(Embarrasing) doctor visit

I finally broke down and went to the doctor today. Last week I mentioned the groin pain... Well, it hadn't gone away, and my back hurt, and I had the tension I usually feel when there's an infection of some kind. Sure enough, I have a UTI (urinary tract infection). I'm waiting on a prescription of Cipro. 

Unfortunately, that was about the best part of the whole doctor visit...

For starters, my blood pressure was 164/92. I told the nurse it would be high. It always is in the doctors office. I don't know why I get so stressed. Plus I'd just had 3 cups of coffee and come from work. I checked it in the morning and it was 140/78 - which was still high on the top number, but I attribute some of that to the tenseness. Things went downhill...

The nurse told me I needed a urine sample. I had literally JUST peed before I went there (5 minutes from my house)! I took my cup and went to the restroom, and tried, and tried, and tried, and tried. She finally knocked on the door and asked if I was okay. I told her I just couldn't do it. She said that was okay and led me back to my room to wait on the doctor.

Well, the doctor FINALLY comes in... with an intern. He asked me all the same questions as the nurse, and I gave all the same answers, then after he tells me to get up on the table he points at my calves and starts talking to the intern about them. My calves!! He's going on and on about 'muscle definition' and "you won't normally see this in most patients"... "You can tell this person is very fit" and so on. It was a little embarrassing in and of itself, because he never really even talked to me! It was like I was a cadaver or something! Then he checked my lungs with his stethoscope. (Did I mention where the pain was???)

So I'm waiting for him to tell me to drop my drawers, have me cough, or something along those lines... and he says, "Well, we're just waiting on a urine sample, so you can hang out here until you can produce one." Gulp. He had the intern get me a bottle of water, which I guzzled down right away. And I sat there, and sat there... and finally went into the bathroom, and stood there, and stood there... I felt like I was the only one there other than the 4 or 5 staff, and they were ALL WAITING ON ME TO PEE!!! Talk about pressure! It was the worst case of stage fright I've ever had. Normally I'm trying NOT to pee, and now when I needed to, I couldn't! I actually pleaded with God to help me do this simple little thing. Fortunately He finally helped.

I was there for a freaking hour before I could dribble a little urine in a cup. I was so humiliated. I came out of the bathroom and it was like everyone was trying not to look at me, and trying even harder not to laugh. Ugh.

Anyway, I waited another 5 minutes for them to test it. I'm at least glad it showed something. 

So, there ya go. And there I didn't. Well, for what seemed like an eternity at least.

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“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” -2 Chronicles 7:14