For Teppy:
I have a low red blood count with the associated hemoglobin and hematocrit, so the first suspect is anemia. However, I have an increased reticulocyte count and normal iron and ferritin, so I'm making red bloods cells and don't have traditional anemia. The usual culprit then is intestinal bleeding, but my fecal occult blood test came back negative. This indicates bleeding elsewhere, which is a symptom of several cancers. Therefore, my PCP referred me to the oncologist.
My oncologist, the elf who was with me through the whole stage IIIB breast cancer, has retired and was last heard from in the wilds of Brazil. I've been assigned to a new oncologist whom I've seen once. He seemed fine, but when I called for an appointment this morning, he didn't have anything for five weeks. However, a different oncologist had an opening tomorrow, so I took that. That could be premature, because they might want more blood tests or to wait a few weeks and try again, but there's the panic factor.
my mom says that once you have cancer, you never really lose the feeling of "Could be cancer...OMG!" she goes to the doctor for things she might have "walked off" in the past.
Tep, I guess "Corset" did send me to a Scarlett place, kinda. I've never worn one.
Sending you loads of ~ma, Ginger.
Ginger, it sounds like more tests would be able to rule stuff out, so yay tests, I guess? Fingers crossed for you.
I'm with your mom, erika. With any unusual symptom, there's a moment of "could it be...?" I'm pretty good about squashing that down, but I don't think I'll ever completely relax about it. I'm in kind of a panic state about my life in general right now, which doesn't help.
Ginger,
what sumi said and may it be a "it is nothing, or can be addressed easily with hookers and blow."
or can be addressed easily with hookers and blow."
I wonder if you can get a prescription...
Yo, man, these are *pharmaceutical-grade* hoors.
My brother once wrote life insurance for an escort...he called her a "public-relations consultant"
