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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019...WZs1ryB5tNMfwPHSpIz7fUMIhxmSgtnY5eMaeS-asEgk4
I was at the dr's (pcp) today and had a list of things I wanted him to possibly test for or dispel the need for a test through logic, (you would know it because...) Instead he dismissed them all out of hand.
I told him I had been eating gluten since august of 18 and wanted a antibody test for Celiac. He did say "you would have diarrhea" I said I never have normal stools. That apparently wasn't good enough to warrant a simple blood test.
thyroid
any sexually transmitted diseases that might not be easy to diagnose.
Hep c and b
lyme
sleep apnea
pre diabetis
vitimin deficiency
But on the other end of the spectrum I said I had blood in my stool and he didn't ask any questions just want's me to have a colonoscopy. I told him I had one 5 years ago. Now this when you consider how expensive and invasive it is and how cheap a test for blood in the stool would be a good time to be conservative and I very meekly balked "red blood is a sign of hemorrhoids not colon cancer" He spent 5 minutes ripping my ass and lecturing me for that.
I can't help but wonder if he's not getting a kickback for this.
Where I'm going with this is how amazing it is that there are a lucky few who have dr's that actually take the time to turn over a few rocks and see if they can't find out what is wrong with their patient. Like the one in this article.
It's been 23 years for me now. I more than anything want a diagnosis not just so I can maybe have some semblance of a normal life but the closure I would get from all the torment this type of "dismissal" not just from authorities but family members and friends has caused me.
I was at the dr's (pcp) today and had a list of things I wanted him to possibly test for or dispel the need for a test through logic, (you would know it because...) Instead he dismissed them all out of hand.
I told him I had been eating gluten since august of 18 and wanted a antibody test for Celiac. He did say "you would have diarrhea" I said I never have normal stools. That apparently wasn't good enough to warrant a simple blood test.
thyroid
any sexually transmitted diseases that might not be easy to diagnose.
Hep c and b
lyme
sleep apnea
pre diabetis
vitimin deficiency
But on the other end of the spectrum I said I had blood in my stool and he didn't ask any questions just want's me to have a colonoscopy. I told him I had one 5 years ago. Now this when you consider how expensive and invasive it is and how cheap a test for blood in the stool would be a good time to be conservative and I very meekly balked "red blood is a sign of hemorrhoids not colon cancer" He spent 5 minutes ripping my ass and lecturing me for that.
I can't help but wonder if he's not getting a kickback for this.
Where I'm going with this is how amazing it is that there are a lucky few who have dr's that actually take the time to turn over a few rocks and see if they can't find out what is wrong with their patient. Like the one in this article.
It's been 23 years for me now. I more than anything want a diagnosis not just so I can maybe have some semblance of a normal life but the closure I would get from all the torment this type of "dismissal" not just from authorities but family members and friends has caused me.