Re: Rheumatologist Appt. Sorry to hear that

March 12, 2008

I have been so lucky and hope to never have to give up my Dr's, they take so

much time with me, listen and adress each and every inch of concern I have, My

delemia is they are in Ma, just was there yesterday, and I have been up in Maine

staying at my bro's house, as it is nice up here, less stressfull and keeps me

close to one of my 3 children, who suffers with Chron's, but has done well since

being put on Remicade 2 yrs ago. I say if you are anxious with feeling like

your not getting time to go over everything with your Dr. tell them you should

and are suppose to get time to adress concerns. I know though here in Maine a

few yrs ago the Dr's were forced to have to cut down patient visit time from 30

mins to 15 min!, then I was working here as a private care giver and I know the

elderly were outraged as they said it takes them that long to get out of there

clothes and into the gowns when needed! I now write down all the important

stuff on a list, and give it to them,

for my own benifit as I forget, but maybe if you have a doctor who is hurried

you could send it ahead, or hand it to them at time of visit let he/she look at

it and go from there. I have been there where you are before though, the Dr.

would come in the room and have one foot still out the door while seeing, me,

and only say ah huh ah huh if I mentioned anything, makes your very anxious. I

wish you better days. I was on that Neurontin several yrs back, and had to take

the max. amt was up to 850mg a day, and did not like it, felt really foggy, and

felt like I was on diuretic, and caused increased back pain but did try it and

stayed on it, for over a yr even though I had asked to come off, different Dr.

then, and discrets through kidneys, felt like that was what I was feeling, but

good med for some. Take Care Sharon

playa_chic04 wrote:

Well it's official. I have fibromyalgia. It's strange because I have

days when I almost feel normal, whatever that is. Anyways, after a

stressful and tiring drive (I hate driving in cities) I arrived at my

Dr.'s office to have an appointment that only lasted 15 minutes. We

went over my test results and he pressed about 6 areas on my back and

arms that really hurt and he put me on Gabapentin (Neurontin). The only

thing I'm concerned about is that I didn't get the chance to go through

my symptoms with him. I don't know maybe I'm worrying about nothing

(darned anxiety monster) but I just feel that I've been swept under the

rug. Do you guys ever have days when you just feel that nobody

understands or even cares? I've been in pain my entire life and it just

wears on me every day.

Hoping y'all had better days than I did,

Britt

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