Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2023 14:28:02 GMT 1
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Dec 12, 2023 17:13:51 GMT 1 @notkristie said:
Feeling incredibly angry and depressed by medical gaslighting. Went to see another specialist yesterday who remarked, "It sounds like your pain isn't really impacting your life too much?" This is after I had filled out a survey indicating that pain and fatigue were *greatly* impacting my tasks of daily living, social and family life, and work. I can't even pull the trash drawer out without my hand feeling like it's being pulled apart from the middle. So much is falling on my husband now because I can't do much.Two doctors have taken blood for a Shirt ton of lab work and then never contacted me once the results were in. I'm guessing that since the most important results were negative (thankfully ruling out things like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis) and they knew I could view the results on my own they felt they had no further responsibility to me. They had no recommendations for providers I could see next.
I hate doctors at this point. They can all take a leap.
Hang in there, be your own advocate, and don't feel intimidated about being a PITA to doctors, your health is important, and should be important to them too.
I'm learning to advocate for myself w/ help from a friend of > 30 years who has multiple chronic illnesses (she's said dr.'s have often blamed every health problem she's had on her being fat). I wrote d!ckhead dr. back and asked him to change the visit notes to reflect the info I ACTUALLY communicated to him. I also left him a scathing review, which got the attention of the institution he's affiliated with. I don't go down easily (well, you know what I mean
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