Met New Doctor
My sister went with me to the “new doctor,” Dr. T, and sorry to say, we weren’t all that impressed, but agreed he’s better than Dr. D. What we mean by “better” is that he’s just not as rude. It’s too bad, but when you have Multiple Myeloma, you just don’t have that many options. This type of cancer is so rare and complicated and there just are not that many doctors who treat it, Now, a doctor can call Dr. Durie or other experts on MM, but at this time I just don’t want to go that route. I would rather have a doctor who is at least somewhat familiar with MM.
Dr. T took lots of lab work and I see him in a few weeks. He referred me to a neurologist, whom I won’t see until October 22nd. Dr. T was hoping I’d be able to get into the neurologist before I saw him next, but not the case.
I went ahead and made an appointment with my former urologist, who is very good and knows my history. I’m just having him check me out to see what he thinks. See, in 1997 I had a kidney stone. The doctor I initially went to poked a hole in my ureter & punctured my kidney. Then he let me lay there for 5 hours with poison and dye all loose in my body. He messed me up royally, but Dr. F saved my kidney and my life. He knows my history and he’s good. I’d went to the KU urologists recently just because my doctor was affiliated with KU and I was trying to stay within that umbrella. Not any more.
I still have that sore spot to the right of my belly button. I still have a swollen stomach and it’s more to the right. Is it all gas? Who knows. I wonder if I’ll have to still see a GI doctor or have another colonoscopy/endoscopy done. I had one in January 2008 and everything was fine. But I’ve got swelling since then, so I don’t know.
I just wonder if my entire problem is neurological. There has to be a way to get through this and on top of these symptoms and sensations.
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Hi Cindy,
Good luck with the new doctor. I know it shouldn’t be about “luck” but so often it seems that way! I just wondered - are you taking steroids? There was a man in the MM waiting room last week and his wife was saying his stomach blew up when they gave him steroids. Just a thought.
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