So, where do I start?
With all the testing done the previous 3 weeks, I finally had an appointment with Dr. Cooper this afternoon. But it was not in his office as I thought it would be...across a desk (you know, like they show on TV); it was in a regular old examination room...just like our docs have. Okay, first things first.
Went to the reception area on the 4th floor, Silverstein, at the U of P. This place was packed!! This is the reception area for LOTS of docs. Thankfully, no one was coughing, sneezing or anything and while there were probably about 30 people in there, it was nice and open...not packed in like sardines (like my own pcp's office waiting room!)
I got to fill out 3 pages of medical questions....from birth date to drugs to operations in the past to allergies to health of blood-folk and on and on. It honestly sounded as if I was going to go under the knife today! After filling out that stuff, I was taken back to the examination room where an assistant weighed me, took my temp and BP. She left and there I sat...and of course, nothing particularly good to read. Gotta' learn to take my own book on these trips. After I had read every chart on the wall and twiddled my thumbs for about 10 minutes, Rebecca (Dr. Cooper�s assistant) came in and asked more questions. She is a lovely young lady and quite personable. She got her information and around 1:30 came back with Dr. Cooper. He looks just like his picture (he was glad to hear this)...and has a lovely smile. Felt very comfortable with him immediately. We social-talked for a bit then he listened to my lungs then had Rebecca listen to my lungs. He asked her to listen to left rear upper then lower and asked what she heard. Then she listened to the right upper and lower. She said she could hear inhalation AND expiration in one section but only one or the other (I forget which) in the other.
Then he had me go out in the hall and walk down to one end, turn around and walk to the other end (thank goodness it was a short hall �cause I forgot to turn my O2 up!) and then into the office where he listened some more and we talked some more. I can�t remember everything so what follows is just what I remembered and in no special order (darn, I wish I had taken that tape recorder along!)
