Stupid doctor, waste of time.
I wrote this last week, 4/15 but forgot to post it, so here it is.
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So, the geneticist I saw last fall said that because of the scope of my health issues, I should get primary care from a place with a research component. She suggested the IM clinic at St. Joseph's Phoenix. Today was my first appt- I went in because I have had persistent tongue and throat pain for weeks. I have sores on my tongue (geographic tongue) and blisters, swelling, and tearing underneath it.
I tried to make an appt with their internist who specializes in chronic health conditions; she's not accepting new patients. The one who is into women's health is booked until May. So I took an appt with a different doctor, that was today, and it was a nightmare.
- She didn't take a full history, only a history related to my current medications.
- The history she did take, she coded wrong. The printout they gave me afterward said "menorrhagia" instead of "dysmenhorrhea".
- She argued with me about whether or not I have diabetes (I don't) insisting that IR= diabetes, when in fact it does not. Basically, if you have Type 2 diabetes, you have IR, but you can have IR without having T2.
- Although I was there for a throat pain, she prodded my abdomen and didn't even LOOK at my throat until I asked her to do so. Instead she referred me to their in-house ENT, which could take months.
- Abt the persistent tongue problems, she suggested I use Oragel. I explained that I am quite aware of my pain relief options, but I want to find and address the *cause* of the pain and lesions.
- Gave me a 4-question "depression assessment" and insisted that I have depression. Why? Because I fidget a lot and I have insomnia and am very fatigued. I pointed out that fidgeting is a symptom of my NLD and that I have been an insomniac since birth. She said that even without those things, the fatigue and oversleeping meant I had depression. I said, "I disagree; fatigue is a symptom of CFIDS that is easily misdiagnosed as depression." Why do I have to tell her this?
This kind of thing is why I stopped going to large, hospital-based practices in the first place: you become a cog in the system, not a person with health problems. She was totally uninterested in helping me with anything at all.
So, this was pretty much a waste of my time and money, and I am annoyed by it.
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So, the geneticist I saw last fall said that because of the scope of my health issues, I should get primary care from a place with a research component. She suggested the IM clinic at St. Joseph's Phoenix. Today was my first appt- I went in because I have had persistent tongue and throat pain for weeks. I have sores on my tongue (geographic tongue) and blisters, swelling, and tearing underneath it.
I tried to make an appt with their internist who specializes in chronic health conditions; she's not accepting new patients. The one who is into women's health is booked until May. So I took an appt with a different doctor, that was today, and it was a nightmare.
- She didn't take a full history, only a history related to my current medications.
- The history she did take, she coded wrong. The printout they gave me afterward said "menorrhagia" instead of "dysmenhorrhea".
- She argued with me about whether or not I have diabetes (I don't) insisting that IR= diabetes, when in fact it does not. Basically, if you have Type 2 diabetes, you have IR, but you can have IR without having T2.
- Although I was there for a throat pain, she prodded my abdomen and didn't even LOOK at my throat until I asked her to do so. Instead she referred me to their in-house ENT, which could take months.
- Abt the persistent tongue problems, she suggested I use Oragel. I explained that I am quite aware of my pain relief options, but I want to find and address the *cause* of the pain and lesions.
- Gave me a 4-question "depression assessment" and insisted that I have depression. Why? Because I fidget a lot and I have insomnia and am very fatigued. I pointed out that fidgeting is a symptom of my NLD and that I have been an insomniac since birth. She said that even without those things, the fatigue and oversleeping meant I had depression. I said, "I disagree; fatigue is a symptom of CFIDS that is easily misdiagnosed as depression." Why do I have to tell her this?
This kind of thing is why I stopped going to large, hospital-based practices in the first place: you become a cog in the system, not a person with health problems. She was totally uninterested in helping me with anything at all.
So, this was pretty much a waste of my time and money, and I am annoyed by it.