prettyday
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Reged: 02/09/03
Posts: 1114
Loc: Coastal Sage Scrub
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Quaker, I believe. With all my heart! 
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi
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JIMANDME
Stranger
Reged: 11/15/03
Posts: 12
Loc: Orange county
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I know exactly what you mean. Better yet the question should be ....anyone ever not been humiliated by a Dr.
I feel for you.... It is a crying shame what they do to us and how they make us feel. I hope she gets treated the same way one day. Doesn't even have to be meds.
Good Luck
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Julz
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Reged: 11/17/03
Posts: 233
Loc: NJ Shore
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Here's one for ya-my last miscarriage in the ER-not only was I in pain & depressed cuz I was losing yet another baby, but my (oh so wonderful) EX-OBGYN at the time tells me that he had to do an emerg. D&C & that he might have to give me a hysterectomy, which, he added, would not be such a bad idea, being that my chances of ever getting pregnant again were nil- oh, and then he added that would eliminate my Endometriosis pain & suffering...needless to say, he wouldn't ever prescribe me pain meds for my disease,(when I was NOT preggers); his solution was to remove my reproductive organs all together.
I was 35 at the time.
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Love never fails. 1Cor 13:8
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carlygh
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Reged: 07/10/03
Posts: 117
Loc: East Coast
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That's horrible!!! I hope you told him where to go!!
After the birth of my 2nd child, at the age of 25, my kind OB asked if I was ready to have my tubes tied. 25!!!! Sometimes I don't know how these people made it through med school.
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Julz
Enthusiast
Reged: 11/17/03
Posts: 233
Loc: NJ Shore
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Well, Carly, I look at it this way... which makes Dr. Greedy more money? Writing a script, or performing surgery? I'm in NJ, and let me tell you- the Doctors here are too quick with the knife!
Julz
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Love never fails. 1Cor 13:8
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pidge0605
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Reged: 04/20/03
Posts: 23
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Yes!! Just last week I told my doctor to f*** off and walked out of the office
I have an over active thyroid, and he has been treating me for 5 months now for it.
I said to him, that I am most worried, I am losing way too much weight (I am now down to a size 3 from a size 9) and the hair on my legs has stopped growing and one more women problem I won't mention here :0)
and he said to me, quote
"most women would be thrilled to have your problems"
which is when I said f*** off
I can't believe it!!
I have since changed endocronologists(sp?)
Sometime doctors are quite unfeeling
The doctor was a man by the way
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DAdrian
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Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 39
Loc: California
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It breaks my heart to hear these same stories repeated. I have been in two severe auto accidents in the last 10 years (neither my fault LOL) one hit me so hard from behind that it broke my rear axle, and one that was a head-on that sent me into 6-7 fenceposts. Was DX'd with a disc bulge at C5-6 a year after the first one, and piriformis syndrome after the second. Now I have arthritic changes in my low back (I feel caused by the second accident) and have constant, nagging pain every day of my life. I'm the mom of two active teenage boys, so there's no time to stop and just rest.
I was an insurance adjuster for 18 years, so believe me, I have seen about every kind of malingerer to come down the pike, as well as many legitimately injured folks. I think, for doctors, it's the 5% that BKOTB's it up for the rest of us. Having a sense of pride, I guess, I limped along on Tylenol, Advil, acupuncture (and actually some guy who dangled crystals over the parts that hurt) until I was hospitalized for stomach bleeding about two years ago. I finally had the disc and fusion done a year ago, which cured the numbness, but pain remains (probably because I avoided the surgery for so long). Norco or Tylenol #4 thrown in with a couple of Soma and an Ambien at night (sleep cycle TOTALLY screwed up because of pain and not being able to get comfortable) is what gives me a normal life.
It sucks because my husband hates that I take them - he's actually called me a drug addict more than once, because he says I don't complain about the pain (well, of course not - if I take what I should, I can live with it-- duh!!!) but at least hasn't threatened to divorce me over it.
I've had the same experience with doctors. If I tell them what works, they want to put me on Lodine or Naprosyn (completely disregarding the bleeding thing). I did finally get an appt with a PM near me who has a reputation for being very understanding as long as you're straight up with her, so I'm going to tell her about getting meds from OP's. Hold a good thought for me that she doesn't kick me to the curb.
Thanks for letting me vent, DB is the best thing I've ever come across.
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lemongrass
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Reged: 09/23/03
Posts: 363
Loc: IL
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I have a couple of experiences.
