30 Days of November, Day 23: Of Tenacity
These days I have been doing my best to stand up for myself. I find this difficult because I hate confrontation and shy away from dealing with issues. I often feel like I am bothering people when I ask them for something that I am entitled to more than once.
Being ill however, has truly given me a different perspective and highlighted that I am finally learning to advocate for myself. This comes up in my mind because of an issue I am having trouble receiving results from a series of tests I did for a neurosurgeon that I am consulting with to try to get to the bottom of whatever is wrong with my back.
I did a CT Scan on the 25th of September a month and a half plus later I have yet to receive any word. While my back is not as bad as it was before, it still isn't better. I need to know what if anything, he can tell me to help me fix this problem.
I have called back two times now and I admit that I am really starting to feel frustrated. My Granny says at least I know the results are not very bad because if they were he would get back to me, but still I would like to know what is going on so that I can lay my worry to rest at the very least.
I hope that I can really build up my back bone from incidents like this, so that in the future I am more ready to go to bat for myself. It can not be over-stated how important it is not to simply let go of an issue because it is easier than fighting.
I truly hope that he gets back to me soon and that I can move on to what the next step for mitigating whatever is wrong with my lower back so that avoid another lengthy convalescence. Wish me luck!
Being ill however, has truly given me a different perspective and highlighted that I am finally learning to advocate for myself. This comes up in my mind because of an issue I am having trouble receiving results from a series of tests I did for a neurosurgeon that I am consulting with to try to get to the bottom of whatever is wrong with my back.
I did a CT Scan on the 25th of September a month and a half plus later I have yet to receive any word. While my back is not as bad as it was before, it still isn't better. I need to know what if anything, he can tell me to help me fix this problem.
I have called back two times now and I admit that I am really starting to feel frustrated. My Granny says at least I know the results are not very bad because if they were he would get back to me, but still I would like to know what is going on so that I can lay my worry to rest at the very least.
I hope that I can really build up my back bone from incidents like this, so that in the future I am more ready to go to bat for myself. It can not be over-stated how important it is not to simply let go of an issue because it is easier than fighting.
I truly hope that he gets back to me soon and that I can move on to what the next step for mitigating whatever is wrong with my lower back so that avoid another lengthy convalescence. Wish me luck!
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