doctors suck

Today I went to the optometrist. He hit on me. It was disgusting and uncomfortable. And even with insurance new glasses would cost like $300 (with the UV coating and all that stuff I need). What's with that?! And he was incompetent, completely - there was no health survey of any sort. I'm at really high risk for glaucoma and macular degeneration, and he never asked and certainly never tested. Well, at least I had an incredibly awesome doctor two years ago and she said it's all good.

Then I just got a card from my doctor's office saying "We were unable to contact you by phone regarding the following."

First of all, that's bullshit. She has left no message. There has been no try to contact.

Second of all, this card tells me that blood tests and pap smear results are abnormal and "need to follow up in 3-4 months."

Yeah, right. It'll be like my thyroid - with more follow-ups I'll know I'm fine and "it has to be watched." I think I'd know if I'm sick. And if there are cancerous cells or something else - why on earth 3-4 months?

All this bullshit does is agitate me - just tried to call the office to leave a message it wasn't possible. Fuck this shit. I'm leaving the country!

I knew I didn't like this doctor - she doesn't tell me things, and she doesn't listen well. She's not horrible, she's just not really good. My last doctor was SO DAMN THOROUGH, but at least I trusted her. This one, I don't trust. When I was last there, there was blood in my urine and she told me to give another sample. Which I haven't done. Because I'm really busy and driving way the fuck across town with a cup of pee - it's not in my schedule.

Maybe I really am sick and maybe it's something significant. But then I certainly deserve way more respect than a card!

Next time I have the urge to get a physical, I will stop myself and remember that they're mostly all quacks and it will just be a HUGE WASTE OF MY TIME.

I just made a carrot juice-strawberry-tofu smoothie (Tami-inspired) - and it's surprisingly good!

Well, at least if I were to find out that I have terminal cancer, then I wouldn't feel bad about chocolate milkshakes every night.

Oh, and I'm supposed to go way far away to get an ultrasound for fibroids. Why? To know they're there? So what? I know they are, sometimes I can feel them - so why would I have to drink a gallon of water and drive far away and wait in a waiting room and get gooed up just so that I can then pay more money to go back to the doctor for her to tell me that I have fibroids and to "watch them"?

Here's what the web says:
"Uterine Fibroids, or uterine myomas (short for leiomyoma), affect more than 30% of women. The terms fibroid and myoma are used interchangeably. Most fibroids do not cause symptoms, and do not require treatment. Fibroids may require treatment in the following circumstances:
Fibroids are growing large enough to cause pressure on other organs, such as the bladder.
Fibroids are growing rapidly
Fibroids are causing abnormal bleeding
Fibroids are causing problems with fertility."

Of course I have fibroids - 1 in 3 women does. And most don't require treatment. Sometimes there's pressure on my bladder from them - but I STILL have to urinate less often than most people. And an ultrasound will not tell me that they are growing rapidly. Maybe that's why there's blood in my urine, but I'm not losing much blood. And yes, I do think they cause problems with fertility, but that's ok. I like this quote: "Vaginal probe ultrasound only takes a few minutes to do, is not uncomfortable, and rapidly provides invaluable information if the examiner is experienced in looking at uterine abnormalities."

Yeah, right. You want to stick something up inside me and tell me that it is not uncomfortable? Let me shove it up your ass and you can tell me how comfortable it is, Mr. MD.

OK, now I'm all riled up. I pity the fool who answers the phone there tomorrow.