Question:
Might I suggest you do like I did.. I just got sick of being treated like it was all in my head so I wrote out my whole life medical history cronologicly I put in there syptoms and pains.. I was direct and to the point.. My doc listened finally! "Dawn Schmidt" <cscd…@samlink.com> wrote in message
news:rTvE8.2635$0A1.49283@eagle.america.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have had Lupus for a while. I have also had upper respitory/optical > symtoms consistant with another type of auto immune disorder. My quandry, > how do I bring up my concerns to my dr. without sounding like a > hypo-chondriak(spell?)? A simple blood test would show if I have the > antibodies related to this disorder or not. > She is very open minded, but, I don’t know. I don’t want to come off like > i’m telling her what she needs to test me for. Shes the dr, not me. I > don’t want to raise any red flags - "Mental Case at 12:00 !" . Maybe I’ve > become gun shy, I don’t know. *sigh* All I want to do is get to the bottom > of this. > Any suggestions would be appreciated :) > Dawn
Response:
Dawn, I think that I would just tell the doctor what your new symptoms are and ask her if she would run such and such test to rule out the possibility of yet another auto-immune disorder. Once again I say that it is our body and we are the best judge of when something has changed, isn’t working right, and the level of our pain and the tolerance of it. If we do not stand up and speak for ourselves who will? We should remain educated about our illness and what can be happening and if we doctor with someone who doesn’t think so then they are not the doc for me! Sherry
Response:
I have had Lupus for a while. I have also had upper respitory/optical symtoms consistant with another type of auto immune disorder. My quandry, how do I bring up my concerns to my dr. without sounding like a hypo-chondriak(spell?)? A simple blood test would show if I have the antibodies related to this disorder or not. She is very open minded, but, I don’t know. I don’t want to come off like i’m telling her what she needs to test me for. Shes the dr, not me. I don’t want to raise any red flags - "Mental Case at 12:00 !" . Maybe I’ve become gun shy, I don’t know. *sigh* All I want to do is get to the bottom of this. Any suggestions would be appreciated :) Dawn
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