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Jun 08, 2020 at 11:26 AM
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My doctor is just so useless. She is the best of the lot but I just don't understand her.
I don't understand why she is always throwing drugs at me. 10 years on she should know that I try not to take drugs at all. But many of the drugs she has given me have caused draconian side effects and I had to stop. I take just one drug. And she is always giving me a hard time over that drug, as if I am abusing it. A small dose of Ativan. She is always shoving tests at me that I don't want and I have politely declined. Yet, when I do want a test, she is always trying to get out of it. She has been utterly useless on weight loss and if I get grilled one more time on "eat less exercise more" when she should know by now that isn't the problem. She should know by now that even when I pretend not to be on top of my health I definitely am. I just was talking to her about getting a referral to a doctor and I slyly mentioned someone and she laughed like she was just thinking that too and she can't believe that I picked that one. As if I hadn't completely researched it. She just basically seems like an obstacle to my best health. |
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Jun 08, 2020 at 02:31 PM
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I'm sorry you have so much difficulty with this doc. I'm actually pretty lucky in that regard I guess. My pdoc is always pretty-much ready, willing & able to write me prescriptions for any psych med's I might want (within reason.) But he never pushes anything on me. He'll suggest something. But if I say no... that's the end of it. And my general practice doc is an old man (he must be close to my age.) He comes off as being gruff. And he only deals with what you say you're there for... period... nothing more. But he knows his stuff. So that works for me.
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Jun 08, 2020 at 02:55 PM
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I’ve only ever had luck with male doctors. All the female doctors I’ve had were only focused on the anxiety and mental illness part and on my weight. My gynecologist all but freaked out when I told her I was transitioning. She was such a bigot about it. I doubt she’d agree to do a hysterectomy if I wanted her to do one. The male doctors I have actually treat my conditions and listen to me.
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Jun 08, 2020 at 06:39 PM
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Thanks guys, it was just a rant but I just get so frustrated with her. It is like she is trying to aggravated me. I am just so disappointed with health care. I feel like I have to stay healthy because left in their hands I will be dead meat.
Going tomorrow for blood tests. She only ordered 1/2 what I wanted. Thankfully I can order my own or I guess I would really be angry. |
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Jun 11, 2020 at 05:34 PM
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Felt this overwhelming depression today... not sure why or maybe I am
- got back my test results from my doctor. A lot I didn't know she was doing. Many of them were "normal" but imho. Not good. My doctor is all... they are normal... as if that means anything. But in many cases "normal" is outdated and the results are not where I would like them to be. In one of those cases my results on something called IgM is much higher than I thought it would be.. but normal. This has been known to be high when the precursor condition to cancer has gotten worse. But my doctor offers zero comment other than they are "normal." - she may have good reason for saying that.. I am starting to really wonder about the veracity of my blood tests. First, this year by accident my doctor ran a whole bunch of blood tests by accident. At least twice now I have received results that were inaccurate and I had to go back to be rested... that is at my doctors office. But then, I got blood tests done a "quest" and they were massively different than my doctor's office for the same test. Now, do I believe them or my doctor's office? - I am still awaiting my results on my precursor cancer condition...so that is stressful. But given the inaccuracy of the results this year I am wondering if THOSE results will be correct at all. I can't really take those to the bank so to speak. - Finally I have always had heath anxiety, how am I going to deal with having a potential cancer diagnosis with tests hanging over my head every three months. |
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Jul 17, 2020 at 03:28 AM
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2013-2019 I had healthcare providers that I did not receive continuity of care from. Many do not listen, follow through when test indicate additional testing needed to be completed, I even had one provider that called in the wrong epipen for me. In April 2019, I took matters in my own hands. I fired several of the specialists I was seeing. If I was unhappy with food at a restaurant, I would not return.
Fast forward to now, I started reading reviews prior to picking a healthcare providers. I have two new specialists I have not met yet. My appointments are scheduled for August and September, my fingers are crossed. I do like my new primary care, immunology specialists and nutritionist. __________________ #SpoonieStrong Spoons are a visual representation used as a unit of measure to quantify how much energy individuals with disabilities and chronic illnesses have throughout a given day. 1). Depression 2). PTSD 3). Anxiety 4). Hashimoto 5). Fibromyalgia 6). Asthma 7). Atopic dermatitis 8). Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria 9). Hereditary Angioedema (HAE-normal C-1) 10). Gluten sensitivity 11). EpiPen carrier 12). Food allergies, medication allergies and food intolerances. . 13). Alopecia Areata |
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