Finally, a doctor who listens...

"You guided my conception and formed me in the womb. You clothed me with skin and flesh, and You knit my bones and sinews together. You gave me life and showed me Your unfailing love. My life was preserved by Your care."

~ Job 10:10-12

Day 28: My little bit of happy - succesful doctor's appointment!!!

I had an appointment today with my primary care doctor. I am beyond frustrated with this shell I am forced to live in, with no explanation as to why it is so faulty and broken. Well, no explanation from a human, medical, perspective.

My body is a prime example of the weight of sin on this world. I've not had a day in my life where I didn't have an open sore somewhere on my body. I've suffered with chronic pain for more than 15 years now. When I started having babies I added my teeth to the list of parts of my body that failed me grieviously. And of course no one can find a real concrete answer for why I've lost so many babies.

So finally I had had enough. I walked into my doctors office and laid it all out to her and said, "this is what I want to be tested for." In all of my years pre Kaiser I was blown off by doctors. Sometimes Kaiser gets a bad name, but has definately been in the top 10 list of the best things to ever happen to me. The doctors I have seen have listened to me. They have not hesistated to run tests and dig into my medical situation. Grantedhe, I have my 7 dead babies to thank for that. This is just not normal and makes doctors finally pay attention and listen!

So, today I had 20 vials of blood drawn for a total of 24 tests. And I also received a referal to a geneticist to pursue a possible Ehlers-Danlos diagnosis. If not that, hopefully I will finally walk away with SOME kind of diagnosis to validate all I've been through with this frail body of mine in the last 30+ years. I'm really not holding my breath as I've thought we were close a time or two before, but wouldn't that be wonderful?! Even if they can't *do* anything for me, it would be so nice just to have an explanation.