Guest guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 My name is Kris and i was diagnosed with Lupus, RA and fibro. about 10 years ago after i had my son. I suffer daily because i cannot find a rhumatologist (sp?) in the city of yakima Washington. I know of two, one who is not taking any new patients, and the other who does not take medicare. I had one when i lived in Seattle, and just may have to comute. I am currently looking for another town close by that may have the proper doctor. It is hard to find a primary care physcian here as well. Waiting lists and wrong medical coverage is the biggest problem i am having. Have any of you tried any herbal treatments that you can point me too. I am only into to herbs, considering since i had scarlet fever and viral meningitis my imune system is done for, so taking antibiotics really do not help at all. I found out just a few years ago, going through my family medical history, that when i was born i was alergic to everything, my mother boiled my clothes, i could have no dairy, no citrus, or eggs and my immune system started fighting immediately. When i lived in a more humid climate (Seattle) i was geting pneuomonia quite frequently along with sever upper respiratory ailments. I am currently taking something for pain and swelling. 70mg of mehtadone a day. That will be until i can find something else to help. I was on Saboxon in Seattle but i was not paying for it, my medicare was covering 100%, here it is 400 dollars a month, the doctor that has it does not take medicare. I am a little bitter about the meidcal help here and if i could live in the humidity i would move back to Seattle, it's a catch 22 live there and be sick 85% of the time or live here and deal with the pain swelling and fatigue. I have an 8 year old girl and a 10 year old boy that keep me very busy, my husband has been a great help and does as much as he can to help me. Anyway i am glad i found a group that i can talk about this. Thank you. Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Hi Kris Welcome to the group. There is lots of wonderful people here know how you feel. Chances are no matter the symptom or problem someone in the group has or has had the same problems.I hope that you are able to find a new Dr.soon. Another good thing about this group is, if you need to vent just do it. Thats what the group is for, support. Again welcome. Heidi M On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Kris Allan <aradiamoon2006@...> wrote: > My name is Kris and i was diagnosed with Lupus, RA and fibro. about > 10 years ago after i had my son. I suffer daily because i cannot find > a rhumatologist (sp?) in the city of yakima Washington. I know of > two, one who is not taking any new patients, and the other who does > not take medicare. I had one when i lived in Seattle, and just may > have to comute. I am currently looking for another town close by that > may have the proper doctor. It is hard to find a primary care > physcian here as well. Waiting lists and wrong medical coverage is > the biggest problem i am having. Have any of you tried any herbal > treatments that you can point me too. I am only into to herbs, > considering since i had scarlet fever and viral meningitis my imune > system is done for, so taking antibiotics really do not help at all. > I found out just a few years ago, going through my family medical > history, that when i was born i was alergic to everything, my mother > boiled my clothes, i could have no dairy, no citrus, or eggs and my > immune system started fighting immediately. When i lived in a more > humid climate (Seattle) i was geting pneuomonia quite frequently > along with sever upper respiratory ailments. I am currently taking > something for pain and swelling. 70mg of mehtadone a day. That will > be until i can find something else to help. I was on Saboxon in > Seattle but i was not paying for it, my medicare was covering 100%, > here it is 400 dollars a month, the doctor that has it does not take > medicare. I am a little bitter about the meidcal help here and if i > could live in the humidity i would move back to Seattle, it's a catch > 22 live there and be sick 85% of the time or live here and deal with > the pain swelling and fatigue. I have an 8 year old girl and a 10 > year old boy that keep me very busy, my husband has been a great help > and does as much as he can to help me. Anyway i am glad i found a > group that i can talk about this. Thank you. > > Kris > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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