So this is going to be some what of a rant.. I apologize in advance
The worst thing about living with a chronic illness isn't the constant pain or the disapproving comments people make. |t's the waiting game. Especially waiting for appointments..
I am currently waiting on an MRI appointment that my surgery cannot be scheduled without. The request was put in back during the first week of December. After two weeks of not hearing from them I made a few calls, left 5 messages before someone actually called me back just to tell me that the request the doctor had sent was not valid because each MRI (I need two) needs to have its own written request (mine was sent all in one). So I had to call my doctor's office for three days to get hold of them to send new separate requests.
Now I had gotten all caught up in the holidays and let it completely slip my mind to follow up with the MRI department to make sure they got the new referrals. So I am spending all day calling and leaving messages.
As chronic illness patients we really have to be our own biggest advocate and fight to make sure we get the quality of care we deserve.
Okay so new development while I was actually writing this. The MRI department at Mount Sinai Hospital finally got back to me and I have my pelvic scan on Feb 7th and my chest scan on March 7th.
Now something to always do is asking about a cancelation list. Especially if you are like me and can go to an appointment within a days notice. Unfortunately this hospital does not have one so I set a reminder in my phone to call them once a week and ask about any newly open appointments.
I have a few exciting things in the working coming for you guys, including an exciting colab with my friend and endosister Devon founder of Tough Girls Club. She will be doing a guest writers post here and I will be appearing on her podcast , which can be found on sound cloud. We will also be doing a limited edition design to be available on my IG shop ( @scale1_10creations) so make sure you are following it!
I am going to be officially opening my shop Feb 1st and will be giving away a few EndoMarch packs to my followers so make sure you are following me and have the post notifications turned on to see the winners.
And stay tuned as I will be doing a series about applying for ODSP in Ontario for Endometriosis
Today is a 7...
The worst thing about living with a chronic illness isn't the constant pain or the disapproving comments people make. |t's the waiting game. Especially waiting for appointments..
I am currently waiting on an MRI appointment that my surgery cannot be scheduled without. The request was put in back during the first week of December. After two weeks of not hearing from them I made a few calls, left 5 messages before someone actually called me back just to tell me that the request the doctor had sent was not valid because each MRI (I need two) needs to have its own written request (mine was sent all in one). So I had to call my doctor's office for three days to get hold of them to send new separate requests.
Now I had gotten all caught up in the holidays and let it completely slip my mind to follow up with the MRI department to make sure they got the new referrals. So I am spending all day calling and leaving messages.
As chronic illness patients we really have to be our own biggest advocate and fight to make sure we get the quality of care we deserve.
Okay so new development while I was actually writing this. The MRI department at Mount Sinai Hospital finally got back to me and I have my pelvic scan on Feb 7th and my chest scan on March 7th.
Now something to always do is asking about a cancelation list. Especially if you are like me and can go to an appointment within a days notice. Unfortunately this hospital does not have one so I set a reminder in my phone to call them once a week and ask about any newly open appointments.
I have a few exciting things in the working coming for you guys, including an exciting colab with my friend and endosister Devon founder of Tough Girls Club. She will be doing a guest writers post here and I will be appearing on her podcast , which can be found on sound cloud. We will also be doing a limited edition design to be available on my IG shop ( @scale1_10creations) so make sure you are following it!
I am going to be officially opening my shop Feb 1st and will be giving away a few EndoMarch packs to my followers so make sure you are following me and have the post notifications turned on to see the winners.
And stay tuned as I will be doing a series about applying for ODSP in Ontario for Endometriosis
Today is a 7...