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Originally Posted by Dduster  I would agree about the tone of my posts, Al- they are just sort of a reflection of where I'm at right now, not just with this dick problem, but my whole life... I'm really at a huge crossroads and wondering what the hell to do next. I just say this to acknowledge that there is a lot of tough stuff that's coloring my outlook... it's a huge test. I really want to come out the other side wiser and in a better place, and I know outlook is a huge component of that. I'm working on it... amazingly, thank god, I have an incredible woman in my corner who is helping me with exactly this!
Actually, the way my doctor visits are going now- that is one obvious, immediate positive of this experience. After my initial visit with my pcp (a guy I have never been all that fond of or felt much of a connection with... but I saw him so infrequently that it didn't much matter), wherein he made me fell like an aberrant idiot after I shared my somewhat embarrassing issue, barking at me that it was just a pinched ilioingual and shoving some literature into my hand and shunting me off... I have really, quickly learned to stand up for myself as a consumer of healthcare. I'm totally done with docs giving short shrift. Now I go in armed with info and the right questions, and I don't stop asking questions until I'm satisfied. To their credit, the uro and the neurologist I have seen, although they have not been able to help much and have at times betrayed some annoyance with me, have actually hung in there with me through this approach, and have really listened to and processed with me the questions and possibilities I have brought up. |
Good show
Let's look at the positives here- you have a good woman that supports you, you're on your way to knowing exactly what's wrong, and now you have the knowledge that you can likely do something to heal yourself once you find out exactly what's going on (not that you should wait until then, of course).
If you can continue to learn how to think more positively, your life will surely start to go in a better direction.
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