New Rheumatologist

Friday, July 25th, 2014 08:48 pm
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Monday was much better with this new Rheumatologist. It was like a night and day difference compared to the jerk one I saw. This new doctor was considerate and awesome, and so were all the staff.


He actually asked if I had ever applied for disability. He's the first who ever has. It made me feel like I was dreaming. I explained I would have but had gone through so much hell and so many doctors who were reluctant to help with it, that I needed one to support me during the process, and jokingly said by all means he could if he wanted ( most of them have just laughed it off in the past and didn't take it seriously.. wanted me to "wait and see if it got better.." even after dealing with this for over 8yrs )....

He nodded while looking at the paperwork and said "Sure, I'd be happy to".

It took me by surprise, like... did I just hear him right?

He did a full body exam and looked over all the paperwork I brought and asked relevant questions as we went along. He definitely thinks I have severe Fibromyalgia, and he agrees he feels something else is going on causing the other stuff. What, he's not sure. Which I am okay with, because like he said "you can't diagnose something like this in less than an hour". But it was a night and day difference compared to the last guy I saw who blew me off.

One thing I that kinda made me iffy, is that he doesn't believe in seronegative autoimmune stuff. He's one of those doctors of the belief you either have it or do not, but he also said "who is he to argue with Mayo Clinic or any other doctor". So maybe he is willing to be open minded in the event nothing else can be found... I have all the other symptoms, and even showing him a pic I took of a face rash he was like "huh.. that does look a lot like a lupus rash".

Like many doctors who have opened up to the possibility have said "If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...."

During my next visit I plan to bring in some articles I have come across online about seronegative stuff. I am hoping after reading some of them, he might be more willing to consider it possible. In the meantime, I am still keeping my ears open for anyone in the area who is openly accepting of it. As with many other things, the South is behind the curve medically speaking, so it is possible he hasn't seen or heard enough convincing research or talked with other doctors who have clinically treated people for it despite their bloodwork coming back negative, if they persisted with all other symptoms long term.

Funny enough, this guy's office is literally right across the street from the old hospital my mother worked for yeaaars ago, before Katrina. It was weird being back there and seeing how much it all changed.

I actually didn't need a referral for this guy. I called their office when I found it listed online. The doctor I wanted to see had retired, so I saw this guy instead. And amazingly, I got this appt a week out from asking for it. It was a smaller clinic, everyone there staff and all was amazingly nice.

The new doctor is amazing in comparison and seems like he genuinely wants to help figure all this out. He's also helped me find a new general practitioner, which I was also still waiting on with the last clinic since I moved back down here. I have referrals and need to get more testing, but one day with him got me further than months of waiting with the other place.

We'll see what happens.

Missing Medical Records

Thursday, May 8th, 2014 04:17 pm
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In the process of trying to get copies of my vast medical history back through 2005, I found that the private primary care clinic I went to when I first moved to Rochester ended up closing because the doctor passed away. This news saddened me because he was a good man and really nice and had a good sense of humor. The downside now is I have no means of contacting anyone else I saw at the clinic because I don't know where they ended up. Mayo acquired all of their patient records, and it was through them I made the request recently because some of the most important documents I need for my upcoming court stuff, that clinic had, including info related to FMLA coordinating they helped me with multiple times.

I got the CD that should have had the records on file from Mayo today ( thank you again so much Ashley for going there in person for me to get it and mail it so it would get here in time ), only to find it is only 38 pages long of "med chart" stuff, most of it you can hardly read, and none of the stuff I was expecting or actually needing.

My medical record with that clinic the last time I physically saw it, was upwards of 3 inches thick with all the various medical notes, paperwork, etc that it contained. Maybe Mayo only copied the chart info since my request was time sensitive, despite the fact I made it very clear I needed the entire patient record including those notes and FMLA related stuff.

If Mayo doesn't have all those files, I have no god damned clue what happened to them, and it is going to piss me off if they just got dumped for some reason as "irrelevant" or whatever, because they are supposed to keep records like that for 6yrs or longer.

I am worried now even if they do go look specifically for anything of that nature to make a new CD to send me, unless it all happens tomorrow, and I have someone go by Mayo and pick it up and mail it Priority, it won't make it here in time for the court thing next week. Because of the weekend changing the way the mail will process. Which means possibly having to have someone overnight it and pay a small fortune to do so.

I feel like crying over the whole situation. For once it would be nice if things would just work out smoothly.

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