Now that the dust has cleared, it is now time to deal with the doctors. I have been in such a tizzy that it has dawned on me that I need to get back on track with appointments. I am due to get the dreaded CT scan done again. The only reason I dread it is because I hate having to drink that barium shake and no matter what flavor it is, it is still nasty.

I am seeing six doctors at the moment. There is my primary doctor, ID doctor, two liver specialists, lung specialist and my gyn. This month alone I have given up countless vials of my blood and been poked so much that I feel like a pin cushion. Even the lab I go to was surprised to see me so often.

My primary kicked it off by wanting my A1C done, that is a test to tell how my diabetes has been over the last three months. Unfortunately, it was pretty high, at 8.1 and now I will be starting Lantus shots after attending a diabetes class. Not really a shocker because my primary warned me this would eventually happen. I am just grateful it is a once a day shot. I am not keen on the idea of sticking myself but I am sure I will get use to it just like I am now with pricking myself with my glucometer. Though I do not do it as often as I should but my doctor says once I start the shots, he wants me to check my fasting sugar every morning. I’m cool with anything that only has to be done once a day.

Next up was my ID doc, the one who really has gotten me use to getting blood drawn and getting shots. I had to do my usual cd4/viral load.But because I packed my meds away when I moved, I have been off my meds for almost a month now. That called for me getting a resistance test done and kind of stumped the lab I go to. I guess they don’t get requests for that too often because they actually had to look it up to see what it was. I know I can’t be the only poz person in my town or the only one who didn’t adhere to their meds.

And how can I forget the “King of Pain”, my liver specialist in Pittsburgh who is quite a lovely man but suckered me into giving up thirteen vials of blood for research besides what he needed to check my liver enzymes. I had the results sent to my primary who admitted he didn’t understand half the results he seen and told me that some of my blood is still frozen. Not sure what that is about, maybe he is keeping it on ice for a vampire or something. I am suppose to see him sometime in September but I plan on canceling that appointment because if it was serious I would think I would have gotten a call by now. And I don’t want to make the trip just to be told that everything is normal. With the price of gas these days, I think a call would be enough.

The second liver specialist and lung specialist kind of go together. The lung specialist ordered another CT scan for today but I changed the appointment to Friday because I am low on gas now and won’t be able to get any until Friday. But with the scan being done, both doctors can get the results and then schedule a consultation. I guess this is just a precaution because when I got the first scan done, whatever is on my lung is was not cancer and not big enough to be concerned with doing a biopsy. He just wants to be sure whatever it is, is not getting any bigger. His guestimate was that it was probably a blood vessel and was surprised that the scan even picked it up since it was so small.

But my favorite of all is my gyn. I am due to get my semi annual Pap smear and usual depo shot. I think the reason I favor him most of all is because he keeps Aunty Flo from visiting and has balanced out my hormones which has made me a much nicer person. *LOL*