A "Funny" thing happened at the doctor's office

Thursday, March 15, 2007
A "Funny" thing happened at the doctor's office

March 15, 2007
I'm seeing Dr. Hoynes tomorrow after a week of antibiotics. Seem to be getting better though.
Paul had a fruitful talk with his Cleveland Clinic specialist a couple days ago. He was upbeat and told dad they will cut the growth out and the prospects were good. Dad felt so relieved, and became his old self again, because the Medina specialist gruffly told him he had cancer and sent him on his way without any positive words. He did suggest though checking back with the Clinic. Paul came into the living room looking grave and told me, "It's cancer." Downer! Immediately the lights came on blinking "Second Opinion" and he was so relieved after talking to Dr. Gildea and getting his take on the problem. They are scheduling him for a battery of tests in Cleveland next week.
Like Philip says, you've gotta be proactive. As for me, I too am getting a second opinion from Cleveland. The gastroenterologist in Medina left me with some very bad vibes. He seemed opportunistic--too eager to stick those probes down my throat, didn't listen to me when I said I was developing a cold and might not be ready for the hospital probes, and didn't order an x-ray. His finding seemed so extreme that even my family doctor raised his eyebrows when I told him. And his suggestion that if everything didn't go quite right, he'd "call in the gurus in the North," was weird. But not only that, he made an outrageous remark when he was examining me. He commented on my bra!! Said it was pretty. paulwas in the room but the doctor spoke softly and dad didn't hear it. I wondered if I may have misheard, but I couldn't substitute anything else, and that's what he said. When I was giving the expert who took down my info at the Clinic I told her about not quite believing what I heard. She said, "Oh yes he did!" Then said, no doctor here at the clinic would say such a thing--he'd be outta there in a hurry. She said to ask the fam doctor to order a CAT scan and ultra sound. Good thing I'll be seeing him tomorrow.
I'll be having tests too at the clinic and also seeing two sub-specialists (that's the beauty of the clinic--they micro-specialize)--one in gastroenterology and the other in the liver field.

And oh, Betty Hutton died at 86. Doubt if many boomers know of her, but her performance as Annie Oakley in the movie Annie Get Your Gun lit up the screen. She once was the most popular screen star of the year, and Time magazine had a cover story on her. Apart from fleeting fame she had a sad life, but was rescued and actually went to college late in life (had dropped out in fifth grade to go to work) and became a drama teacher. She was beautiful, sang and danced well, and was funny. Robert Osborne ran an interview he did with her a few years ago. Brought tears to one's eyes.