The same old song
Aug. 25th, 2015 16:08![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillAh, the usual effort by the medical community to find something, anything, wrong with me other than the problem I'm coming to them for.
You're anemic... let's check your iron levels.
I'm anemic because I've been bleeding constantly since mid-June, after two heavy periods.
Of course, of course... and let's check your B12 too, a deficiency there can lead to anemia.
You do notice that my hemoglobin levels have improved markedly since a month ago, despite the constant spotting?
Mmmhmm... and a liver panel, that's a good idea in anemia cases.
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I expect it to all come out completely normal, but then one of two things will happen: they'll either add more blood tests to the queue (but not the ones I think they should be doing) or they'll throw up their hands and say it's a reaction to medication, or normal fluctuations, or that I'm really just making a big deal out of nothing and I'm probably exaggerating my symptoms anyway. They never say the last one out loud, but it ends up in my chart in carefully couched language.
Still, I'll play the game and do all the lab work, since the more perfectly normal readings I have, the better I can push back against their suggestions that I need to alter my diet and lose weight -- because I'm already in the pink of health. Except for what I made the appointment about, which won't get addressed. :/
You're anemic... let's check your iron levels.
I'm anemic because I've been bleeding constantly since mid-June, after two heavy periods.
Of course, of course... and let's check your B12 too, a deficiency there can lead to anemia.
You do notice that my hemoglobin levels have improved markedly since a month ago, despite the constant spotting?
Mmmhmm... and a liver panel, that's a good idea in anemia cases.
...
I expect it to all come out completely normal, but then one of two things will happen: they'll either add more blood tests to the queue (but not the ones I think they should be doing) or they'll throw up their hands and say it's a reaction to medication, or normal fluctuations, or that I'm really just making a big deal out of nothing and I'm probably exaggerating my symptoms anyway. They never say the last one out loud, but it ends up in my chart in carefully couched language.
Still, I'll play the game and do all the lab work, since the more perfectly normal readings I have, the better I can push back against their suggestions that I need to alter my diet and lose weight -- because I'm already in the pink of health. Except for what I made the appointment about, which won't get addressed. :/
