Doctors

After living here for 20 months, I finally moved my ass and went to the gynae. My MIL helped me make an appointment 2 months earlier (yes, it takes 2-3 months waiting time for an appointment with gynaecologists or dermatologists here as there are so few of them) with Dr.Netter and went with me to my first appointment. Dr. Netter is a soft spoken, gentle woman and by far the best gynae I've ever been to as there was no pain, no discomfort and no bleeding right after!

She also sent me for a blood test after I told her about my monthly problems and a good thing too, as the blood test results showed me to be severely anaemic (3 out of 20). When I got my test results and my MIL saw it she insisted I go see our family doctor immediately. As usual I am reluctant as the wait at the clinic can take hours, but when I finally did, the doctor gave me a thorough check up and kept asking me if I had heart pains or chest pains. I didn't understand the significance of that or of all the fuss the doctors made over the blood test but after reading about severe anaemia on the internet I now know that as the red blood cells carry oxygen to our organs, lack of red blood cells mean lack of oxygen and that may cause one organ or more to be deprived of the much needed oxygen.

Dr. Netter called me to see her urgently too when she got the results and kept asking me if I was tired or have any difficulty breathing. She insists that anytime I am feeling tired I must call her. I tried to explain that I have had anaemia for many years now and am surprised by all the fuss; and she explained that I am at borderline needing transfusion, thus all the urgency.

Both doctors have now put me on medications which I must take 3 times a day, and I have another blood test coming up in a month.

This morning, I left Lucas in school early as I had an appointment for a mammogram. I was prepared to wait, with my Ipod and a book but to my surprise, the technician called me in at 8.15 am sharp. It was a painful experience - I was joking with my friend Cathy just last week as she told me that she hates going for mammograms as they are so painful and I remember saying to her, well, I wouldn't have that problem cos I am not a D cup like her. But fricking hell, it was painful for me too! I am just glad I only need to do this every 2 years.