My Turn for an Oncology Visit
For two years, we have been focused on Sheila's cancer and I sort of pushed any thoughts of my own health to the back of my mind. Of course, when problems arose, I visited doctors and did what needed to be done to stabilize my health again but I definitely have not been pro-active in pursuing my own healthcare problems while we were handling Sheila's cancer. There was only so much we were able to handle and, to be honest, we're both pretty sick and tired of spending so much time in hospitals but now it is my turn. So, yesterday, we headed up to the University of Vermont Medical Center and spent the entire afternoon at the hospital... again in the Oncology department but visiting a new doctor. My illness is classified as a myeloproliferative disorder so oncology/hematology is the place to be at this point. Unfortunately, since we were back in oncology, we didn't even get a change in scenery! Actually, what was really weird was that when we left our examinin