It's taking a lot of strength right now not to start dripping tears on the keyboard. I'm not sad, but I'm in a hell of a lot of pain. Nothing is making it go away, and I'm not allowed pain meds save for Tylenol in an emergency because of what happens when they go into my system. Allergies are fun.
So why, you may ask, are you not taking those meds now? The answer is simple: If I took them every time the pain got this bad, I'd be popping pills daily. That's unhealthy for anyone, let alone someone who doesn't mix with pain medication. But here's the real kicker:
We went to pick up a report from the rheumatologist I saw back in March, just because everyone kept saying something about a "condition" I needed to be treated for that was causing my symptoms. What condition?
Stress.
What.
Let's back up here for a second. You're going to write down that you questioned the veracity of diagnoses whose physical evidence was documented in black and white, that I had no signs of joint pain, no back pain, an unremarkable birth and childhood, no symptoms of abnormal blood pressure or Raynaud's, and that I was really just stressed out about my dad living in the same place as me? You don't get to negate what has already been diagnosed with laboratory testing and imaging. Those diagnoses are up to the specialist, not some hotshot rhumatologist who thinks he's so smart and has it all put together.
How about my yelling to stop moving my leg because it hurt too much, or the stiffness in my hip? That wasn't "potential arthritis", that was my tendons growing thicker and stiffer to hold a joint with fraying connective tissue in place. Should've known, Doc. Shouldn't have taken MRI's to prove the obvious, and they only help my case and make this guy look like more than an idiot.
So now we have to go get that report removed and he refused to speak with my mother on the phone until we made an appointment and came in. Con artist.
*hugs* I'm sorry Liminal, that sounds horrible. Doctors are really a pain in the behind a lot of the time. And I'm sorry about the pain med allergies, I understand you there. I'm allergic to -cilins and Sulfa drugs so when I get a UTI or a sinus infection I'm pretty much SOL. Will ice packs not help?
Ice packs don't do much for me, as cold only stiffens the joints and makes motion more painful. I'm allergic to the penicillin family and sulfa drugs as well, and Tylenol makes my liver enzymes spike ridiculously. It's just so aggravating to think that he dismissed things that are documented for as not being real. Lot of nerve on this one, that's for sure. And thank you. As much as I'd like to make an attempt to escape the pain via sleep, that always seems to prove impossible in the end.
If you want to talk about random things, I'm up and on on facebook. And yea, I can understand doctors not paying attention to things. I had to go to the doctor back when I was lethargic all the time. The doctor kept trying to say I had depression problems and asking me personal questions. Came to find out I had anemia after they tested my blood (had extreme female mother nature problems) and then I later got put on antidepressants for bipolar disorder. But I'm sitting there going no, I'm not lethargic cause I'm depressed, I'm lethargic cause I've had my freaking period for 42 days straight and I feel like death. Sorry if that was tmi.
Wow okay, seems about right to diagnose someone with bipolar disorder and give them meds for that when it's not the real problem. Sorry you went through that, Darkie.
A cure all for everything: **HUGS** :icon_hug: