I received a letter from my doctor.
Whoah! I was a bit taken aback when I received a letter from my doctor. I thought personalized attention with doctors are long gone. I was wrong. This is what happened.
After my visit to Asia last year, I came home and within a month I started coughing a lot. It could have been because I was smoking different brands of cigarettes while I was there or it could have been anything. I also felt weaker. A normal five-block walk or even as simple as going upstairs and I will be out of breath. I thought it was weird. I let it go for a couple more weeks and when I finally couldn’t take it anymore, I tried to schedule an appointment with my doctor. Well, come to find out – my original doctor is no longer in the network so I had to choose a new one. Dr. Malamut is his name.
After seeing me, and some blood work done he found out that I am anemic. He prescribed daily doses of Vitamin C taken with Iron pills. He also advised that I should schedule for a recommended Endoscopy and Colonoscopy so he can investigate further. He said my blood count is really low and that somewhere, I am losing blood. Together with that, I told him I want to quit smoking as well. So he prescribed some smoke cessation pills that I should take.
When I got to the pharmacy, I was told that the cost of my meds (including the deductible) will be over three hundred dollars. I almost died (well, not literally). Although one of the guys at the pharmacy told me – in confidence – that I should check out an online pharmacy for my meds. He said that you do save a lot of money doing that. They will provide prescription meds as well.
I thought about it and so I thought, it may be good to do that. But I haven’t and of course since the colonoscopy and endoscopy procedure he ordered is part of the diagnosis, and I haven’t scheduled it because I haven’t gotten the meds I need for the procedure.
I got a letter from him today, telling me to imperatively go to the specialist in order that he may complete his diagnosis. I was really planning to, I just need to buy the meds to prepare for the procedure, more than likely from an online pharmacy and arrange for a friend to drive me to and from the clinic and voila – I wll do it.
So, folks – - I’m going under! Haha! Just kidding. I really need to do this. He may have found something that could trigger a bigger problem so the earlier I go, the earlier he can complete his diagnosis.
