Re: Heart saga continues part 3--sudden drop RHEA

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In a message dated 5/4/2004 14:02:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

swiftygal_2000@... writes:

the tech said whoa that is weird

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First of all that tech should HAVE N E V E R said a word when

doing the test!!!!!!!!! For the very reason that has happened to you. Now you

will worry to death till the doctors can read it and get back to you.

I JUST HATE IT when healthcare " professionals " (using that word lightly)

DON'T act in the manner of which they were trained!

Second ... there was NO physician in the office at the time? NONE? It was a

cardio office? Highly irregular but happened non the less.

The best way I know of to get the attention of your doctor is to call

after-hours.

Yes!

Don't tell anyone this but it is a wonderful trick to get in touch with a

REAL DOCTOR. You wait till you know the office is on exchange/answering service

and call the office. You tell the operator that you had a test which was VERY

irregular according to the person who took the test and you MUST speak with

the doctor. At least this way you can tell the doctor that the test was done

what happened and that the tech said Whoa and you are worried sick.

There will be nothing the doctor can do right on the spot but I can guarantee

you that he will look at the test tomorrow first thing and get right back to

you.

Don't feel weird/silly/bad/mean/ (you pick the word) about calling

after-hours. Most staff are very protective of their doctor and will not let

calls get

thru during the day. If you wait till tomorrow you will get a staff member who

will say that they will give the doctor a note. Bull S_ _ _ t! I doubt that

will happen and if it does it will not make the same impact as if you spoke

with him/her.

How do I know and why do I say this?

I worked in the health care field for 20 years. Learned all the trick as a

Manger/Administrator Risk Manager and I know what works and what does not!

Take control and call after hours.... It will work I can assure you. If it

does not ... well then I would think really hard about the physician... But I

bet you it will work like a charm and no one will be mad at you for doing it...

Debbi

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How do I know and why do I say this? I worked in the health care

field for 20 years. Learned all the trick as a

Manger/Administrator Risk Manager and I know what works and what

does not!

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All I can say is that, while the " real " doctors don't like people

like me, they have to be scared spitless of people like you - fed-up

insiders who spread all of their little secrets around to the rest

of the world. And you know what? I don't think there are enough of

either - people like me or like you. " We " need all the help we can

get.

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In a message dated 5/4/2004 14:54:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mike@...

writes:

I don't think there are enough of

either - people like me or like you. " We " need all the help we can

get.

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When I had my 25th orthopedic surgery Fibromyalgia raised it's ugly head and

I developed a horrible case of RSD. I was " encouraged " to stop working.

Not me I have too much to do here right now. I finally found what my purpose

in life is and I don't intend to give it up!

Well, ... it turned out that I had to give up my career and stop working.

... I cried and cried and cried.

What now?

I didn't understand-I was so good at what I did... I knew deep in my heart

that I was bring up the quality of health care & physician/patient

communication. Even if is was just a tiny bit in my little world of medicine.

Who am I now...

What is my purpose now.

I was sure it was not recording all the I Love Lucy shows.

I guess I am supposed to focus on my marriage...

Suddenly separated then divorced.

OK GOD!

I know there is a plan for me for this earth but if it is not my work, not my

marriage, what the heck is it????

Running concurrently I found the CEDA list. I thought ... wow, I could pass

on my knowledge from " the other side of the glass window " . Maybe I can lend

some help to patients who are having trouble navigating through what we call

" the health care system " .

So maybe this IS my purpose and it has taken this long and such an

interesting journey to get here.

If I can help, I will.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/4/2004 14:54:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mike@...

writes:

I don't think there are enough of

either - people like me or like you. " We " need all the help we can

get.

**************

When I had my 25th orthopedic surgery Fibromyalgia raised it's ugly head and

I developed a horrible case of RSD. I was " encouraged " to stop working.

Not me I have too much to do here right now. I finally found what my purpose

in life is and I don't intend to give it up!

