One thing about living in a small town, you do not have the greatest medical care, but our doctors usually do care, Especially if you have family that went to grade school with them. I was just too sick to go to my doctor for about seven weeks. Last time I was there I got medicine for a kidney infection and it comes and goes. Hey sometimes no sample given, Last time I got a sample for them. Today, I drank a lot before I went in to insure a sample. Didn't show to bad though.

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Anyway, I am quite sore through out the inside, so my doctor decides to have an Ultrasound done. Maybe gall stones. The doctor that is doing the ultra sound turns the machine around so I can watch all this. Then I get these great questions.

First time I have seen the doctor that did the ultra sound. He is from some another town.

1. Doc.: Are you short of breath a lot? Thought so, a little thickening here.

2. No gall stones, looks like a little thickening though.

3. Well, looks like you have a problem with reflux and quite a bit of gas. Little thickening here.

4. Looks like a little thickening here. Are you constipated a lot?

5. There is your liver, a little thickening here.

6. Have a lot of backaches don't you?

Ruby: Yes pain everywhere, and I took a pain pill before coming here are you wouldn't be doing this now.

7. Looks like a little thickening here, you seem to have a kidney infection. Oh, see the blood vessels?

7. Doc. You are sure no hysterectomy? Well something seems to be missing here. I guess if you don't use it, it may dry up and go away. Ruby: What do you mean, I went through menopause not to many years ago. Maybe these parts are just hiding.

8. Hiding or gone, they are not here. Have a little thickening in these parts though.

Ruby: Well I had silicone implants some years ago. I was told they would last a lifetime and stay in one place. By the time I found out it wasn't so, it was too late. They didn't tell me how many years it would shorten my life so they would last my whole life. Guess I can just pick the easiest part to biopsy when needed since it looks like all my parts are thickening.

Doc.: (with some anger showing) How many years ago did you have implants? (32 years, Ruby said) Doc.: Yes, and just look how many years they said: Cigarettes won't hurt you.

Doc leaves, but sticks his head in and shows me pictures quickly, then he goes to talk to my regular doctor.

Regular doctor comes in.: Well we don't get to do surgery, no gall stones or kidney stones. I do think your kidneys do not empty all the way though. I think I should send you over here to the Urologist.

Ruby: Now what can he do? I am hurt and sore enough. I really do not think I can handle that. I can not go to a strange doctor. We have learned already that we just have to keep changing medication until something works.

Doc.: O.K, if you do not want to go. You take this medication, I have changed it from last time. And be back here in seven days. We will see more about you then. Call me if you have problems with this medicine. Don't take it if you have problems with it. There are many medicines for this. Just keep drinking your water and juices like you are doing.

Ruby: Seven days, see you then. And I made an appointment on my way out.

After some of the stories and conversations I have heard about with doctors, I wanted to give my doctor a big hug. But I didn't. Boobies are too hard, and it would hurt. (me and him.)

I did get to see all my parts from the breast down, this doctor said implants are just to hard to show what we need to see. Need someone else for that.