Pat,
I went yesterday to pick up my records that I asked for days ago. While driving up there I started feeling even worse about it because I was already getting attitudes from a few of the women in the office and by the time I got there, they asked me 'why' I wanted them and laughed. They proceeded to say that they were not ready yet, 'so and so' was on lunch and I would have to wait for her, and after about a 15 minute wait, she came out and handed them to me.
As I read them in the car, I started noticing a couple of things that I wasn't aware of.
They mention that 'I requested the Cystoscopy'. I wouldn't have known to ask for that. Also, I had mentioned the idea that maybe I could be starting Menopause or be in Menopause, it was dismissed and I was told my hormone levels were fine. In the records (under 'Assessment') it shows "Menopause". It mentions a little later that I am "on no medication for my Menopause".
Why would this have been kept from me? I still have irregular, terrible periods and always have but, I think it is important to know if I am in Menopause or not. I am wrong to think I should have been told this--especially since I asked?
Later, it mentions my reason for coming to see him on a certain day is 'anxiety'. I never went to him and asked for aid in this area. I went through a multiple-year court battle/divorce (ending last month) and lost my father to Alzheimer's during the divorce. Who WOULDN'T be stressed about these things?
It is tough to just 'get past it all'. Maybe they just asked if I was a bit anxious and put it there to mention it.
Anyway, it never mentions a biopsy because they didn't do one. It mentions:
-Neoplasm of the bladder Micro Hemangiomas and Poypoidal lesions (2) at Trigone all cautherized.
-Urethral caruncle
-Ovarian cysts
-Menorrhagia
-Multiple Trabeculation and Hemangiomas Visualized.
Also mentioned is the crimp in my urethra which "creates painful insertion of Cystoscope"...yeah. Then, it mentions the ablation of the lesions. I don't see much after that.... Any ideas Pat and Christine?
I did send these records to the secretary at the doctor's office you recommended, Pat. Thank you. She will contact me later. I will let you know!
~Tricia