Teresa
03-30-2016, 12:51 PM
I've been putting it of for weeks but the muscle weakness in my left arm has got worse . I've been passed over to a new doctor since my last one retired, he was great and got me through my counselling my new one or rather ones plural are two lady doctors. The one I saw queried if I minded a woman after another glance at my notes, I said I didn't object at all.
She checked my arm over and decided my shoulder was the problem and booked me in for Xrays. I asked if she minded checking the arthritis in my toes, and what choices I had in pain relief if they become more painful. She gave me some suggestions and then glancing again at the notes on the computer screen and back at me said with a smile it depends on what footwear you choose to wear, I replied nothing more than a 4" heel ! She said I thought you might say something like that, then asked how often did I do it ? I told her at my social evenings for about six hours if I drive in them, she added that I will pay the price for that as any woman would the next day. The conversation drifted into types of heel, and what she liked, I couldn't believe I was having a converstion with my doctor about wearing heels !!
My next stop was the optician, I was looking forward to this because I'd ordered two pairs of male glasses and a pair in a women's style. It was the same SA that came out to me , at the time I told him I would take some photos in and give him some contact details if he needed them. We dealt with checking the glasses out and then I produced an envelope with the pics in , I told I didn't have a problem with showing them as long as he felt comfortable looking at them, I showed him the ones from my social outings , he just couldn't believe the transformation . He admitted that he was concerned about how he felt when he dressed the one time and thanked me for pointing out he wasn't alone with CDing thoughts and I had made him think seriously what he feels about it now. As I left he just couldn't stop shaking my hand, I really felt good about helping I could see the look of relief on his face .
She checked my arm over and decided my shoulder was the problem and booked me in for Xrays. I asked if she minded checking the arthritis in my toes, and what choices I had in pain relief if they become more painful. She gave me some suggestions and then glancing again at the notes on the computer screen and back at me said with a smile it depends on what footwear you choose to wear, I replied nothing more than a 4" heel ! She said I thought you might say something like that, then asked how often did I do it ? I told her at my social evenings for about six hours if I drive in them, she added that I will pay the price for that as any woman would the next day. The conversation drifted into types of heel, and what she liked, I couldn't believe I was having a converstion with my doctor about wearing heels !!
My next stop was the optician, I was looking forward to this because I'd ordered two pairs of male glasses and a pair in a women's style. It was the same SA that came out to me , at the time I told him I would take some photos in and give him some contact details if he needed them. We dealt with checking the glasses out and then I produced an envelope with the pics in , I told I didn't have a problem with showing them as long as he felt comfortable looking at them, I showed him the ones from my social outings , he just couldn't believe the transformation . He admitted that he was concerned about how he felt when he dressed the one time and thanked me for pointing out he wasn't alone with CDing thoughts and I had made him think seriously what he feels about it now. As I left he just couldn't stop shaking my hand, I really felt good about helping I could see the look of relief on his face .