Got my bandaid!

[Guest guest]

Ha, ha ...I'm back from my doctor's appt. Yesterday I said I was

making the appt. at the local " bandaid " station to try and get some

blood work done. I thought some more current tests (and the CORRECT

tests) would shed some light on things for me.

Well, as I suspected...

1) he said TSH is how " they " determine if someone has thyroid

problems, and he really only was willing to do TSH, until I broke

him down after 45 min. of " training "

2) he wouldn't do the Ferritin...because, afterall your iron level

has nothing to do with your thyroid function (hmmmm)

3) he claimed that insurance would probably not cover T3, T4 and

thyroid antibodies...and after I worked him over some more, he agreed

to the Free T3 & T4. After pressing him further about the other

tests, he broke down and said that the reason he won't test is

because you have to have a diagnosis for the ins. co. to make

pmt...to which I said, " well how can we make a diagnosis without the

tests? " He said that hospitals are pressuring drs. about not

ordering " unnecessary " tests, because they are losing money when the

ins. companies will only pay a certain amount. That's great.

So, here's part of the problem of people going untreated...ignorant

drs. and costs?

4) and, here's the best part (well, 2 parts that were my

favorites): he wanted to know where I was getting all my

information. I told him from numerous books, literature and the

internet...to which he said " you have to be careful about what you

read on the internet. There's a lot of misinformation on there. "

AND...(here it is...) maybe I should try taking an anti-depressant to

help me with my anxiety/depression, which can cause illnesses.

Like that ??? I did. Oh, but they did do a blood draw for the TSH,

T3 & T4...so I got my bandaid afterall.

That's where I am as of now. I tried.

Kathy