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August 10, 2005
Got to Doc
I finally got around to seeing the doctor about that pain and pressure in my right ear, and as so often happens with me it was like the classic visit to the mechanic where once you take the car in, it’s no longer making that weird noise it was making.
It’s the same with me most times - by the time I get into the doctor’s office whatever it was has resolved itself or gone into hiding so the doctor has to gently say something like “well, clearly you were feeling sick but everything looks fine now, so whatever it was seems to have gone away on its own." I’m just glad she doesn’t say “You are such a hypochondriac, why are wasting my time?"
I’m not a hypochondriac. Really. And this is how I know – I am also prone to ignoring how sick I am and refusing to go to the doctor until I am really, really sick. Like the Flu of 2000 when by the time I got to the doctor’s office, the nurses couldn’t find my pulse. (Seriously. Gotta love that. I was thinking “OK, guys, we know I’ve got a pulse because I got here on my own power, on the bus." Turns out I was so dehydrated that my blood was barely moving around at all. That was also the time I heard this from my doctor, “You’re the sickest person I’ve seen all year." Aw, now, that’s never something you wanna hear from your doctor. Even if it’s true, what good could it possibly do to tell me that?! ‘Cause once I hear that I’m not just really sick, I’m now really freaked out about it too.
Anyway, I’m feeling so much better now that an expert has confirmed that I’m fine.
Posted by Selena at August 10, 2005 06:15 PM