Yesterday I went to see the doctor who is actually going to deliver my baby. She was reviewing the file sent over from my family doctor. She says to me, “I see your second glucose test came back as normal.” What???? (the glucose test determines if I’m gestational diabetic). I had her explain the results to me (which she explained much better than my family doctor), and yes, my results fall under ‘normal’. The results may be close to the ‘higher than normal intolerance to sugar’ but I’m not close to gestational diabetic and this doctor told me not to worry about it.
I’m going to fire my family doctor. I’ve been stressed out about this for a month and a half for nothing! On top of all that, my family doctor has been saying from the beginning that my due date is November 11, but the file she sent over to my new doctor has my due date set at November 14. Grrrr!
I suggest you celebrate over a coke and your favorite dessert, or some Bernard Callebaut chocolates. You must be releived that you are at least ‘normal’. Just thinki it will give you 3 more days to get settled into your new home. 🙂
ahh…. the joys of the medical profession.
It’s so funny that we believe everything that they say, and then we’re shocked when they’re wrong, like as if they were super humans or something.
I went through the same thing when we took our birthing classes (ugh! the things they say! sheesh..) and through my breastfeeding ordeal. There are just those times where you’re like, how the heck are you a doctor?
(not to mention the time I went to the doctor and told her I needed some antibiotics for my ingrown toenail because it was infected. She took one glance at it and said it wasn’t infected. It was all red and swollen and puffy, and I kept telling her that it was leaking puss too, but she just kept saying it wasn’t infected. Finally I sqeezed some puss out to show her and she was all like, oh…..well I guess there is a bit of an infection…. duh.)
BTW, read you’re last post, I totally agree. I’m a black and white person too, so I’ve struggled with this as well, but lately I too have been seeing things differently. Although some things are very black and white to God, and His word clearly states them, there are definately grey areas too, where some things look different for different people. Someone said to me once referring to a job, that God doesn’t care as much about our jobs as we think He does. He cares more about WHO we are than what we are doing. I think this attitude applies to things other than jobs. Good post and good thoughts 🙂
I feel the same way about my Dr. (maybe it’s the same one!) She made decisions that almost cost my daughter her life…but I’ve tried to find another Dr. in this city & it’s impossible. I heard on the radio yesterday that Sask lost 35 Dr’s in the last year to other provinces…no other province went down in numbers…yikes.
I hope you can feel comfortable with the Dr. that is caring for you right now. That’s so important.