Changes

Fall has arrived.  We are having warm temperatures during the day and cooler temperatures at night.  We actually opened our bedroom windows last night instead of using air conditioning.  This has not happened for a very long time.

The electric bills have not been extremely high because our house is very efficient with keeping a good even, cool temperature.  Thank goodness!

I had three MRI's done in the last couple of weeks.  One for my head, one for the spine, and one for my neck.  Everything is stable with the MS but the MRI showed a mass on my thyroid, about an inch and a half.  The doctor reading the MRI or my Neurologist could not figure out what it was showing, so I was asked to go to an Endocrinologist to have it checked.

Being in Bluffton, South Carolina has great advantages with location, easy living, and good friends that were made.  The biggest problem, though, is finding good doctors.  I have had to drive to Savannah, Georgia, for some appointments, which is about 30-40 minutes, which isn't a bad drive.  I have my Neurologist in Port Royal, SC, which is about the same distance from us only going North.

The other issue is finding a specialist that takes our insurance too.  I thought I found one in Savannah, who takes our insurance, said they were taking new patients, and had my Neurologists office send all my information.  I was told I would be called to make an appointment, either on Monday afternoon or sometime on Tuesday of this present week, September 24 or 25.

I waited and waited, but I did not hear from anyone.  By early afternoon, on Tuesday, I placed a call to the doctor's office in Savannah, Georgia.  I was put into voice mail and I left a message with her nurse.  I did not receive a call back on Tuesday and I am still waiting for a call today, Wednesday.  I even called my Neurologist, on Tuesday late afternoon, to let them know I had no response yet from this doctor and they placed a call to get someone but also was put into voicemail.  How can a doctor's office calling another doctor's office, not get a response back?

S o o o o, I let my fingers do some walking on the Internet to find a doctor maybe in Charleston.  Charleston is a longer drive, about 2-1/2 hours but we are willing to go anywhere to get the help we might need.  I did find another doctor in Charleston, who takes our insurance, called my Neurologist's office today, gave them the information, and they were going to try and get an appointment for me.  Again, I have not heard a thing!  If this new doctor I am trying to get, does not respond either, I have another one to call.  Why is this being so hard?  Can't someone understand that the person who has an issue with any part of their body, needs to have an answer to put their mind at ease or for them to determine what their next step would be, to handle the problem?

This is so frustrating!!!!

I have hooked up with a local support group.  I am not actually a leader for the group, but someone that will help them out.  The group is mainly made up with people from Sun City, though there are a couple of us "outsiders".  It has been hard to fit with this group, as conversations tend to go with the doings at Sun City and they want to socialize.  So far, not a lot has been accomplished, but I hope I can help out with this issue.

I have a hard time following conversations when multiple conversations are going at once.  I get distracted, from the main speaker, when people are having "side bar chats".  I have decided now to ask people to not talk while someone is talking.  As I usually say, "One Conversation at a Time".  You would think that this would be common sense but I also realize the need to say something before it is forgotten.  We just have to learn to take our turns.