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That's sad news Hilary. There definitely can be grief with miscarriage, although many folks do not imagine it to be the case - and consequently give insensitive 'advice'. I sense you'll be a good comfort to your friend, and your wedding will be a welcome distraction for her & her partner.
 
oh pinga - I can so relate to this. I too will often lie in bed, too tired, too achy to actually get up & take a pill, thinking that for sure I'll drift off to sleep at any minute ... and then the sun is rising. It was indeed a beautiful morning :-) and much fresher than I had anticipated. I got up early today, although it is my day off - I'm gently adjusting my clock so I'll be better in the morning in NL. Had my breakfast & read the paper on my deck - so grateful that I am able to enjoy such peaceful moments. Then did a bunch of garden tidy up, and watering, until the heat increased ... and now I'm inside. May your day pass peacefully, and slumber be yours tonight.
 
Pinga, I wish a bottle of cream could make as much as a difference to your wait as mine.
I am also less concerned about the cause, as the steroids bringing down most of it this fast is a good sign.
My sleep is normal-ish. Lately I seem to wake up sometime between 10-midnight if I've fallen asleep before then, or else have trouble getting to sleep when I go to bed at that time. So yesterday it was nap, a few hours of sleep at night, was up for longer than usual during that gap and then easily got at least another 7 hours. If I get up earlier I either want to just nap during the day or else want to go to bed for the first time at 6 or 7.

Also was just interrupted by a phone call. An oops I have been doing all month, I am not lining up my weekdays and dates correctly at all. I knew my appointment was the 29th, but that's NOT friday. Good thing for those reminder phonecalls!

Hilary, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I've known it to happen to two people, both where I knew about the pregnancy before even most other 'close' people knew, in one case even before family. Neither had the miscarriage that early, both were just shy of the 12 week mark which made it a bit harder, especially for one who had started to tell a few more people.

Pinga, Tabitha's advice about the pain killer sounds good to me!
 
Argh, I just found out my doctor (GP) is moving clinics. This will be my 4th switch due to a doctor. Wondering if I should stick with the same clinic or just go elsewhere since I've been very displeased with administration.
The doctor I saw yesterday is taking new patients and I saw him once before. I liked him, but he is not there 5 days a week. The only doctor that is and will take on new patients I was not pleased with, he was extremely dismissive of my HAE symptoms.

I could go to the first clinic I started with, but then I have the same issue regarding the reason my first doctor left it - all the doctors take walk ins so appointments end up behind schedule, as much as up to an hour and that was getting to be a very common occurance.
 
sounds frustrating ChemGal. If you like the doc, can you follow her/him to new location?
 
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sounds frustrating ChemGal. If you like the doc, can you follow her/him to new location?
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She's going a bit further than I would prefer to travel for a GP, especially if I am sick.
While I liked her, there have been doctors I have clicked with a bit more.

I'm actually thinking of going to a new clinic altogether now. Edmonton has started 'primary care networks - PCNs' groups of clinics that work together even if the are under different companies. It's a bit confusing, my current clinic is under a certain company that has clinics in Edmonton and Calgary. Both clinics I went to were different companies but the same PCN and for some reason they were the Edmonton West PCN even though that's not the area they (or I) am in.

I think finding a clinic in the PCN for the area I am in would be more suitable, as the common specialists I get referred are also likely to be in the same area. For example, my ENT and internal medicine specialist are both in South West Edmonton. I was also thinking of switching pharmacies - to a compounding one that is nearby and does home deliveries. Currently I use 2 pharmacies often, one because of the hours, one because of the compounding license. While this new pharmacy doesn't have the best hours the home delivery service would make up for it. They are really pushing the 'small town pharmacist' feel where they really know their customers. It's in a new strip mall that just opened a few weeks ago. It's even walking distance if I'm up for a decent walk. There's a clinic in it too, will have to see if it's a part of a PCN. I want to stick with the PCN model as it opens up more service options - such as the exercise specialist. If I wasn't in the PCN I wouldn't have been able to see him.

Sorry for rambling about things most of you don't care about, it helps to just think things through here.
 
ChemGal said:
She's going a bit further than I would prefer to travel for a GP, especially if I am sick.
While I liked her, there have been doctors I have clicked with a bit more.

I'm actually thinking of going to a new clinic altogether now. Edmonton has started 'primary care networks - PCNs' groups of clinics that work together even if the are under different companies. It's a bit confusing, my current clinic is under a certain company that has clinics in Edmonton and Calgary. Both clinics I went to were different companies but the same PCN and for some reason they were the Edmonton West PCN even though that's not the area they (or I) am in.

