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Yesterday she had a pelvic ultrasound and said it took unusually long, and the tech had a look on her face like she saw something, and was really being thorough and getting good images of it. But of course the tech is not a doctor and they are not allowed to tell patients what they see. Only a doctor is allowed to interpret the images and diagnose.
So today a nurse or secretary calls and tells my wife that the doctor wants to speak to her. She tries to set up an appointment for next week and my wife asks if she can do it any earlier. So the girl then says well if you're okay with doing it over the phone, then we can do it as soon as tomorrow.
So on one hand, I'm pretty scared that the tech obviously found something wrong and that the doctor wants to speak to her about it. I think if they found nothing, they would just send her a clean bill of health via email.
On the other hand, if the doctor was going to tell her she had 3 months to live, then he probably would do that immediately, and not schedule it for a week later. Also, he'd insist on doing it in person rather than on the phone. So those 2 things make me think maybe it's not that serious?
What's your diagnosis, Sherdog?
So today a nurse or secretary calls and tells my wife that the doctor wants to speak to her. She tries to set up an appointment for next week and my wife asks if she can do it any earlier. So the girl then says well if you're okay with doing it over the phone, then we can do it as soon as tomorrow.
So on one hand, I'm pretty scared that the tech obviously found something wrong and that the doctor wants to speak to her about it. I think if they found nothing, they would just send her a clean bill of health via email.
On the other hand, if the doctor was going to tell her she had 3 months to live, then he probably would do that immediately, and not schedule it for a week later. Also, he'd insist on doing it in person rather than on the phone. So those 2 things make me think maybe it's not that serious?
What's your diagnosis, Sherdog?