I have an appointment on Monday and I'd like to go in and just yell "fix me!" and have her wave a wand. Sadly I suspect this won't work, so how am I best to tell her everything?
In order of things bugging me I have:
- ongoing low iron levels
The cause is under investigation, but not being treated and in the interim I think it's causing:
- dizziness and woozy head (feeling dizzy and disconnected)
- scaly skin that even moisturiser for exceptional dry skin isn't touching
- outbreaks of spots that (once the whitehead "pops") take a few weeks to heal.
I also have a sore breast (have had a full investigation with mammogram, ultrasound and needle biopsy and there is nothing sinister) with an itchy nipple so I suspect I may have a mild infection and an itchy freckle on my arm - this may just be related to the dry and scaly skin but equally, it might be more serious.
I'm not really coping with the pile-up of issues and am totally paranoid about the dizziness as this was the first symptom my mum had when she developed the cancer that killed her; and given the sore breast (even though I've had the all clear) it's niggling away at my brain at 2am.
I know the appointment is 10 min and there is no way I can get through everything.
Would I be laughed at if I printed her up a summary (crap handwriting!) and said, "this is what I have, I know you don't have time to deal with it all but can you have a look, rank them and discuss what you can?" then I can make a subsequent appointment if it's required?
I think if I chat about the "minor" stuff then we don't get to the worrying stuff and I can try to ignore it and then it will just go away - even though it is worrying me.
...and fight if you don't agree!
