Re: I saw the Doctor and. - age as a factor

[Guest guest]

As far as age goes, I had bone cancer at age 14. My disk

degeneration began in my mid-20s from wearing a prosthesis, and the pain

was going down my " missing leg, " making it feel like the leg was on fire

or being electrocuted.

I got the same crap from doctors about age, plus the " it's all in my head "

diagnosis since there was really nothing for them to examine. It would take 4

years for me to get help (from the wonderful pain doctors at West Virginia

University med school), and I was able to get surgery, elimiating the pain for

almost 20 years. Wow, that was a long sentence.

Anyway, my favorite part was the orthopedic doctor who told me and everyone else

that I was trying to get out of working for a living. Huh? I guess he forgot

that I had asked him if we could postpone a test until after I took my GMAT for

grad school. What work was I trying to get out of?

Some of these doctors are morons. Especially orthopedic doctors. (Sorry, have

had more than one bad experience with those guys.)