I went to see Dr. Thompson Tuesday hoping for a plan and information from his teamwork with Dr. Olson, but there wasn't one. He said they hadn't had a chance to talk. I was pretty bothered by that, but decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. He talked with me more about how serious it is for me to stop teaching in the classroom. He also said he would do his best to help me finish this school year with the kids. He seemed to understand how hard all this is for me, and wanted to give me what he could for now. I have to continue taking high doses of steroids until they figure out what to do about the eosinophils & until I am away from the school environment.
Wednesday morning, (still on steroids & strong antibiotics btw) I woke with chest pains and a sore throat. That night I had a temp. :( It wasn't horrible, but it was certainly frustrating. My voice was screachy and my chest continued to hurt...a lot. Wednesday and Thursday were long days with no breaks. Friday I called the doctor at 2:40 ~ my first chance. Kristy called back at 5:10 quite concerned that I had gotten sick while on the meds. She said to try and push through the weekend & she would see me in the office Monday morning because of my sickness and because they finally had a new plan. She said Dr. Thompson had finally talked with Dr. Olson, but he didn't call me because he didn't have my number and wouldn't be back in the office until June. She wanted me to just call Dr. Olson for the explanation of all they had discussed.
I was a bit frustrated with the lack of help I got from Kristy considering it was a weekend. I would just have to push through like she said though. I did call Dr. Olson immediately and she returned my call within minutes. She was instantly distracted by my voice and concerned about my current well being. Their plan included a chest CT and more lab work which she insisted be done immediately. She explained that with my eosinophils so high, my cardiac/medical history, & chest pains + feeling crummy while still on meds it was simply too risky to wait until Monday. The rest of the plan includes an upper GI, a stomach biopsy and a possible bone marrow biopsy. She said if the doctors here don't seem to be getting things figured out after these steps, she wants me to come back out to National Jewish again...
I just don't know anymore, I don't know how I feel, what I'm going to do, where I'm going to be...I've gone back to my old ways of lying to nearly everyone. I can't tell people how bad I really feel~I just do everything I can to fake it through the day. I'm done, I'm just done. I don't know what to do about anything right now...
