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Doctor was very good.
Indeed kind and informative. She was young which is a bonus because she wasn't about dismissing me AND she wanted to reach out to both my osteopath and my endocrinologist and discuss things with them.
She doesn't think the positive ANA is rheumatological but she does think its related to my thyroid and want to proceed with that given all my symptoms including pain, extreme fatigue, even the slow transit and GI issues.
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She also addressed my neck and shoulder issues that I have been having OMT work on (which isn't working) and she wants to give me steroid injections to see if that helps me regain movement.
All of the EPIC doctors that I found in the past 3 years have all been YOUNG and FEMALE. This woman is also. Open, direct, INFORMATIVE ... she answered all of my questions (I ask a lot of questions), she was impressed - not angry, not intimidated, not annoyed - by the vast amount of data and knowledge I have on my own body, symptoms, and issues. She wasn't disrespectful towards me. She LISTENED, she asked me questions and WAITED to hear the ENTIRE answer before talking. It was a whole miracle.
A doctor who listens and doesn't rush you... and maybe even asks further questions... is practically a miracle.
@tyghebright @thewebrecluse It shouldn’t he so hard to find a doctor like this, but it is.
@LindaGoodliffe @tyghebright This situation ... going to a specialist for the first time and actually having a positive and helpful experience ... has NEVER, EVER happened for me. Ever ... not in 40+ years. It simply NEVER happens. I'm shocked to be honest.
@thewebrecluse @LindaGoodliffe
I had a gyno who was like this. And frankly, found him just in time because when I got my hysto, they found a pencil point sized spot of cancer--a very fast moving type.
But the doctors I've found who are otherwise good, are always in a hurry because of the pressure to see more patients and increase profits.
@tyghebright @LindaGoodliffe Took me so long on the gyno front ... omg so long and I was in pain for years and years and years. I gave up looking for one because it was always such a horrible experience. I didn't find a good one until 2019 and got my hysto ... 20+ years of suffering and the cysts they found were large .....
It is so, so good you found one in time! ❤️
@thewebrecluse @LindaGoodliffe
There's a pervasive culture of dismissiveness that seems worse with gynecologist--including women--than with other doctors.
They always assumed I was exaggerating.