Re: Bad Dr. Appt-Hollly

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Hey Holly,

I'm glad to see that you are filing a complaint. You mom is very luck to

have you on her side.

What you describe sounds exactly what I have been going through, thankfully

for weeks not months. Doctors seem afraid to order T3 because of the

increased potency. They seem to be afraid that we are going to kill

ourselves overdosing! I guess by accident because if we meant it there are

a million better ways to go.

I don't think many of them mind leaving us in the condition your mom is in.

It's a success if the patient is alive. Never mind how her quality of life

is.

You go girl! And please post how this all turns out.

Good Luck,

Laurel

Bad Dr. Appt

> I think I've calmed down enough to post this.

>

> I finally got my mother to go back to an endocrinologist and she ended up

> crying the whole way home. She had RAI three times about 20 years ago,

and

> has been a physical and emotional wreck ever since. She has unbearable

pain

> every day, and supposedly has fibromyalgia. She's " morbidly obese " . She

> suffers from depression. I've been talking to her about everything I've

> learned since I've been on this list, and she finally made an appointment

> with an endo. She's just been monitored by her GP for years now.

>

> Anyway, she goes armed with information. I'm convinced she's been hypo

for

> years, and that's the cause of her problems. Well, this doctor tells her

> that there is no way that her thyroid could be the cause of her pain.

(Duh!

> one of the first things my doc asks me is if I've had any muscle cramps or

> pain, since that's one of the best markers of hypothyroidism). He says

she

> needs to see a rheumatologist. Well, she's been to umpteen

rheumatologists,

> and they tell her there's nothing they can do for her--that she doesn't

have

> rheumatoid arthritis. Then she asks about adding T3 to her synthroid. He

> tells her he would never give anyone T3 because all it does is raise your

> heart rate. So, she says she thinks she might have a problem converting

T4

> to T3. He tells her he's never heard of such a thing. HE HAS NEVER HEARD

OF

> SUCH A THING??? And this doctor is a practicing physician at the

University

> of Kentucky!

>

> Is there anything I can do? This man has no business practicing medicine.

> Is there a place to report doctors who obviously have no idea what they

are

> doing??? I mean, this man is an endocrinologist! And besides giving

> completely false information, he talked down to her and basically told her

> to shut up several times, that he knew what he was doing. He wanted to

know

> where she got all this foolish information.

>

> Aaargh! Now I'm all worked up again. I can't let this man get away with

> doing this. What can I do?? My mom has really given up, now. I told her

to

> make sure and tell her GP what happened so he won't refer anyone else to

> this man.

>

> Holly

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