Theres not always Doctors who care

[Daisyduke]

I've been having symptoms to Crohns since I was in my teens but was just diagnosed last January when I was 21. At first when I would go see doctors they would say it was just stress. As the years went on I just got used to the symptoms ( they started off mild). Then April of last year I had gotten my first tattoo on my left foot. My foot got huge and wouldn't go down I thought it was infected, I also had an abnormally large and painful bruise on my right leg. I went to go see a doctor who didn't even look at my foot who just went by my diagnoses and wrote me a antibiotic prescription. He was almost out the door till I yelled "Hey what about this bruise on my leg?" I don't remember the medical term he used but basically just a bad bruise, which I thought was strange considering I didn't even bang my leg and it certainly didn't feel like a normal bruise. So I took the antibiotics and what a surprise it did nothing. So I went to another doctor at a different hospital. This doctor did multiple tests and called me the very next morning to see me again. After a few months of tests I had my answers. My foot was large because I had Polly arthritst in both ankles and my right knee the bruise (again can't remember the medical term) is something I get with flare ups. And last but not least my stomach pains, the weight loss, the constant throwing up and lets not forget the unpleasent part was crohns. Thankyou to the Doctors I have now for giving me the right answers

 

[Ihurt]

Hey Daisyduke,

I have not been dx, I am still going through tests right now. But I have been chronically ill for the last 9 years and have seen many many doctors. Oh yes, I have seen some really BAD doctors along the way, so I can relate! when I first got sick back in 2003, my ilness started after a virus I got two weeks after I got a flu shot. It was all down hill from there. I have been dx with
(interstitial cystitis, fibromyalgia, CFS, Multiple chemical sensitivity, nueropathic dysmotility of the small bowel, possible undifferenciated connective tissue disease etc....). It took me forever to find a few "good" doctors.

I remember when I was having issues with my upper gut a few years ago, I went to to see a supposed really good GI doc. He was a professor of medicine. I will never forget what he told me. He told me " you are like all women, making a mountain out of a mole hill and over-reacting to everything"! I thought my husband was going to knock this guy out. I also had a doctor tell me over the phone that I had lupus and that I should follow up with her in a couple months!!! Umm, really?? Ends up I did not even have lupus( dont know where she came up with this seeing as she did not even do blood work). I mean it just goes to show you that doctors are only people and there are sucky people out there that suck at their jobs!! Just like there are bad mechanics, well there are bad doctors. Unfortunately from my experience, there are more bad than good. So, yeah, I agree, not all doctors care nor are they all knowledgable.....

I've been having symptoms to Crohns since I was in my teens but was just diagnosed last January when I was 21. At first when I would go see doctors they would say it was just stress. As the years went on I just got used to the symptoms ( they started off mild). Then April of last year I had gotten my first tattoo on my left foot. My foot got huge and wouldn't go down I thought it was infected, I also had an abnormally large and painful bruise on my right leg. I went to go see a doctor who didn't even look at my foot who just went by my diagnoses and wrote me a antibiotic prescription. He was almost out the door till I yelled "Hey what about this bruise on my leg?" I don't remember the medical term he used but basically just a bad bruise, which I thought was strange considering I didn't even bang my leg and it certainly didn't feel like a normal bruise. So I took the antibiotics and what a surprise it did nothing. So I went to another doctor at a different hospital. This doctor did multiple tests and called me the very next morning to see me again. After a few months of tests I had my answers. My foot was large because I had Polly arthritst in both ankles and my right knee the bruise (again can't remember the medical term) is something I get with flare ups. And last but not least my stomach pains, the weight loss, the constant throwing up and lets not forget the unpleasent part was crohns. Thankyou to the Doctors I have now for giving me the right answers