Hi Couchies,

Hope you are finding kindness and small joys throughout your day.

Have been struggling with medical concerns the past few months, a bit.
Preparing this week to be scanned on Friday to figure out this lung nodule.

Forgive my rant:
The confusion and stress caused by the communication challenges of the endocrinologist’s office and the hospital’s nuclear medicine department is more anxiety provoking than the possible illness, itself.
You all wouldn’t believe.

When the situation calms down, I’m thinking of sending them a string of suggestions from the patient’s prospective.
They need to offer an outline or handout regarding their testing and treatment process. Or, maybe, I am just not understanding. I’m not the brightest bulb. lol. But shouldn’t their job be to explain things in a way people can understand?

It’s been so confusing. I’ve received incomplete instructions. I’ve received conflicting dates of treatment *and* conflicting instructions from, both, the endocrinologist’s office and nuclear medicine. They need a meeting!


I have a better time dealing with my anxiety when there is a coherent plan or strategy to deal with the issue.

I will wait until I’m less upset about it to propose these suggestions bc after its all said and done I want to help make this easier for the next person.

If I have to go through this procedure again in the future, I will likely choose a different endo and hospital.