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fandomsecrets2012-10-16 06:43 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-10-16 06:43 pm
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Re: Campus health rant
I can say that I understand how terrible it is to be dismissed like you're lying, overreacting, or just don't understand your own body. It's unfair that the doctor did that to you. You didn't deserve that kind of disrespect. Unfortunately when you're that sick it can be easy to go along with whatever the doctor suggests because you don't have the will/presence of mind to argue.
Still, your health is important and your symptoms sound like they could be serious. I hope that you can get tested and treated, and that the next doctor you see isn't such an asshat.
Re: Campus health rant
(Anonymous) 2012-10-17 12:59 am (UTC)(link)This is exactly the kind of time I wish I had a parent here to grill the doctor and be taken seriously. Although I'm at that age where I'm too old to have that done for me.
And you're right, I probably ought to go back and get rechecked. I have more worrisome physical problems that I really cannot afford to ignore, but I'm just... afraid of not being taken seriously.
I sort of want to show up and ask about the one thing they can't deny or discredit (the rock hard lump in my neck), and then bring up the other stuff, like the weakness and weight loss. Maybe then they'll take me seriously.
Re: Campus health rant
That's not a bad approach. Starting with a symptom they have address is a good idea. If you have things wrong that they can actually see or touch it might get them to start discussing your problems more seriously. Definitely tell them about being disoriented. Neurological problems might not turn up in blood work (not that it definitely is, but there's always a possibility). Being that confused is a big deal, they need to find the cause. Their duration is also important, it's been long enough to say that this is something worth investigating.
I'm going to echo those saying to document your symptoms. When was the first time they happened? Do you remember what order they started happening in? What time of day do they happen (or if they're constant what time they get worse)? Where do you feel discomfort or pain (if any)? How bad is it on a scale of 1 to 10 (one being completely fine and 10 being the worst pain you've ever felt)? Does anything at all make it better or worse? Write down everything you think is relevant. Even if it doesn't seem that important, it might help. And any time you think of a question for the doctor you should write it down. Take that list with you, I always forgot the things I wanted to ask the doc before I started taking a list.
You can take a friend back at the doctors with you if that helps. It helped me. I was too nervous to argue with the doctors and I had just become old enough that my Mom didn't come with me any more. I started taking somebody with me and if I got nervous they'd help me speak up. They also confirmed that I wasn't making things up, that it was serious. They don't always like to let somebody go back with you, but often you can insist. (In my case I have anxiety disorders and needed my friend to prevent panic attacks until I got comfortable with the doctor I now have.)
Even if you don't have anybody you'd want to include in this, definitely go back. Request a different doctor if it's possible. And I agree with the person who said to tell the new doctor your feelings about being dismissed. It will probably get their attention. If you can't get a new doctor and end up with the same person, make sure they treat you better. If they don't (or if another doctor treats you that way) make sure to voice your complaint with their boss, and with the doctor as well.
I'll repeat something my mom always told me when I wasn't feeling well. "You know what's going on inside your body, nobody else does." They aren't you, they don't live inside your body, so you are the only real authority on what you feel. Your doctor shouldn't dismiss that. You have a right to be taken seriously in medical situations, always remember that.
Re: Campus health rant
I will say as somebody who has several chronic illnesses: I had to fight for my diagnoses. It turned out to be a very good thing I did because at least one of them is progressive and if I had not gotten it diagnosed it would have caused permanent irreversible damage. It took me 3yrs to get somebody to take me seriously. It was hellish.
I cannot stress the importance about insisting on a doctor checking out that hard lump. If your school doctor will not take you seriously, consider the ER.
Re: Campus health rant