Not an alchololic.....Re: Digest Number 2046

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Hi it's jan.... when i obtained my medical records for my ssi/disability

claim in september of this year.... i read all of them and was very upset

that my new pcp had written the cause of my cp was due to alcholism but yet

i seemed to be obstaining at this time!! I let him have it...... He said he

had read in some of my earlier files 4 years ago that my cp COULD be caused

by booze ( easier to spell) because i had mentioned i grew up in a family

that drank white wine with dinner. well, never assume anything.... i said to

my cp as i wasn't an advid drinker.... it was served not forced on anybody..

It really pisses me to no end when doc's have to catagorize or label

people... I cannot stand to be labeled and i tell them they better get the

facts straight because i am not a boozer. kIt's not just this situation....

being labeled this or that.... I don't jump to any conclusions about

labeling people,,,, that is ignorant! It's no different for a white person

to blame something on a black person just becuase of the color of his

skin... pure ingorance and stupidity..... I do agree with the doc's that

booze does hurt the cp situation.... it's just not smart to aggrevate the

situation when you know better.... And why... knowing better... would i

ever put myself in the position of doing more damage to myself when i'm the

one who pays for it with excruciating pain???? Unfortunately i have had many

situations with bad doc's and i have learned the hard way that you HAVE to

speak up at all times.. if you don't agree... tell them to help you

understand their point of view and the case studies they know of that can

justify their point of view... I just flat out ask them to tell me in

specific their justifications... it catches them off guard... but they pay

attention to you and take you more seriously.. I do smoke cigarettes and i

tell them so... i like to smoke and i don't want to quit.. when i am really

sick i can't even look at one more less be near the smoke.... (tom smokes

too) I am asked time and time again.... when are you going to quit??? by

doc's.... i tell them... when i die..... that usually keeps them quiet and

i laugh!!!! I guess i'm with you Deb... there are certain things that

really bug me and i just don't sit by and take it anymore.... i don't have

to...... Guess i really let go..here... sorry.......... next time i won't

..... jan

Digest Number 2046

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