"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:34:25 -0300, wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:18:33 -0400, Goomba >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On 10/31/13 9:02 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Getting medical advice on a cooking site is worth about as much as you
>>>>> paid for it.
>>>>> Nothing wrong with using established reputable resources online and
>>>>> doing your own research. RFC ain't necessarily one of them.
>>>>
>>>> True but reading suggestions here might well point to something new to
>>>> him that he can go and search out. Then he will know if it is worth
>>>> considering.
>>>
>>>How many others here have had a LIVER TRANSPLANT and can speak about
>>>gout meds and implications with any experience? Really???
>>>
>>>I see queries such as this, cat issues, all of Julie's posts as seeking
>>>attention more than actual seeking advice. YMMV.
>>
>>Well that would point to a need the doctor has not fulfilled then - if
>>such is the case.
>
> I think the best solution is not to rely on just the family medicine
> doctor. That doctor should be the central point of your health care
> who refers you on to doctors who specialize. One doctor cannot be
> informed and current on everything. Unfortunately, many people can't
> afford or their insurance won't cover the cost of multiple doctors.
> Janet US
But the problem I have run into there, is that each Dr. thinks I have a
different thing. One said psoriatic arthritis. Another said it is not that
but fibromyalgia. Still another said neither of those things but venous
insufficiency which I believe that I do have. But I also believe that at
times I have had the fibromyalgia as well. It can get frustrating when one
Dr. tells me not to listen to another Dr. and only listen to him/her. I
don't think I have had psoriatic arthritis but that is the diagnosis that he
gave me. Verbally he also told me that I had fibromyalgia but he put on the
paper that it is psoriatic arthritis. But two other Drs. did at least agree
on the fibro. which I believe is only a symptom and not an actual syndrome
or disease. But I could be wrong on that.
Can also make it difficult when one specialist prescribes a medication for
one thing that is contraindicated for another medical condition that I have.
I was made very ill because of this. *I* knew this and questioned the
pharmacist about this but she thought it would be okay. Two doses into it,
it became clear that it was not okay. And all the Dr. had to say was that
he was sorry.
Have something like this happen to you a few times and your trust in Drs.
goes waaaay down.