One was when my gyne agreed to be my primary physician. I liked him a lot. He was just starting off new in his clinic and had a very compassionate heart. Well, I am forever getting sprained/strained muscles and can't move. Have to take something for the pain otherwise I am stuck in the bed. I have since found out that it's due to the arthritis that I have throughout my body and sprain/strain easily. Anyway, I had this strain in my back, neck, and shoulder. I went to my gyne and he checked me out and told me it was a severe strain. He prescribed soma and vicodin. I took my RX as prescribed and when I ran out and still suffered tremendous pain, I called for a refill. The receptionist/doctor's assistant had the nerve to tell me that I had abused my medication!!! What? There was no way! We battled it out on the phone and I ended up telling her where to go with her unlicensed-wannabe physician/pharmacist self. I mean, where on earth did this broad come off? She wouldn't even allow me to talk to my doctor!!! I wrote a letter to my doctor and I believe it was intercepted because this was the type of doctor who would have surely called to try to smooth things over. Never went back since. Shame, too, because like I said, he was a very good doctor. I trusted him and felt comfortable. That's rare these days!
Second time I pulled something again and didn't have medical insurance so I had to go to one of those county-type hospitals for people who haven't the ability to pay. This nurse wanted to give me something the equivalent of ibuprophen in injection form. She said it was a miracle drug. Yeah. All right! And I'm the Virgin Mary! Well, I have a very high tolerance to any medication and things like naproxen, tylenol, ibuprophen, ultram, etc., do not do a lick of good for pain, with the execption of a minor headache, if I catch it soon enough. Okay, so I have to give this so-called miracle drug a chance, just to let these idiots know that I'm open-minded, even though experience tells me different. An hour passes and I call the doc over to me and I tell him just like this, "Listen, doc, I've given birth three times, have had X number of broken bones, numerous deep lacerations requiring sutures, painful rheumatiod throughout the years, and because of Hep C and the stage I'm at, I get severe pain in the liver region, and had a few minor surgeries. I think it's safe to say that I know my body better than anybody else and know what is effective and what isn't effective." Do you know that sonofagun went and gave me dilaudid after my little speech! Was given IM and worked in 5 minutes! I was so messed up it wasn't even funny. I passed the doctor on the way out and said, "Ya know, demerol would have sufficed." In other words, I just wanted to be pain-free, not doped up. Jack-Best if kept off the board!
I've had doctors ask me what has worked for my pain in the past and all that is is a little pre-screen to see what narcotics you're familiar with. They assume this makes you an addict. Grrrr! The docs today make me sick!
Ah, was so nice to vent. Thanks for listening to my rant.
lemongrass
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Dasani
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Reged: 10/29/03
Posts: 286
Loc: FL
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Quote:
I let the bomb drop. I told him if I ever saw him walking down the street, I was gonna walk up to him without saying a word, crack his kneecap with a baseball bat and give him two aspirin...........
Classic...LMAO
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catmom
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Reged: 06/20/03
Posts: 331
Loc: Midwest
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I think "discontinuity sydrome" is the drug companies' made up doublespeak, euphemism, for WITHDRAWAL!!  I have been doing a lot of reading about the sleaziness of drug companies' marketing practices, especially regarding anti-depressants.
How many TV ads do we see marketing this stuff directly to us? "Ask your doctor if Zoloft is right for you." Phooey!
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guitardude
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Reged: 09/11/02
Posts: 421
Loc: midwest
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Yeah remember the good ol days when the docs told us what was right for us?.......
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"once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right."
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bgone
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Reged: 08/31/03
Posts: 215
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A short typical situation I guess. I had been taking 25mg PaxilCR for anxiety/social inhibition. My employer started talking layoffs were a possibility and my mom was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Two conditions that increased my anxiety generally, so I called my PCP and requested a visit to review my anxiety meds. I told the nurse I woul dlike to try 37.5 PaxilCR with .25mg xanax twice a day to handle possible interviews, bad news from home, and the fact that I may be looking for a job soon. When the PCP walked into the room for my visit he looks at me and says "you ever thought sbout seeing a shrink? "Yeah, can't afford it. but at least I wouldn't need you" was my response. He didn't say much else during the visit but did agree to up the meds. If I'm humiliated by a professional I usually try to return the favor in the best way I can. Like, "Hey, you're my PCP why have you not given me a prostrate exam amd PSA workup in over a year, is your memory failing?" I try to be clever and not blantant, but some of them you have to wack pretty hard.
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Corrie
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Reged: 07/16/02
Posts: 367
Loc: Southeast US
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b5t3, at least you handled your situtation with dignity, and stood up for yourself, at the same time showing the kind [cough] doc that you were not one to be degraded, as they so often try to do.
Good for ya. 
Corrie
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Jordan530
WonderWoman
Reged: 11/20/02
Posts: 597
Loc: The Left Coast of Florida
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I love it!  I wish I could think quickly like that in those kind of situations, but I usually get all flustered and let them get the best of me. I really need to work on that.
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537
Threadhead
Reged: 12/08/01
Posts: 811
Loc: west coast CA
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Just try and remember that they are hired help. They are educated, but that does not make them better than you. I'm lucky that where I live, doctors are a dime a dozen. I always treat my doctors with respect, and if they don't do the same for me, they are outta there.
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