Adventures in babysitting

Ok, maybe not babysitting but adventures in having babies. I’m sure it’s not a surprise to most people who Eric and I are planning to have one? I stress ONE child. BUT after he’s done with school and has a job. As a result I’m checking to see what are options are since I have some female issues. Well the other day I get a call from my OB/GYN that says something like” Hi this is Dr. xxxx, your blood labs came back abnormal. Please call me so we can discuss this.” Ok like that didn’t freak me out a little bit.

Well, I call and the Dr. wasn’t in on Tuesday but I did get the chance to talk to her nurse. The nurse was no help, she told me that “my blood work showed some abnormalities and that there was a note in my file that I needed an MRI”. Of course I ask her what kind of MRI and for what area of my body but of course THAT wasn’t in my file. So I hung up and called Eric to ask him what he thought. I wasn’t super freaked out because I knew if it was cancer or something like that they wouldn’t be doing an MRI. I just didn’t understand how or what the connection was or would be between blood and an MRI. I talked to my physical therapist about it, I asked some people at work about it but no one had a clue. I finally got a hold of Eric’s mom. She’s my go to person for medical stuff. I felt better after talking to her about it. I wasn’t super worried before just perplexed more than anything.

Finally, I get a hold of the Dr. today and come to find out they want an MRI of my pituitary glad. I mean they’re already doing genetic testing, and a whole bunch of other things but now, it’s an MRI to check out the pituitary gland to ensure it’s OK. I’m glad that’s what it is but then I wonder, why didn’t someone do this earlier in my life when it was clear I have hormone issues?

So now I’ve got another issue to deal with. It’s a bummer. I mean I’ve got the list of issues
-carpal tunnel of the medial nerve in both hands
-tendonitis in my right hand
-no elbow joints
-and some hormone thing?

and I wish I didn’t. All this crap means Dr visits and insurance companies and all sorts of junk I don’t want to deal with. I’m glad I’m finding out about all this stuff but at the same time I’m frustrated because I just want to work, do my job and not be distracted by this junk. Oh well?. Guess we’ll see what happens :

Oh I forgot to tell everyone, I finally got Eric to go get a physical. Apparently he’s got high blood pressure and high cholesterol. SO now we’re watching what we eat a little. It’s going to be hard for Eric to not have so much cheese and eggs.

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