Holy smokes !! Your poor mom. Glad to know that Mary was So pro-active and got your mom the help She needed. Hope she is doing better will be sending more reiki her way for a great recovery.
Don't give up. Sent from Caralyn's iPhone Caralyn Brown 20 Digits Nail Spa On Feb 28, 2009, at 12:10 AM, Maggie in Visalia <[email protected]> wrote: > Mom gained a LOT of weight after her divorce (from my dad) 37 years > ago. About the time I was in high school (25-ish years ago) my > grandmother started hounding my mom about her stomach sticking out > so far. Mom did a lot of shrugging it off cuz, afterall, she WAS fat. > > The first time I remember her asking a dr about her stomach > (stomachE?) was back in the mid 80's, maybe 1986 or so. Her Dr told > her she was "just fat" and she should lose weight. (duh) > > About 12 years ago or so, she started noticing that her "fat" was > hard and it was uncomfortable to sleep and she couldn't sit at a > booth in a restaurant. She had a new dr at that time so she asked him. > > He told her she was "just fat." > > Last summer she went in for a mammogram and they found a small > lump-- nothing exciting, just calcification. But she had to have a > biopsy. She got referred to a different clinic for the biopsy and > when the P.A. saw her, he asked her "how long have you had that hard > stomach?" He suggested she have a CT scan. > > PROBLEM: Mom does not have insurance. Yikes! She sees a nurse > practitioner at a local walk in clinic.... so she goes back to him > and tells him what the biopsy guy says. HE says, "you don't have > insurance! CT scan costs $4,000! Nothing is wrong with you! You're > just fat! FAT FAT FAT!" > > Well, Mom happened to mention this to one of her clients (mom does > massage) who informed Mom that SHE happens to be a Nurse > Practitioner at the SAME clinic Mom's been going to! > > Mary told Mom to come see HER and they'd figure something out. > > Mom got an ultrasound which cost a fairly reasonable $160, which > ruled out any sort of hernia and revealed a "large mass." > > Mary got serious about pushing through some paperwork and next thing > we know, Mom's getting a CT Scan... gets referred to a surgeon who > refers her to a cardiologist, and an OB GYN... and we spend the next > 4 months expecting her to be scheduled for surgery. Then, the > surgeon we thought would be doing the surgery tells Mom, "we're > referring you to Stanford, there's not a facility in the valley > that's equiped to deal with a tumor this size." > > So we sit around and wait for Stanford to call... except they don't. > So Mary (the FNP who got the ball rolling) calls to ask Mom what her > status is-- Mom tells her we're still waiting to hear from Stanford. > > Mary calls Stanford-- guess what? No one ever sent Stanford Mom's > paperwork! So MARY sits by the damn fax machine all day WHILE SHE"S > ON THE PHONE WITH STANFORD, then she calls Mom and tells Mom that > "Shelly (or whatever her name really was) from Stanford will be > calling..." *BEEP BEEP* goes Mom's call waiting ...!!! Serously. > > We came up here last week for Mom's consultation and surgery we got > the call Monday with the surgery date! > > > All I can say is: If you EVER ask your doctor a question-- make sure > it gets noted in your chart! > > Maggie Franklin: Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA > Now Blogging for Nails Magazine online! > http://blogs.nailsmag.com/maggie/ > http://www.nailsbymaggie.biz > "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." > > --- On Fri, 2/27/09, Pati <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Pati <[email protected]> > Subject: NailTech:: Re: over the heartbreak...update on Mom > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 8:17 PM > > Maggie, > I am so glad everything went well! I just read the first post so i > thought it was tomorrow (sat) that they were doing the surgery! (I > am easily confused these days LOL) That's great news that the tumor > was only attached to 1 ovary and they got it out intact! Now...how > could they possible miss this all these years?? Did the Dr say it > was 25 years old? Glad she is doing so well.... > > Pati > > Everyone has a photographic memory. > Some, like me, just don't have any film. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maggie in Visalia <[email protected]> > To: 1Nail Tech list <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 7:28 pm > Subject: NailTech:: over the heartbreak...update on Mom > > Someday I will have to figure out public wifi systems...meanwhile, > Mom went into surgery at 1:30... got word awhile ago that all is > well. I'm just hanging out waiting for them to put her into recovery > so I can hang out with her. > > The tumor came out in tact (yay) and it was attached to her left > ovary-- so she only lost one. And they took her gallbladder too-- > what the heck, ya know? > > She did well, all we have to do now is get her back up and running > and get her incision healed up-- then she can get that uber-cool > medi-tech certification and get back to work! > > Thank you, everyone, for warm wishes and prayers. > > BTW: pay no attention when my original post finally DOES come > through! (shrug) It's in my "sent" folder, but it hasn't posted to > the list. Go figure. > > > > Maggie Franklin: Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA > Now Blogging for Nails Magazine online! > http://blogs.nailsmag.com/maggie/ > http://www.nailsbymaggie.biz > "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." > > > > > A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. 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