The days following the ER visit with Dr. White, I scheduled appointments with the Doctors she recommended: Dr. Dinesen and Dr. Eddy. I called out sick at Wegman's (I was supposed to work the weekend) and was just so tired. Like, I couldn't even lift my iPad to read - my arms were just so weak. I also started to have shortness of breath - not terribly - but when I would get out of the shower, I would have to lie (lay? - never really sure) down on the bed for a while. Weird.
Anyway, on March 17 - while my friends were getting blottoed since it was one of the greatest holidays EVER - I was visiting ob/gyn Dr. Dinesen.
Great things: He got me in immediately (I had to wait over a month for Ianieri). The waiting room was nice. What I LOVED: the exam room was clean and nice. Dr. Dinesen came in and talked to me while I was still dressed. I told him that I felt I really did have a cyst on my left ovary but it didn't show up on an ultrasound (but it did show up on CAT scan) and he said "Ultrasounds do lie. They lie often." He answered all my questions and when I brought up I might just as well get all my lady parts out since that ovary gave me nothing but trouble and those parts weren't functioning anyway, he agreed and asked that I get cardiac clearance first since I'd had a problem under surgery before. He gave me a NICE pink cloth gown to put on after I got undressed so he could examine me. I was impressed, most ob/gyn give you these horrible paper gowns and are about as comfortable as wearing sand paper.
I liked him a-lot, he was no nonsense yet friendly, and took time to make his patients feel comfortable. Now, the only thing that made me hesitant, was the fact that he was sort of bragging how busy his practice is and how he pays his front office more than what other doctors usually pay - how he spends more (on the gowns/sheets) to make patients feel comfortable. I've been in sales, I've studied marketing and business - so those were things I'd noticed immediately. I felt like he was trying to really sell me on his practice - which actually made me start to question why he felt he had to sell me on it. I believe people should be proud of their accomplishments, and perhaps that was all Dinesen was doing - but it came off just a wee bit like bragging. Looking back now, even though I'd ultimately choose Dr. Ianieri, I would have chosen Dr. Dinesen. But now, I had two conflicting Dr.s - one assuring me taking out my bothersome lady parts was a pro-active plan - the other (whom I didn't trust anyway!) saying nothing was wrong with me and it would be a big mistake to take out my lady parts.
I had the appointment with Dr. Ianieri in April and in the meantime, now would have to get surgery clearance from a cardiac doc (which meant now I needed to find one of those also). Sigh.
One positive thing: I bought an "emerald" ring in the gift shop at the Doylestown hospital. I had nothing green to wear and I wanted a bit of good luck. And...it was 20% off. Hopefully, my luck would be changing!
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