a little funny story then a couple questions...

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Hi kids...

Well - went to see my FP on Friday and he was in a hurry and

defintely had " his crabby pants on " ...

He kept looking at this watch... I would ask if he had to be

somewhere & if he wanted me to come back...

I had my 22 month old very curious daughter with me and he said he

couldn't think straight with the extra commotion... I replied,

isn't your daughter going on 1 year next month and told him he

better get used to it...

He scoffed at me when I told him my neurologist was 99% sure my

troubles were RA... he actually laughed and " well, I'm 99% sure

it's Fibromyalgia " ... come to find out from a friend who also sees

both docs that they weren't getting along... Guess some big golf

tourney team issue... My FP wasn't invited to play!!! I just love

being a scapegoat - don't you guys??

Then he told me that all I needed was a good night's rest and I'd

feel much better... I told him to walk around in my body for a day -

even after a good's nite sleep - and see if he changes his mind...

I won't be going back to see him... but will definitely request to

see his wonderful PA, which I should have seen in the first place...

So anyway... regarding blood tests... My neurologist had only

ordered regular type blood tests along with my RA Factor (which was

9.1) Is it true that the RA Factor test can be quite deceiving?

What tests should be done on initial visit to Rheumy? What

questions should be asked?

So my good friend, Dr. FP, said to take 800 mg of Ibuprophen every 8

hours, which I had been doing... He also suggested 1000 mg of Fish

Oil capsules twice/day and 1 Tbsp Flaxseed Oil w/ food once a

day... Any feedback or where to buy cheaply would be greatly

appreciated!!!

Thanks much for your comments & ideas!!!