![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 6 of 6. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by Johnny's Fav Girl on February 18, 2006, at 7:32:34
I want to start by saying, I hate the name I picked! It's related to a past job that I miss, and felt loved there, but it doesn't make sense when I look at it here.
I wish I could spend this whole weekend curled up in my bed. I have had some real ups and downs this week. My oldest son has some real problems, with responsibility, like keeping a job, staying out of debt, paying important bills(car insurance). He also has anger problems anytime these or anything else he doesn't want to hear about are mentioned.
He has been very difficult for years. abuses drugs, in the house even and we have 2 other kids here who don't appriciate it. He swears at all of us all the time, especially me, has even threatened to kill me when I stand up to him.
My husband isn't very supportive. he doesn't like confrontation. I on the other hand know when something needs to stop. I feel very alone in this house sometimes. I am sick today with an infection right under my left BOOB! actually it's kind of on it. Talk about painful.
I'm not that happy with my doc either, he just took a quick look and said, it looks infected, use hot compresses, and he wrote a script for antibiotics. This lump is huge and very red, it kind of scares me.
One nice thing that did come out of this was, my husband and middle son are gone ice fishing, and i was just too sick last night to go to the drug store.I called one of my sons friends hoping he would be there, and he was very quick to say he'd go and he even picked up donuts for my daughter and I.
I love him so much, but he needs to make some positive moves in his life, and I'm tired of walking him through every thing........E
Posted by Gabbix2 on February 18, 2006, at 17:55:52
In reply to I'm here, It's time I start a thread, posted by Johnny's Fav Girl on February 18, 2006, at 7:32:34
> I want to start by saying, I hate the name I picked! It's related to a past job that I miss, and felt loved there, but it doesn't make sense when I look at it here.
>If you want you can change it. You just need to go to the admin board and let people know though.
I am sick today with an infection right under my left BOOB! actually it's kind of on it. Talk about painful.
>
> I'm not that happy with my doc either, he just took a quick look and said, it looks infected, use hot compresses, and he wrote a script for antibiotics. This lump is huge and very red, it kind of scares me.
>I am completely disgusted with dimissive Doctors right now, but I'll spare you the story.
Let's just say, I'm normally very soft spoken, but after a year of being dismissed as nothing my infection finally manifested itself in a very visible and gross way.
I walked into the clinic and said "If anyone here tells me to just put polysporin on *this* I will f*cking kill them!And it's a funny coincidence but I just read this yesterday and it made me laugh and feel better about going to a zillion appointments and knowing.. nothing.
I think it might make you feel better too-it's right on your topic.http://www.wouldashoulda.com/archives/health_is_overrated/
Posted by Johnny's Fav Girl on February 19, 2006, at 14:10:29
In reply to Re: I'm here, It's time I start a thread, posted by Gabbix2 on February 18, 2006, at 17:55:52
Thanks for your reply. That woulda-shoulda was a great read, its good to have a laugh at life's wonderful little gifts sometimes.
I had a terrible night, this lump is getting larger and more painful, and I've had very high fevers. Thank God my son has been in a good mood, he has been so helpful. So has my daughter.
I see the doc again in the morning. I plan to be insistant on looking into this further....E
Posted by Phillipa on February 19, 2006, at 14:41:12
In reply to Re: I'm here, It's time I start a thread » Gabbix2, posted by Johnny's Fav Girl on February 19, 2006, at 14:10:29
How old are you have you had a mammogram lately? Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by Johnny's Fav Girl on February 19, 2006, at 14:54:12
In reply to Re: I'm here, It's time I start a thread » Johnny's Fav Girl, posted by Phillipa on February 19, 2006, at 14:41:12
I'm 41 and never had a mamogram. Believe me, it is on the top of my list of things to do now, but with the pain I am in with simple movement, I know the Squeeze!!! OUCH! just thinking it hurts, would either make it explode or kill me.
Posted by Gabbix2 on February 19, 2006, at 15:29:33
In reply to Re: I'm here, It's time I start a thread » Gabbix2, posted by Johnny's Fav Girl on February 19, 2006, at 14:10:29
> Thanks for your reply. That woulda-shoulda was a great read, its good to have a laugh at life's wonderful little gifts sometimes.
>
I'm glad you liked it. I found it accidentally, but I felt like writing the author a thank you note for making me able to laugh at things like
being so tired that when you have a parcel delivered you can only cry a little bit because you don't have the energy to open it. (I couldn't believe that happened to someone else!)Or having to go out in half an hour, so you have just enough time, to take a shower, get dressed and die, before you have to leave..
> I had a terrible night, this lump is getting larger and more painful, and I've had very high fevers. Thank God my son has been in a good mood, he has been so helpful. So has my daughter.
>
It's scary isn't it? And of course the stress makes it worse because you start feeling things you may not have even noticed before.
It's dependent on where the problem is too.
Mine was on my face, so I thought, well if it was on my knee, I'd probably just look at it and say "eww" and take my antibiotics and forget about it, but there's places it's just freaky to be sore.And you always here about the mistakes Doctors make.. so no matter how casual they are it can really mess with your head. *sigh*
> I see the doc again in the morning. I plan to be insistant on looking into this further....E
Good for you, it's hard to be insistant when you're sick, but you really have to be, especially if you have a fever.
I'm glad you have some help today.
Good luck
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Social | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.