Guest guest Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Hey, everyone: I just got back from my new rheumy. She's tough. Direct. VERY strong personality. In a nutshell, she gave me the blowoff. I'm not very happy about this. She told me that after reviewing my hospital chart which is about 100 pages and my other doc's files, she cannot for the life of her diagnose me. I didn't know this until today, but she told me that I test negative for everything. Rheumatoid factor, ANA......everything is clear. Made mention that depression can cause pain symptoms. When she said that, I pulled out a printed copy I made of ALL my symptoms. And I asked her if depression can cause all these? I got no answer. I filled her in on us and how we all have the same symptoms. She wouldn't really comment. She told me last month she'd be happy to talk to Dr. Kolb. She didn't call her. Apparently she went to her colleagues first and thereafter changed her mind about calling Dr. Kolb. She simply would not "go there," if you now what I mean......she even went so far as to say that she has lots of patients with implants. I said, "Yeah, that's my point." That really stumped her cuz she didn't mean it that way and I probably put two and two together for her. This really stinks! She ruled out fibromyalgia, crohn's disease which my first doc said I had, she ruled out Pemphigus which my last rheumy said I had. She said I don't have arthritis. But I do have migratory arthralgia (however you spell it.) Why don't I test for anything? How can I be having all these symptoms and nothing shows up on a test?? I just don't understand this. For the women in here who were diagnosed with fibromyalgia, how do your docs know you have that? Is there a test or something for that? DeeJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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