Posted by akc on September 7, 2001, at 14:01:16
In reply to Help -- How to AMA? and General Update, posted by Elzabeth on September 7, 2001, at 13:07:56
My thought is that you get a different doctor, instead of going it alone. I guess I say that because I found a doctor I really trust (two years into the relationship) -- who listens and never blows me off. I think dealing with this horrible illness is better with a well trained doctor than without. If the drugs are making you that sick, you should be pulled off them and worked onto something else -- any fool of a doctor should see that. So if this doctor is unwilling to take the time to hear you, find another. But there are too many treatment options available that you haven't tried and a good doctor would continue to work to find one that could help you. While I posted above to kid_A's "truly happy" question that maybe we are to feel some pain, there is a qualitative difference between pain and illness. None of us should suffer illness.
My opinion, for what it is worth.
akc
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