The Appointment

It's finally Thursday afternoon.  Kat drove me to the doctor.  Frankly, I didn't trust myself to do it.  Got in quickly, which was a luxury....I love my doctor, but sometimes you have to wait a long time.  I figure that they will take their time with me if they need to, so I don't really mind waiting.  This visit proved me right.

The doc did a little exam and really wasn't sure.  So she checked with another doc.  She also didn't know.  I should have realized this wouldn't be easy when the nurse told me I won the award for "Strange Symptoms of the Day".  Thanks....I think??

The list of what if's included inner ear infection, a weird virus, a brain tumor, and since I'm at that age (this is never a good phrase to hear), we had to think about MS.  Got some medicine and scheduled for a MRI/MRA....but not til the next Tuesday.  Well, that's OK, because the medicine she gave me for the dizziness is supposed to start working "immediately".  Excellent...I'll be back to walking a straight line in no time!

I'm not going to mention the other medicine she gave me.  It is for viruses and when I took it to the pharmacy, the super-duper senior pharmacy technician (who is also my sister, Bridget) called me a dirtball!  They need some customer service classes at that joint.

Since I found that I can taste spicy foods, Kat and I went to my favorite mexican place, lovingly referred to as "The Mexican Place".  It's been about 4 hours since my appointment and when I took my medicine.  I don't know about you, but my definition of 'immediately' is faster than 4 hours.  We checked with Bridget, who checked with her pharmacist, Joe.  Joe's definition, and most likely the definition of the medicine's manufacturer, is 15-20 minutes.   When Bridget told Joe I was still dizzy, his response was, "Really?  That's weird."   Oh, boy.

So, it was then, that I realized that whatever this was, it was probably not going to be good. 

Kat, I think you are buying me a turtle sundae from Graeter's.