Did I mention that universal healthcare is awesome?

This past week I had two medical appointments. On Monday, I met with my rheumatologist. It was a pretty standard appointment. We're looking at my meds and possibly changing them up. But she didn't want to do any changes until I met with a gastroenterologist, because of our suspicions that I may have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), to know if any medications need to affect that as well.

On Tuesday, I had my first appointment at the gastroenterology unit at the hospital. I talked with the doctor and she said that she doesn't think my symptoms are caused by IBS. But she acknowledged that having an autoimmune disease increases your chance to develop other autoimmune diseases. As a result, she said that I should get both an endoscopy and a colonoscopy. I'm now on the waitlist to get those both done. 

As I was at the hospital, I was reminded how great it is that I didn't need to pay for the appointment nor the endoscopy/colonoscopy when I get them done. I'm glad we don't need to make a decision about what tests to get because we can't afford to pay for them.