As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I like to do lots of internet research and since it's clear no one else is going to help me I have to help myself. So yesterday I had visit number 2 with the Internist who does not take credit cards. He wanted to see me sooner because "he had some ideas." Now a few months ago I would have gotten myself all excited. That would have been very, very bad. He was so smug: "I have figured out what is wrong with you." Apparently, my problem is that I used migraine medicine for too long and now I have a pain syndrome. He says he doesn't know how to diagnose or treat something like this but that he'd like ME TO LOOK INTO IT!!!! To Husband's horror, someone is now advocating that I continue my internet research. Even I think this is absurd. I'm no freaking doctor. He was like "go ahead and send me or fax me what you find before our next appointment but if it's very voluminous don't use the fax because you may jam it." Riiiiiiiight. Let me get on that with my medical library and access to medical journals. Clearly someone is giving Google a bit more credit than it is due. This guy is actually listed as a top internal medicine doc in the US. I'd list the migraine drug but if the guy knows how to google and decides to do a little research of his own this is about all he'll come up with when he tries to search for the drug and pain syndromes.
Everybody wants to make your problem fit into their specialty instead of just admitting that it's over their head and coming up with someone else that they know that may be able to help you. In about a month I'll be more cynical and I'll be willing to say that he just wants to take our money. But I'm not quite there yet since he actually seems to believe his crackpot theory. Under no circumstances will I return for the next appointment unless I have telephone confirmation that he has found out how to diagnose and treat this theory of his. I'm not paying him to give him updates on what I'm doing with the rest of my doctors.
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