Posted by TexasChic on July 16, 2004, at 14:22:14
In reply to one small step for me, posted by fires on July 16, 2004, at 10:49:17
Wow! That is AWFUL! Its like calling you a hypocondriac or something, isn't it?
I had a similiar situation a few years back. I've always had painful female problems (don't worry, I won't be descriptive). At this point in time, I had been having severe, incapacitating pain. I couldn't make it through a day of work with out Tylenol 3 (codeine). After trying Lupron shots (puts you in a medically induced menopause – not fun), surgery, MRI's and every birth control known to mankind, my doc finally decided I was a 'drug seeker'. She couldn't figure out how to treat me, so she decided it must be me. When she made the accusation, I immediately burst into tears. She said crying went along with the 'profile', as did depression – which she was also treating me for. I left that office and never went back. I found a specialist who gave me the correct BC, and I've never had a problem since. I just couldn't believe after going to her for almost 10 years, and her prescribing me the painkillers in the first place, she then accuses me of being a drug seeker!
Yeah, I just don't know about these docs sometimes. To accuse a person that their pain isn't real sounds pretty egotistical to me. I mean, there's really know way for them to actually know that!
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