I think finding a clinic in the PCN for the area I am in would be more suitable, as the common specialists I get referred are also likely to be in the same area. For example, my ENT and internal medicine specialist are both in South West Edmonton. I was also thinking of switching pharmacies - to a compounding one that is nearby and does home deliveries. Currently I use 2 pharmacies often, one because of the hours, one because of the compounding license. While this new pharmacy doesn't have the best hours the home delivery service would make up for it. They are really pushing the 'small town pharmacist' feel where they really know their customers. It's in a new strip mall that just opened a few weeks ago. It's even walking distance if I'm up for a decent walk. There's a clinic in it too, will have to see if it's a part of a PCN. I want to stick with the PCN model as it opens up more service options - such as the exercise specialist. If I wasn't in the PCN I wouldn't have been able to see him.

Sorry for rambling about things most of you don't care about, it helps to just think things through here.
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It's okay. Not a problem. Same here. :)
 
Back from my appointment. Went well. I always get to specialist appointments earlier (GP I started just cutting it close as they are always behind) and with construction, going downtown with a bit of rush hour traffic I gave myself plenty of time and thought I would have a decent wait. I was finished before my appointment time even started though! I spend so much time in waiting rooms it was a great surprise.

It appears to just be a big flare-up of psoriasis and eczema. Dunno why, but it seems like a small trigger set off some and the inflammation process got out of control. I have another new steroid cream to replace one that I got from the doctor earlier, this is stronger. Still don't know what's up with a chronic issue on my face, but it's minor. Saw this derm before for it, a test was negative and the prescription to treat somethings else showed that wasn't the problem either. A former GP decided to treat it like perioral dermatitis but the derm says it doesn't look like it. He's doing another test, but I'm not concerned about that, it just might pinpoint the need for a specific antibiotic.

Just to be safe I'm having testing done to rule out some autoimmune stuff like lupus. The fact that the steroids worked so quickly means that's less likely, but based on my description he was surprised so little was done when things were first showing up, especially with my risk factors.
 
Well, folks. It has been a long week. I am still healing from the surgery, but the weight of the unknwon was definitely weighing on me. I may start a thread about waiting...

I received the results and they were not want I wanted to hear. I am optimistic that I will be fine and per my doctor "this is fixable". Currently, I am looking at heading for surgery within the 6 week timeframe. I don't want to share much rightec now ...and I will learn more after I have a catscan.

I do appreciate the friendship of this room, and anticipate that at some point, i will have late night worries, and lots of time on my hand. I know you have been asking and so wanted to respond .

I would prefer that no one put any reference on facebook. I hope you understand.
 
Pinga, sorry to hear that the results weren't great, but glad to hear that it's fixable.
Feel free to share as you need. *hugs*
 
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Thanks folks.

So, though I didn't go to asia with my sister, I am going to be taking a week of vacation and she and her kids are coming here for the week. We are going to spend a night in Toronto (so 2 days) and are looking forward to things like St. Lawrence Market, a food tour, and well, just exploring. Will be good.
 
Hugs pinga - hearing 'fixable' is good - but still very worrisome. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Toronto will be a good distraction for a few days! So much to see & do. How old are the kids who are coming along?
 
Hah, yes, they will always be kids...but they are my nephew & niece (17 & 19), her boyfriend (20), and my son (21). I think a few of them will want to go to a bar for a bit, now that my niece is drinking age here, (though not her home state). She is a foodie as well, so, hence the market, and the food tour.

I've booked an appointment for my car to be detailed (a christmas present from my oldest son) and so today, is the "clean it out of all the stuff".
I've also texted my son to see if he would mind if I started to "tidy up" his room. I'm anticipating that during recovery times there may be guests staying and would like to make the room comfortable. shucks, I may want to sleep in it!
 
Any plans for taking in a ball game in Toronto or anything like that?

As for car detailing (what a great gift!!) - I did finally take out my winter mats today & hose them down! I think that counts. I was going to clean the windows, but husband informed me I have wait til it's in the shade & much cooler or I will just have a big streaky mess.
 
I woke at 5:30 this morning with a light shining in through my west window. Got up and looked. The MOON! A beautiful moon had just passed over the house and hung above the trees - the back yard filled with clear cool light.
Ordinarily I don't like any light in my room. I turn off any electronics (TV, etc), and position my pillow in front of my clock-radio. But the exception is moonlight. Something about moonlight just sings to my soul.
Slept briefly and woke again at 6:10. Still light out, but no sign of the moon. Go into the livingroom and see the sun rising over my neighbour's house. Morning has broken - and the warm sunlight has replace the cool moonlight.
Had a coffee - started my morning.
 
Oh Seeler, the air was cool last night, and I slept like a log. Just got up feeling quite refreshed. Knocked off some chores yesterday, looking forward to doing more today. The humidity out of the air is so refreshing.

How cool about the moon. I meant to go out and look at it, but, forgot to look.

Went to the library yesterday for the first time in years. Figure that I will have lots of time for sitting/waiting in the future, Also, my s-i-l suggested that would be a good way for friends to help, ie take library books back or pick up books.

A folk festival is on , and I am planning on heding down this afternoon (gorgeous weather here)
 
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