Negative into positive

Earlier the week I had a medical appointment that had been rebooked from a few weeks ago.  I was not able to do the procedure the first time because I was on antibiotics that could skew the data.  So we had to book one that was further away to give my body a chance for recovery before the test.

Basically you swallow a tablet and the nurse technician pulls it out.  I don’t know if they are the ones who analyse it or if it goes to someone else.  Anyway, because this was a task I had to swallow something.  She asked if I ever coughed or choked with eating or if food gets stuck on the way down.  As you can imagine, the answer was no.

This now took me going to ANOTHER hospital and meeting them and have a procedure done there.  My heart sank as she said it.  HONESTLY!  It’s bad enough to go to ONE hospital and get to know what they are going to do and having the procedure the next time but UGH!   Now I had to do it all again.

FORTUNATELY I had my professional organiser, Elaine, with me and she talked to me about it.  I mean I was completely bummed at having to go and see another person at another hospital.

BUT, she pointed out to me - yes, you are having another procedure, but the first appointment we get to see the people who are doing it and the actual procedure can be done in a place closer to our home.  Also, the test I WAS going to have ONLY tested for one thing and one thing only….the full procedure looks at ALL the problems. 

So this is what is going to be happening now.  Departure from what I anticipated, but positive vibes there.