I know. My dad would risk her wrath with leather gloves but then she'd avoid him (and curse at him. And stalk attack him) for days. My mom was unamused and tried to head it off with grooming visits (but this was the cat who once escaped the car at a mobile rabies clinic -where the vets climbed in the car- and wedged herself n an exterior wheel well. So. It never went *well* but she was always mad at not them.)

I am really hating my hematologist lack of communication skills. Went to him to find out where my anemia came from. He told me that I had a large number of medications and it was hard to know which one caused it, but his best guess was my simvastatin (which makes sense - statins cause a lot of trouble.) So I've made my diet more rigorous so I can start losing weight and control my choloesterol without statins. The doctor also took 6 vials of blood for far more extensive labs than my primary care does. After hearing no followup I contacted medical office to find out whether the doctor still thought statins were the best guess. His medical assistant replied the next day: "he says your anemia is due to your diabetes, as is your loss of kidney function". I responded: "this is the first I've heard about loss of kidney fucntion. Any other test results I should know about? And also the doctor specifically mentioned statins as one possible contributor to anemia. Is that still his guess or has it changed. She replied that the kidney function problem is the only abnormality besides the anemia, and that it might not be a true problem - might just be a varietion, but that anyway the cause was diabetes, and as to the statin,s he would get back to me." I don't like this "diabetic, whaddaya expect?" attitude with a side of "fat, whaddya expect?" Yes diabetes and overweight make a whole bunch of syndromes more likely. especially since I've been keeping my A1C abour 5.5 for several years, I think this is bullshit. Even if diabetes and overeweight make it more likelty,shit still has causes. It is like the shit doctors do where when an old person gets sick they just attribute it to old age. Shit stukk has causes. Just because age makes you more vulnerable does not mean specific symptoms are not caused by something.

(nodding) Doctors are apparently trained that fat causes almost every symptom acknowleged by the medical profession, just like being female causes every pain symptom reported by a woman.

I'm diabetic, I'm on a statin, my A1C is nowhere near good as yours, and no one has told me I'm anemic. And I see the doc every three months.

Can you change doctors? I know it's not always possible but it sounds like this one is failing you in multiple ways.

And in doctor news I could use a lot ~ma today. I see my meds manager today and therapy. With a side order of dealing we it insurance issues at meds managers place . If I have to deal with the actual insurance company I'm going to see if Dad can do that on my behalf because there is no way I can deal with that stress too.

Lots of ~ma for strength an luck, askye.

I'm giving in and having a real cuppa this morning because I've had a terrible headache for several days and I can't take advil. My doctor said I could have one cup a day, I just haven't been doing it very often. But I have too much to do today to have a splitting headache. Mom is away this month so we're taking a mini vacation to her place for the weekend, and I have to do all the laundry.

Was it here we were talking about needing to reorganize or was it Natter? I started reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. So far, it's interesting. My intention is to finish reading it this weekend and then start on the actual organizing on Monday. Maybe I could even have a semi-organized house by the time ltc is born.

Was it here we were talking about needing to reorganize or was it Natter? I started reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo.

I am not making this up, and I can provide a screenshot to prove it: I just checked my holds list at the library, and my hold on this book just changed to "IN TRANSIT." I can't wait to read it.

Yay, Teppy! Let me know if you want to chat about it when you start reading it.

You bet!