Re: Advice about dumb-ass doctor?

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Hi mick (and everyone else who wrote),

Thank you!! I'm moving past confused now and into annoyed. I'm gonna go back

to my normal doc (the one who actually diagnosed the FMS) when he gets back

from his holiday. I have no idea what the other doc will say but I'm

determined that I won't care. While I was sitting in the surgery with her I

blocked out my memories of other people with FMS and began wondering if she

was right. Now my mind is back and I'm feeling more logical and rational

about it. FMS does exist and I have days where my joints hurt a lot. That's

not in my head, it's just something that happens.

I need to remember that if I ever have to see the other doc again. If my

regular doc hadn't been on holiday I wouldn't have seen her - she had the

only open appointment this week. I think that says something - she's always

the doc with open appointments I need to remember that too. And at least

now I know that I can ask to see a doctor I trust rather than being stuck

with the only one I don't trust.

Thanks everyone - I feel much more positive today.

Kath

Re: Advice about dumb-ass doctor?

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> Hello Selenay,

> Get a new doctor one that has some knowledge on FMS/CFS. It will only get

worse for you if you do not locate a new doctor. I know from past

experience that it is critical to find a doctor that understands that

FMS/CFS is real, is painful beyond belief, is progressive, and disabling. I

saw one doctor for 2 years who even tried to tell me that I may be possessed

by the devil. A doctor that doesnt understand what you are enduring will

only increase your stress level. Increased stress levels also increase the

pain and fatigue.

> I wish you the best of luck finding a new doc. It is critical for your

wellbeing that you do this right away....

> Peace and blessings always and forever,

> mick

> Selenay selenay@...> wrote: Hey,

>

> I introduced myself a few weeks ago but I've been lurking ever since - too

> shy

>

> I know that probably a lot of people have had this problem but...I went to

> the doc today because I've been in a flare for over a week and just wanted

> to get something to get me over this bad patch so I can start doing all my

> good and healthy exercises again I got the only doctor at the practise

> that I don't like and when I told her how I felt (I hurt all over *sigh*)

> she said " I don't really believe in any of the fibromyalgia, ME things -

> they're a blanket term that doctors use when they don't know what's wrong

> with you " . She then went on to explain that she believes there's some

vague

> connection between the mind and the body - but she's not saying it's in my

> mind. There's just this connection and that's why I feel ill. Lots of

> probing into my psyche (do you have friends? Do you get on with your

> parents) and she's prescribed a low dose of anti-depressants and asked me

to

> go back in a couple of weeks for another 'chat'. I know that the meds will

> probably work because I've been on anti-depressants for a while before,

but

> I couldn't tolerate the side-effects and came off. I'm hoping that the

> side-effects from these are more tolerable. The doc said that of course

the

> anti-depressants work, I was feeling more cheerful so the pain went away.

> While still saying it's not in my head but she doens't believe in

> fibromyalgia.

>

> I don't know what to think now - I thought I had finally found a reason

for

> having pain and stuff but she's completely thrown my confidence. And I

don't

> know whether I can go back to my usual GP when he gets back from his

holiday

> because I don't know what the other doc will say to him. I'm confused. And

> annoyed. And getting angry. But apparently fibromyalgia doesn't exist

*sigh*

>

> I'm in England - I don't suppose some Brit out there knows the in and outs

> of what to do when this happens?

>

> Kath

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> It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really

> quite busy.

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