Doctor Visit - Update

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Yesterday started out as a really bad day. I can go online to request refills and have questions answered from my doctor. I had requested a refill on a medication that she had said she would fill until my rheumatologist appointment. (The prednisone that I had taken the day before was only a fluke as it didn't work yesterday at all.) Well, I got a response yesterday morning, before my visit, that the refill had been denied. No reason was given. I had already been without my medication for a day and a half and I was in so much pain yesterday. My feet hurt so bad I could barely stand to have my shoes on and I did have several crying spells as I got ready to go to the doctor. My appointment was at 10am and it wasn't long after I arrived that I was called back. As soon as my doctor came in, she knew something wasn't right and asked me what was wrong. I starting crying and explained that I was in so much pain I could hardly walk and she went ahead and gave me one more prescription for my medication but my rheumatologist will have to give me any refills I would need after that. I was so upset that my blood pressure was 140/100. She is hoping that it was due to me being upset and in pain. I have been having a lot of other health issues so, she is going to refer me to a gastro doctor and an ortho doctor. She also requested that I get a mammogram and a CT scan of my chest and a tetanus shot as well as a flu shot, a pneumonia shot and a shingles shot. As I waited for my prescription to be filled, I went to the clinic in Walgreens and had three of the four injections. They could only do three shots at one time. I will have to go back to have the shingles shot. After my prescription was filled, my brother and I went grocery shopping as he was off for the day. We were only there about an hour to an hour and a half but by the time we left, I was crying because my feet hurt so bad. The dogs and I laid down for a couple of hours and I did feel a little better when I got up. My rheumatologist appointment is on Monday the 10th. I am hoping that she can find out exactly what is causing my feet to hurt so bad. It's really tough to think that I may have this problem for the rest of my life. I am hoping that I will get my questions answered on Monday and praying that it will be good news. I'm sorry this was so long and that I am kind of in and out on myLot lately. It's just when I am hurting so bad, I can't think to do anything, especially myLot. While I am feeling better this morning, I am going to try and do as much as I can to get caught up. I have notifications to do as well as answering comments and visiting all of you.