Doctor's visit

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Hi to the group. Hope everyone had at least a semi- decent weekend. I

had an appt. with my doctor on Saturday, to check on my progress with

the Zoloft, and to discuss the Lupus possibility. I ended up having

tons of bloodwork done, and will know once and for all next week. I

discussed with my doctor his disbelief in fibro, and he told me it

wasn't so much that he disbelieved, but that he thought it was a fad

right now. That on any given day, he'll get at least 10 women who

come in and say they have fibro. He thinks too many doctors are

throwing out fibro as a diagnosis without really getting to the root

of the problem.

I'm not 100% sure I bought his story. I mean, what he said makes some

sense, but I also feel he is still trying to redeem himself to me. I

still get the feeling that he doesn't really believe in fibro. But

I've also come to the conclusion that maybe it doesn't matter. He's

doing further testing for Lupus, or Sjorgen's(misspelled, i think),

and scleroderma, etc. And he really believes that my pain is real. As

long as he is willing to treat me, I'm not going to complain.

Which brings me to a slight problem. For as long as I can remember,

Tylenol #3 with Codeine has been the only pain killer I've been able

to take. I've never had any problems with it. Well, my doctor wrote

me an RX for Codeine, and apparently it and Zoloft don't mix well in

me. It made me so woozy and very very weak. I couldn't even open a

package of crackers. I almost had to laugh, it's so ironic. I'm

trying to take half doses of the codeine today, to see if that makes

a difference. I hope so, because I don't know what else to try if it

doesn't.

Take care everyone,