Well, my cyst has gone way down in size but it is not gone and still has some lingering redness. So, watch and wait. If it blows up again it will be augmentin for me. I went to a doc on Wednesday and she said no one will remove it until it calms down. And, by the way, she doesn't do that and only one other Family Med provider there does. What? What the heck people? You are a Doctor and a Family Med Doc at that! You can't remove a cyst? Sheesh I think I could do it if I had some lidocaine, a scapel and some thread. What a bunch of pansies. Jon has a real advantage in that he can do many so-called surgical procedures because he did a year of Surgery. That makes a Family Med Doc much more attractive to a patient. Nobody wants to have to go see a different Doc all the time. Too much specialization I say. *Sigh*
Yesterday was spent investigating my female issues. The good news is that it looks like I don't have what I thought I did and am therefore cancer free. The not-so-great news is that upon examination of my uterus, Dr. H declared it to be the size of someone about 8 weeks pregnant. That is always nice to hear...He recommended an ultrasound for a baseline of things in there. What? I am thinking, a Doc that wants to take preventative measures and actually get a baseline for something? Wow. Now that is what I would expect at Mayo. Gynecology has had some recent retirements so a few of the older consultants have come out of retirement until these positions are filled. Here you see the nation-wide problem with getting Docs into Primary Care. They all want the money and grand lifestyle these days so they are not going into medicine to help folks so much as to raise themselves up. I have seen this close up and personal. It is very sad. In the end, others pay the price. You end up with specialists that are not that great and no Primary Care. In any case, I was happy and lucky to get this guy. He is detailed, very thorough and bright.Jon looked up the results for me last night. The results show a large fibroid tumor in the uterus and a cyst on the cervix. All benign. The fibroid is no surprise as I know my mother had some of these. Despite it's size, I never knew it was there. The cyst does not bother me either but I can't help but wonder why I am getting those suckers everywhere!We have had a really nice Thanksgiving Holiday. Dinner was wonderful. We had Pete and Rachel and my little sweetie over as well as my friend Tracy. Too bad the Packers and Cowboys won but they always pick loser teams to play on Thanksgiving to assure a win! We ate, played with Max, played some games and went to bed. Tracy and I enjoyed a really nice champange we had at a wine tasting and a nice wine as well. I was really hoping to do Christmas cards today but I am not very happy with the pictures we had taken. We might have to do our own again. I am really disappointed though. I wanted some nice formal pictures. Max is only smiling in two of them and the photographer positioned me in such away that I don't even look like I am part of the larger group. We have had great luck with him before but this time I just wasn't impressed.I am going to get ready and go walk with Tracy, do some shopping and then maybe meet Rachel and Max up at the RAC for awhile. We don't generally get our tree until the first weekend of Dec but I might like to get some decorations and the Advent box out today. I will be getting a nap as I am nursing a wicked cold. Thanks for killing my body's natural "good" biotics Keflex. *Sigh* Posted by Michelle at November 28, 2009 08:33 AM