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Doctor Dilema!
I booked an appointment to see to my bump on my neck that mysteriously appeared (only I can tell by feel but you can't see it) but the soonest they could get me in was in one week! So by my appointment day, three mroe has appeared and now you can SEE them on my neck but barely. So that was yesterday and for 4 days including that, I had a huge fever so it was a miracle how I oculd get to my appointment in time with a fever and dizziness.
So he checked it out, like PULLING them away from my neck which hurt and he said, "Hmm we only have a concern when they're wider than 1cm in length," and me being the dumbass that I was, drowsy and all, dind't even think about it and said okay. But now that I'm comppletely better:
1. He dind't tell me WHAT they are.
2. thyroid cancer runs in my fmaily. shouldn't he be worrying about it NOW before it GETS serious?
3. no medicine? I told him that it hurts to turn my head!
So I don't know if I should phone the place and demand him to call me back. I mean, all he did was look at it. my dad did the same thing, so did my mom! But I bet they'll just try to get me to come back so he can get paid instead of taking 5 mins to answer my questions on the phone. What should I do? Wait for a week and see if I can turn my head better?
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You should definitely call back and try to discuss this matter again. You may end up having to make a second appointment just to have your questions answered here. Would I, personally, wait until they possibly got larger? No, not if they were painful, multiplying, and caused discomfort in movement.
Call back and see if somebody can get you some answers. Be nice, not demanding. Just say, "I got home and realized that a really serious question of my had no been answered. Can I speak to the doctor about that or come in some time this week to just get it answered?" Chances are, since doctors are very busy people, the nurse will have you come in another time for an appointment to talk (rather than an examination).
Then, write down your questions. Many, many, MANY people need to do this when going to the doctor. You can be drowsy or nervous and end up forgetting all of the important things that need answers from the professional you're sitting right in front of. Write down your questions in a neat list.
Then, bring it with you when you see the doctor on the next visit. During the examination let him/her know that you have a few questions you'd like addressed. He'll, of course, accept and ask what those questions are. You just go on and pull out the paper and just talk through each question. Don't move to the next question until he's answered what you need answered--this way nothing will be skipped over or forgotten about.
Something like this is reasonable:
1. The lumps on my neck have multiple recently. If they're not a serious matter that needs to be tended to then could you please tell me what you suspect they are?
2. Should I be worried that these spots are or will turn into cancerous growths? Cancer runs in my family and I am concerned about that since I've never experienced problems like this before.
3. Out of curiosity, how will these go away? I know that a lot of times doctors need to prescribe medication to get pockets of infection and other growths to go away. Why don't I need medicine in this particular case?
Don't be demanding, of course. Yes, you are the patient. Yes, you are paying him. Yes, you need answers. He's still a hard working man though and deserves respect. He may have thought you weren't as concerned as you appeared to be once you didn't mention anything about any of your above questions to him during the appointment. As a doctor, he just can't force you to ask questions. Since he's probably been doing this thing for more than a day ;) he probably doesn't even realize what you do or do not know about things like this.
It's ok. This sort of thing happens. Just give a call and see what can be done.
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