Guest guest Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 I've never changed doctors so I can't be sure. I think you have a right to a copy of your records so you could get one for your own information without telling why you want them. You may have to pay something for copying them. Then you could let the new doctor copy the records for their use or you could make a copy for the new doctor. This way you could get a second opinion without saying anything to your current doctor. Others may have actually dealt with this and can give you more direct advice. I also use Google. First I searched for Dapsone and got too many hits so I searched within results for arthritis and I posted the first one that came up. There were a lot of others that I didn't read. Good luck and God bless. ----- Original Message ----- From: snowdrift52003 Rheumatoid Arthritis Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 6:42 AM Subject: Re: Dapsone > > That's not uncommon because a lot of things look somewhat like RA > but turn out to be something different. The important thing is > whether or not you are being treated as if it is RA because that is > often what UCTD turns out to be. Joint damage can occur fairly > rapidly with RA so it is often best to treat anything that looks > somewhat like RA as if it were RA until proven otherwise. Good luck > and God bless.> > Hello Harold,> The doctor had x-rays of my hands taken today; so far, they look fine.> He did prescribe "dapsone"--have you heard of it? I think I'll wait a > little while before starting it. After the side effects from the > other meds, I'm nervous.> > I had a difficult time communicating with this doctor today; he's > knowledgable and I trust his judgement, but he's hard to talk to. He > interrupts, goes off on tangents, and doesn't listen too well. I'm > considering switching before I start the new med. Also, though I just > saw him one month ago, he had no memory of me. No memory of > prescribing plaquenil or of my phone call reporting problems with it. > He hadn't even looked at the chart long enough to fake it, like the > other doctors do! > > Sierra> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: snowdrift52003 > > Rheumatoid Arthritis > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:47 AM> > Subject: Still Perplexed!> > > > > > Hi all,> > I'm back from my appointment. The official word > is: "undifferentiated> > connective tissue disease."> > > > Sierra> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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