This was a disaster!! The doctor was horrible. I didn't even see him until 10:30 and I had a 9:00 appointment. He barely examined me at all, other than jabbing me at the traditional fibro tender spots and then half-heartedly rotating my knees around. And he didn't read the huge long form they'd made me fill out.
He ruled out lupus by asking me three questions -- 1) if I ever had mouth sores that lasted beyond three weeks, 2) if I ever had fevers and chills, and 3) if I had bald patches on my head. Okay, I mean, it's not like I *want* to have lupus, but I'm pretty sure that you can still have lupus even if you don't have any of the above symptoms.
So then he said I probably had fibro because of the tender spots. Whaaa..??? The only spots that he touched that hurt were my chest, and that whole general area is painful when you touch it, not just the place he touched. Okay, but see, according to him, fibro is caused by sleep disturbances. So, the reason that I allegedly have fibro is because I'm not sleeping well. And then he scheduled me up for a sleep study.
Am I the only one who sometimes feels like they're at the Mad Hatter's tea party when they go to the doctor?
Oh, and then they made me watch this really crappy video on fibro. It was clearly done around 1989 judging from the really bad hair. And there was one lady who had her eyebrows so arched and plucked she had a perpetual look of surprise. Which really creeped me out. My favorite was when they mentioned "tri-cyclic agents" and showed a drawing of this guy in a trench coat on a tricycle. Clearly not anyone you'd want near your children.
Anyway, he did order a bunch of bloodwork, so my plan right now is to hope it all comes back negative so I don't have to deal with this guy again. I've started on some thyroid medication, so I'm hoping like mad that'll help. I have to see him again in one month and if everything is OK then they'll just check me about once a year for 3-4 years to make sure nothing's developing. If anything looks suspicious -- then I'll go to a different rheumatologist, because I really hated this guy.
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jen
"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC
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