Posted by SLS on October 18, 2012, at 8:05:49
In reply to Re: Last time I Ask for Med Advise As Know ..., posted by Twinleaf on October 18, 2012, at 6:30:22
Twinleaf:
Thanks for this.
Phillipa:I'm afraid that some of us have been very frustrated by your not finding health and happiness through what is perceived as perpetual inaction. I don't know of a single person who wishes bad upon you. The whole board cares about you - each of us in our own way. I apologize that my frustration has shown so much. I would love to somehow light a fire under your butt to motivate you seek changes in your life that will bring you happiness - if not blissful content. As Twinleaf has suggested, it may not be a lack of motivation that discourages you from making changes in your treatment, but rather, fear. I can see how fear of medication side effects would trump any motivation you have for making changes. I guess trying to light a fire under you butt accomplishes very little but to burning and hurt you. I can't promise you that I won't say the wrong things to you in the future. I can see myself continuing to be frustrated. Sorry...
:-)
- Scott
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> Looking back over this thread, I see that it started out with Phillipa explaining that she wanted to take some of the suggestions she has been given, but that fear of side-effects and of doctors making poor choices had prevented her from doing so. Several posters responded very positively to this, suggesting finding a really good pdoc, perhaps at Duke, and building a trusting relationship without making much in the way of med changes, at least at first. This really did seem to address Phillipa's real fears, and show that we understood and respected them. We have all had many of the same fears and experiences with pdoc's that she has.
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> I think Phillipa's fears took over once again, even with the very benign suggestions she was given, causing her to reject them.
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> Phillipa, would you be willing to think over the advantages for you of finding a doctor you could trust, who would understand you and work with you?
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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