I had my appointment with my general physician (GP) today for pre-surgical clearance. It went fine and everything cleared out just fine. I got an order for the echocardiogram that I needed, so I will need to call tomorrow to get that scheduled. I am not overly fond of the GP and I never go to see her unless I need pre-surgical clearance. She does not understand any of my medical conditions and really does not add any insight to my medical team.
So today I made sure that I had my port accessed so that they could use it for my lab work that I knew would need to get done. The nurse did not have port training so she went to find a nurse who did. Well that nurse claimed that ports can only be accessed in a sterile hospital setting. Now obviously we know this is not true as I access my port at home and they are able to be used at a doctors office as well. In the long run the nurse said it was "easier" for her to just take the blood from my arm. So I have a perfectly good central line that is supposed to make it easier for them and me to get blood work done and they won't even use it since it is not "easier" for her!!! UGH!!! So in the long run I will now have a bruise for a few weeks simply because she did not want to figure out how to use my port for the blood draws! Next time I will refuse to get the blood drawn from my arm and just go elsewhere! I just had to do it today because of my upcoming surgery and did not want to delay anything with the blood work.
Anyways I will update again after I get the results from my blood work and echocardiogram and after I meet with my general surgeon on Thursday.
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