Thursday 01-21-10

I had some blood work done the other day for my diabetes and have been caring them around for the other Dr's that I have been seeing. It is amazing how some of the operate. I was told by Carol Burns, my diabetes doctor, that I had low testosterone and I should go see this other Dr. I went into his office and it was very well organized and I was ready to see him in about 15 minutes after I answered all the questions on the forms. He came in, one Hugh dude, and asked me for my blood work. I gave it to him and he took a few minutes to look it over and then said, "You need more Testosterone. You can get it by ointment, by patch, by injection, or I can implant pellets in your butt. Which way do you want it. Since I had already tried the ointment and it did nothing, he said then the patch would not work either because it's the same thing just in a patch. I knew I was not about to give my self a shot into the muscle. So the reason I came to see the guy in the first place, if he had chosen to ask me why the f+++ I was there. He didn't ask anything about me my medical condition, nothing, just here is what I do, how do you want it. He then said bend over I'm going to give you a prostate exam. It was at that time that I stopped him and said "What the hell kind of Dr. are you anyway. I feel like I've been given the bums rush here. First of all I've already had a Prostate exam by Dr.. Rudy Ricosky, do you know him." Yea, I know all the docs in town. I then remember that his name is not Rudy Ricosky but Dr. Rudolph, and they call him Rudy. I then ask him if he had read the results of the blood work that I had just handed him. He said sure I have, so then what is my PSA test say. I'm not sure, why. Well if I have already had a Prostate exam and my PSA is .03 why wouldn't you have asked me if I want a Prostate exam as apposed to bend over I'm going to give you a Prostate exam. He then said, Mr. I'm a very busy man and if you want me to do the Testosterone pellets I'll have to check with your insurance company to see if they will cover the procedure. When he asked what insurance I had, I told him Medicare and Blue Cross and Blue Shield and he said you have Anthem, and they probably will not cove the procedure anyway. It was at that point that I stood up and started for the door. He then grabbed some paper of the desk and ran towards me and said you have to give this to the lady at the front desk. He then said he would submit it to my insurance and call me back in a couple of weeks. I grabbed it and walked to the front desk, placed the paper on the desk and walked out.

I had a simular thing happen with my family doctor who is retireing and the new doctor want to see me to do a check up on me. I called to see what she wanted and asked he why she wanted to see me. She said well I see you ahd a heart attack in '94 and that you have diebetes and I think you need to see me to see how those things are coming along. I then ask her if she has my entire file in front of her. She said I think so why, well I have everything sent to you guy and should should have all the results of all the tests that I have done by other doctors. She then said, well I'll have to get that paper work and call you back. I've not heard from her since. She should also see that I now have cancer again.

I do want to say however that I have been blessed with great Doctors and great care by them. I guess when I see other doctors that are not of their quality, it just sets me off. It's the old thing about the doctor with the A average in every class and procedure got his degree and is now practicing, but the guy who got the lowest grades but passed is also practicing somewhere.

Just so you know from the first blog, my blood sugars have been much improved over the past few months. I take a injection of insulin once a day in the evening and then a pill with each meal. My average blood sugar now is between 90 to as high as 140 but not much above or below those levels. We'll see how that holds up with this next treatment. Oh yea, id have something to brag about, my cholesterol is 103, normal range, (0-200) HDL, 35, normal range, (40-60) LDL, 36, normal range, (63-130) triglyceride, 160, normal range (0-150). TSH, 1.28, normal range, (.32-5.00) Everything was good except my Glucose was 8.3 and it should not be above 8, normal is (4-6) that is from the bad times with the chemo. It should be lower on my next visit.

That's it for now, you know more about me than the new doctor that is taking over the practice of John Smith my old doctor.