well I saw the rd for the second time.
and all my bloodwork is negative and he says my hand x rays look normal. So he basically decided I don't need a rhummy but if my joints swell come back...
great... so any ideas? I quess I am all alone in this now hell I wish I still lived in NC cas I would just go to duke again maybe someone there is a better doc than just say well your bloodwork is good your all better and see ya later.
because thats what i was basically told today you don't have any rhumatological disease
Many people are told that first visit. Change doctors. You know your body and SOMETHING is wrong. Good luck. MarkMark, I will hang out in limbo with you. I know it isn't fun to be told something like this when you KNOW something is wrong. I'm in the same boat. I'm just taking the wait and see approach.
If I stay the same, I can live with this and accept it as just OA, or if as time goes on and I progressively get worse, then I will go back and see if there are any changes in my labs/xrays.
I figure this old jalopy of a body I've got is as good as it is ever gonna get, so I'll just keep on a keepin on until another part falls apart! Don't let it get you down - half of feeling good is keeping a forward moving, upbeat attitude. So let's move onward - but go slow so I can keep up, please!
the only thing is how will I get another doc around here to listen to me AS soon as I say the docs at strong say I'm ok they are going to almost take their word as gold. Strong is almost seen as a duke would be in this part of NYS when other docs have no clue they send you to strong so for me to tell them well the strong docs have no idea I'm just afraid they will say well if they have no idea how will we?
what was really kinda sad is him saying if your joint swells come back.. so if i get worse come back? great thanks doc. so is this like get worse and you'll believe you type of thing?
I mean I should be happy theres that part of me that knows something is not right hell I didn't imagine that horrid pain I mean I take that cmo every day what seems to suck is the cmo is just good enough to keep my joints from swelling but not good enough to have me have no symptoms at all. now I could live with taking it for the rest of my life but its expensive. and for my gut the doc just got a test result back that was negative also but they say tell the GI if your still having problems great.
maybe the big university docs do not know everything I mean there is a smaller hospital here but the sad thing is everything has to go thru my pcp and the chance he would refer me to a non strong doc is slim.
what sucks also is there is slight swelling in my wrist but they dismiss it as well whatever. He did promise he looked my x rays over well.. the sad thing is these docs can make you start to think your crazy if you do not fit into the box called make my diagnosis easy for me they treat you like your goofey.
you have to love managed care...... It's great.(kidding)
Another thing that I did Mark was take pics when the swelling started. Those pics at my next rheumy appt. did the trick.Mark, you've said enough in the past few months that you've been here to indicate that you probably have some kind of inflammatory arthritis going on. It doesn't matter how "good" they are supposed to be if they are wrong. Hey, my blood work looks fine now and I don't ever have any real swelling. But I have note after note from my former Rheumy saying that I have RA. I have RA that shows up on my MRIs. I have nerve damage from the RA, eye inflammation from RA, pericarditis history and pleural effusion from RA. But because one doctor looked at bloodwork on one day and couldn't see the swelling and wouldn't listen to me, suddenly I don't have RA.
I don't think so. Keep trying. I know you are afraid you will get the brush off, but really a caring doctor is going to take another look at you. Actually, I think they are more likely to one up the doctor with the higher credentials.
And do go back if any symptoms, not just swelling occurs. Don't let them get away with it. It sucks to be dismissed so out of hand.