Re: Re: REVIEW - Treating very early RA/Shirley

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Shirley,

I am so thankful that you said FORMER doctor.... How can one have a TOUCH of RA?

*GROWL* Thankfully you trusted your own instincts and ran with it.

If there is one thing that irritates the heck out of me, it is doctor's who

think they can treat anything and everything. This is why I switched my daughter

from her pediatrician to MY family doctor. I have much admiration for doctors

who can say " You need to see a specialist for this " .

*~ Kami ~*

[ ] Re: REVIEW - Treating very early RA

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March of last year (2007) my former " quack " gp told me that I had a

little touch of RA and when I had another really bad flare he would

refer me to a rheumatologist. He had already given me prednisone and

the inflammation was much better.

I came home and started searching on the internet. That may have

been when I joined this group, not sure though. Everything I read

was against waiting. I made another appointment with him and

insisted on a referral right then. Of course it took months to get

in. This is so important and if I could find the information how

could a doctor not know, or was it that he didn't care?

Shirley

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