and maybe even appreciates your crazy warped sense of humor and understands that you're just a tiny bit nervous and anxious...,Was an intense day, but a good day, and now I will get answers, and that's the most important thing....which, good news or bad...is a relief in itself.
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