Posted by Kristi on September 5, 2001, at 12:42:43
In reply to Nothing funny about it ... » Kristi, posted by Willow on September 5, 2001, at 7:31:01
> Kristi
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> You go ahead and vent, rant, pout, scream here! Whatever makes you feel better. I had thought you were referring to nursing, by my third child I leaked like a watering can and had to sleep with a thick towel under me so I wouldn't soak the mattress. And I thought that sucked, goes to show me it could have been worse.
I'm sorry. I guess if you haven't been following my threads, it would have been impossible to know what I was talking about.
> Doctor incompetence. Some years ago my husbands cousin was in an accident. His family kept bringing him to the hospital and doctor because he was complaining of severe abdominal pain. Nothing wrong they were told. He died from a ruptured spleen before he was old enough to vote. Apparently his death could have been prevented.THAT SUCKS. I'm so sorry for you. I used to hate lawyers.. now I hate all doctors. Sorry to all you doctors reading this.
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> On a lighter side, I've suffered with debilitating fatigue and lack of stamina for the past five years. Recently I went for a sleep test which showed that I have sever limb movements and because of this my iron level was checked. Turns out to be low, a 5 when it shouldn't be under 15 and with the limb movements the doctor is going to try for 50. Here's my compaint - Any numbskull would have suspected iron when there are complaints of fatigue. Why wasn't this checked?This doesn't sound like a "lighter side" to me? Sounds extremeley frustrating. I'm not even a doctor.... the first thing, honestly, if someone complained of those problems would be to check if they are anemic(iron deficient... sure you know that). .. or VB deficient.
I'm sorry.... Fatigue really does suck. It makes every part of every thing worse. So I take it your on Iron? Are you on anything else? B12 shots are anything like that? I'm no doctor(hee hee) but Ihear the combo works well FOR SOME. (disclaimer their.)
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> I'm just wondering if you had compained of discomfort after the surgery? Did they neglect to investigate? Were you patted on the head and told to relax?After the surgery I saw 22 doctors.... ranging from oncologists, general practitioners, breast dotors, plastic surgeons.... I spent 8 months with the.... your all right pat on the head. The hard part with me was that nothing showed up on any tests,,,, and I demanded them all.... patient from hell.... ct scan, mri, ultasound... all of them showed nothing..... yet I had these visible gumball to golfball size lumps. This never made sense to me... EVERYSINGLE doctor.... they saw these lumps, felt these lumps, yet said it was noting.... the test results were fine. I was the biggest hypochondriac to these people. It got to the point where doctor's were more traumatic than what I was going to.
Finally..... with a consult with a lawyer and signing a lot of legal documents... a surgeon agreed to go in and "explore"..... that's when he started taking about piece by peice of this old cloth.
YOU THINK THEY BELEIEVED ME WHEN I COMPLAINED AFTER THIS??????????????? Nope.
The doctor was so sure he got it out... again, nothing showed up in the x-rays(to me that a sure fire hint that somethings wrong... when all these tests so nothing, yet you can SEE something.) I don't know if I mentioned the doc originally used a cloth that is illegal to even have in an op room. I guess everything that goes into your body has this metallic strip thingy on it so it's detectable in any x-rays... for this reason.So.... He kept saying.... give it time, I got all the cloth out.... I knew there was more. No doctor wanted to get involved at this point... again, I was a hypochondriac, this was just normal healing.
Finally.... found a good doctor..... he has preformed the last 2 surgeries their was of course a lot more of this cloth the other surgeon had missed. so yes Willow.. YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. I have the biggest fear of doctors. Anyone know the name of that?
> My mother would ask did they do this, have they tested that, ... ? My reply, "Yes, mother!" everything is fine, though I never asked. I had assumed that the doctor knew best. What a fool am I!
Not a fool at all! We are brought up to trust doctors.... they are the ones to save us, help us, make us all better. They had all the great schooling. What a crock. But how were we to know? I am a bigger fool than you.... alto.. it will never happen again. If I was just a little younger... I would go to school to become a surgeon..... just to go do the job right....WITH a bedside manner to boot. Your young enough.... go to medical school for me????> When everyone is telling you that you are a quack it is hard not to start seeing a duck in the mirror!!
So true!
> Weeping Willow
Hang in there willow, do what's best for you with this fatigue stuff to.... listen to your doctor, but listen to you body more. If you don't like what you hear...go thru 22 doctors if you have to.. but get there. My heart goes out to ya. Hang in there.
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