I do love getting referrals for imaging which might bring me closer to diagnosis/ better treatment options, but really, the amount of tests I’ve suddenly got on (in addition to my finals week exams and essay) is a lot right now.
This week I’ve had 2 doctors appointments (rheum, GP) and I’ll be getting some routine bloods done this Saturday too, then over the next two weeks I have an mri (Monday am), a final exam (Monday arvo/pm) , a final essay (Tuesday midnight but it’ll have to be before that, so effectively Monday, unless I get an extension which I don’t wanna do) and a gastroscopy at the hospital (Tuesday am) all within two days. And then physio on Thursday, a spec-ct on Friday, therapy the following Monday and another doctors appointment and mri the following Tuesday. It’s quite frankly exhausting. When I told my rheum about the fact it’s finals and I’m also getting the gastroscopy, so it might take me a while to get the scans done, he was like wow you’ve got a lot on… I don’t know if he meant life or just health wise, but either way (I mean my life is basically only health stuff with a dash of uni at this point), I’m feeling it. But I can’t wait on a lot of these things because I’m going home soon too, and won’t be able to do stuff before follow ups. And I want to get stuff done before everyone winds up for the year (and safety net thresholds resets, and just time, and answers sooner rather than later is good). So it’s good, it’s just inconvenient and a bit anxiety inducing and I’m feeling kinda stressed about it all. Like probably more stressed than I should be. I don’t know.