OK I peeked ;-)

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  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 Member Posts: 2,631
    #22
    Cynthia
    I'm not sure if peaking (I don't blame you) at your results is a good thing or not. Did it reassure you or create more questions? You know more medically than most of us and we sure do appreciate your knowledge. I'll assume your test results are a positive outcome. Keeping you in my thoughts until you know for sure.
    {{hugs}} Char
  • CR1954
    CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
    #23
    LOL! I am.......
    I am just the opposite! The "head in the sand" syndrome! I am too afraid to look at anything!

    Every six months, when my onco sends me lab results via email, it takes me a day or two to work up the courage to look...between my fingers, while reciting the Lord's Prayer and crossing my toes! LOL!

    Far from "knowledge is power", I am the "I think I'm going to faint" type!

    That's just me....

    CR
  • Noel
    Noel Member Posts: 3,095 Member
    #24
    linpsu said:

    me, too
    I'd peek too, if I had the chance. Keep up your positive spirit and let us know on Monday what the dr. says.
    Hugs, Linda

    Peeking is good! LOL I
    Peeking is good! LOL I would do it too if I could. Waiting to hear your news on Monday!


    Noel
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    #25
    fauxma said:

    I'd peek if 1. I had access
    I'd peek if 1. I had access 2. I knew what the heck I would be looking at. You are able to do both and I say good for you for peeking.
    Stef

    I think peeking is a good
    I think peeking is a good thing! Praying for good results for you!
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    #26
    fauxma said:

    I'd peek if 1. I had access
    I'd peek if 1. I had access 2. I knew what the heck I would be looking at. You are able to do both and I say good for you for peeking.
    Stef

    I think peeking is a good
    I think peeking is a good thing! Praying for good results for you!
  • Findingout
    Findingout Member Posts: 132
    #27
    I'd do it too - but
    .. But there can be a down side!

    As a teen I had another illness. I went and researched with my lab pics and thought throughout my 20s that I'd die by 30.... based on what I saw as similar pics in a medical journal at a university medical library.

    Ever since then I've been wary of self diagnosis, but I can't help it, I still do it. I just tell myself I'm a lay person.
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
    #28
    lynn1950 said:

    If WAITING for results is
    If WAITING for results is often the worst part , then peeking is SELF-DEFENSE. Totally defensible in a court of law! Glad that the bone scan looks little different from the past. Hope your PET is totally unremarkable! xoxoxoxox Lynn

    I wish I could peek at my
    I wish I could peek at my test results and what the doctors say about me! LOL


    I am praying for you CC!
  • Double Whammy
    Double Whammy Member Posts: 2,832 Member
    #29
    Findingout said:

    I'd do it too - but
    .. But there can be a down side!

    As a teen I had another illness. I went and researched with my lab pics and thought throughout my 20s that I'd die by 30.... based on what I saw as similar pics in a medical journal at a university medical library.

    Ever since then I've been wary of self diagnosis, but I can't help it, I still do it. I just tell myself I'm a lay person.

    Glad you peeked
    and had reassurance.

    I'd peek at everything if I could even if I wouldn't know what I'd see. I can't tell you how many times I've read my path reports, lab reports, and anything else I remember to ask for a copy of. It's interesting that my primary care physician automatically releases everything to me that she does, but with the oncologists I have to ask for copies - and I hate having to ask. I'm sure it often causes them grief when a patient like me with no medical background questions something, but basically I want to understand what's going on with me and sometimes when at an appointment I'm so uptight I don't really hear everything.

    Good luck on Monday. We'll be there with you.

    Suzanne
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #30
    Double Whammy said:

    Glad you peeked
    and had reassurance.

    I'd peek at everything if I could even if I wouldn't know what I'd see. I can't tell you how many times I've read my path reports, lab reports, and anything else I remember to ask for a copy of. It's interesting that my primary care physician automatically releases everything to me that she does, but with the oncologists I have to ask for copies - and I hate having to ask. I'm sure it often causes them grief when a patient like me with no medical background questions something, but basically I want to understand what's going on with me and sometimes when at an appointment I'm so uptight I don't really hear everything.

    Good luck on Monday. We'll be there with you.

    Suzanne

    will be thinking of you
    will be thinking of you tomorrow CC fingers and toes crossed!
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #31
    AMomNETN said:

    Peeking
    I'd peek too if I had the chance. I always try to watch the screens but it is hard now. I know you can't speak about patients but our whole lives are on computers and connected to whoever has access.

    I would have looked too if I
    I would have looked too if I ever could. Praying for good news for you!


    Lex

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