Doctor Love?

I have been to the ER 3 times this year already. I have also been to see my doctor as many times. Today I am headed to the doctors again.

Every now and then I think maybe my husband is right, maybe I am a hypochondriac. I mean, who else goes to the doctor so much? But then I remind myself that there is almost always a diagnosable problem when I go. So, obviously I am not making it up.

I have never considered myself a "sickly" person before but I am starting to wonder. I mean, who else goes to the doctor so much?

Ugh!

Maybe I am just not aging as gracefully as other people do? Wait! I am only 31! I'm not all that "aged," am I?

Maybe I have some underlying condition that is causing all these problems? Wait! I spent 3-4 hours last week looking into this and I cannot find any information in regards to these problems being linked.

Maybe I just have crappy luck when it comes to my health? This might be true because when I weighed 360 pounds I didn't have high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol or any of those things? Now, at half that weight, I still don't seem to have any of those problems but I have a whole plethora of other ones. Bad luck is the only way I can explain that.

Does anyone else ever feel like they go to the doctor too much?

Even though I have more health problems than most people I know, I am thankful that the doctor I have is with me all the way. I am thankful that each day I can still get out of bed, even if it does take a ton of effort sometimes. I am thankful for so many things.

I am thankful that I no longer weigh 360 pounds simply for the fact that it would have made all of the things I have been going through that much more difficult. Lots of doctors in the past have just blown off any health problems as being caused by my obesity. Now, they actually have to figure out what is wrong with me. That I am very thankful for!

I am also thankful that I have a wonderful doctor. When I call, I can get in to see him within a few days. He listens to me and never seems to be in a rush. He never tries to pawn me off on some specialist but has offered to do so if I feel like he can't handle it. He's kind and gentle and has a great sense of humor. If we both weren't already married, I'd consider asking him out. ;-)

I am am even more grateful that he is a family doctor. That way, when I have children, he'll be with me through the whole pregnancy and also be the babies' doctor as well. The idea of my children having the same doctor their whole lives is incredibly appealing. As a child, I lived in a very small town and went to a clinic where the doctor changed too often. It always felt like you had to give an entire life's history every time you went.

I think that more people should get to have a doctor they love!

P.S. Don't tell my husband. ;-)