Well, ... it turned out that I had to give up my career and stop working.

... I cried and cried and cried.

What now?

I didn't understand-I was so good at what I did... I knew deep in my heart

that I was bring up the quality of health care & physician/patient

communication. Even if is was just a tiny bit in my little world of medicine.

Who am I now...

What is my purpose now.

I was sure it was not recording all the I Love Lucy shows.

I guess I am supposed to focus on my marriage...

Suddenly separated then divorced.

OK GOD!

I know there is a plan for me for this earth but if it is not my work, not my

marriage, what the heck is it????

Running concurrently I found the CEDA list. I thought ... wow, I could pass

on my knowledge from " the other side of the glass window " . Maybe I can lend

some help to patients who are having trouble navigating through what we call

" the health care system " .

So maybe this IS my purpose and it has taken this long and such an

interesting journey to get here.

If I can help, I will.

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Good Rhea.

It is best that you do stay calm anyway.

I *heard* a bit of panic in your email.

That is the thing with email inflection is hard to really understand.

I hope your test comes out to be just a monitoring thing with no meds needed.

And I am SUPER glad that you like and trust your GP. THAT is wonderful.

Debbi

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Good Rhea.

It is best that you do stay calm anyway.

I *heard* a bit of panic in your email.

That is the thing with email inflection is hard to really understand.

I hope your test comes out to be just a monitoring thing with no meds needed.

And I am SUPER glad that you like and trust your GP. THAT is wonderful.

Debbi

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Good Rhea.

It is best that you do stay calm anyway.

I *heard* a bit of panic in your email.

That is the thing with email inflection is hard to really understand.

I hope your test comes out to be just a monitoring thing with no meds needed.

And I am SUPER glad that you like and trust your GP. THAT is wonderful.

Debbi

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Re: Re: Heart saga continues part 3--sudden drop RHEA

Maybe I can lend

some help to patients who are having trouble navigating through what we call

" the health care system " .

So maybe this IS my purpose and it has taken this long and such an

interesting journey to get here.

If I can help, I will.

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Deb - I, for one, am glad you're on the list! You lighten my mood when I read

your funny emails and learn a LOT from them when you talk technical about

navigating the health care system!

thanks for being here along with the rest of my listsybs!!!

Bonnie

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Re: Re: Heart saga continues part 3--sudden drop RHEA

Maybe I can lend

some help to patients who are having trouble navigating through what we call

" the health care system " .

So maybe this IS my purpose and it has taken this long and such an

interesting journey to get here.

If I can help, I will.

~~~~~~~

Deb - I, for one, am glad you're on the list! You lighten my mood when I read

your funny emails and learn a LOT from them when you talk technical about

navigating the health care system!

thanks for being here along with the rest of my listsybs!!!

Bonnie

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Thanks for all the goodluck wishes and support! It makes things so

much easier to know I'm not 'really' alone in it. I have my special

CEDA family to see me through it.

I'm not really 'scared' about the heart drop or the fast rate. I

figure its been doing this for a year **at least** and no one has

bothered to investigate till now so why get too upset. (thank you

wonderful new GP dr for taking the interest in looking into this!)

So honestly I'm not worried. Well sure I'm worried generally. I

don't want heart meds, I don't want heart problems, I don't want to

have to deal with anything other than what I'm already juggling. But

I'm not extremely scared at this point. More like 'curious'. I'm

going to give the secretary a ring tomorow, tell her briefly what

happened on the echo and that the report won't be ready till the 13th

or 14th. She can relay this to my GP and internist and if they can't

wait that long then either one can phone up the tech on Monday and

get me fast tracked through or get my echo info sent to someone else

for an earlier interpratation. My GP and internist are actually

brother in laws and both are very, very good Drs who actually give a

darn about their patients. I don't trust many drs...but I DO trust

them.

I'll keep you all updated. Thanks gals and Mike for being my soft

spot to fall.

(((HUGS)))

-Rhea