GI bug….I think NOT!!!

So Thursday 2/18 I went and saw my doctor to find out what the heck was going on with my stomach!!! I still felt like crap, but no vomiting, etc. Our medical system is so messed up, and yes, I can say this because I work in it everyday. I can’t stand the offices that you go to that are not customer service oriented, nor are they concerned about “the patient”; the MAIN reason why they HAVE JOBS! Yes, I’m being obnoxious here but really?

Anyhow, my appointment was at 415pm, but I arrived promptly at 4pm, paid my unnecessary co-pay that the lady just made me make! UGH….got checked in and had a seat. Since my normal doctor wasn’t available, I had to see the PA (not happy about this). Anyhow, I sucked it up and at about 405pm I was called into the office for my appointment; the MA took vitals and asked what was going on. I gave her a history as she rushed me through my explanation and quickly said “okay, Gary will be with you soon”. Gary, the PA came in not 2 minutes later asked the same questions that the MA asked, had me hop up on the table barely did an examination and his diagnosis was a “GI bug”. He said it’s just a virus and proceeded to explain to me that his MA had been out for the last 4 days with uncontrollable diarrhea. I was like REALLY…WHY THE HELL DO I NEED TO KNOW THIS? Anyhow, Gary quickly wrote me a prescription for some sort of medicine he said would help me with the abdominal pain if I experienced symptoms over the weekend, says to get it filled and keep it in the medicine cabinet. Looking at him like ummmm okay! I’m not the type of person who takes medicine just to take it, I would rather not take anything and suffer….clearly he gave me no answers to my problems.

He rushed me out the door at about 410pm not asking if I had any questions, concerns, NOTHING!!! I was so upset that this guy who went to school to HEAL people, didn’t take time….but I can guarantee he charged my insurance a boatload. We really need some caring people in our medical offices for sure!!!!

Anyhow, leaving there upset with a prescription that I would not ever fill and paying $10 for NOTHING, I went home. Still feeling crappy, I went to bed early. Friday morning I woke up about to pee my pants, clearly this is HIGHLY UNUSUAL for me! I ran into the bathroom and there was a pregnancy test sitting there….since I was still feeling cruddy and it was just sitting there and me with a full bladder…I took it!

2 minutes later…it was POSITIVE!!!! Glad to know it wasn’t a GI bug….but so sad I worried myself sick trying to figure out what was going on with my belly! Guess it was just the little one on the way trying to get comfortable in there! After I took the test and composed myself I went in the bedroom where Dustin was still sleeping, woke him up and told him to go look in the bathroom. He did and was soooo excited!!! We both were! We immediately called our parents, brothers, sisters, grandmas!!! I didn’t want to tell EVERYONE until we went to the doctor. We are going for our 1st visit on March 4th @ 4pm to see how things are going. On our 1st appointment by calculation I will be exactly 6 weeks along! SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!

I’ll give updates after the appointment!!! Unofficial due date is October 31, 2010 (hope I don’t have a Halloween baby…I despise that holiday)