Re: Why do I go back to the doctor?!!! (long.. rant sorry)
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 14 May 2001 10:42:49 -0400
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((((((((HUUUGGGS)))))))))) TJ
girl ... I can see a new doctor in your future.
Tj wrote:
> Just went to the RE again for follow up after all of my tests. What a
> waste of time. My thyroid is low, my chol is high. Very high. He
> scared me, telling me I'm a heart attack waiting to happen. He tells
> me, I need to go back to my Primay doc and get chol meds (talk about
> scarry meds!) and when I said are you going to give me anything for my
> low thyroid it contributes to chol problems.. (per the thryoid web
> site). He say NO, your thryoid is NOT that low! It can't have anything
> to do with your chol being high! And then he says to me, well, I'll do
> the thryoid test again. But it's not that low, shaking his head. I
> wanted to scream... Low is low... !!
>
> Oh and on top of everything else, he tells me well your PCOS is not too
> bad, so isn't that great?!! Well sure the patient died but the operation
> was a success. Is what I wanted to tell him. But no I just said oh
> great,(with a stupid dazed look on my face) my chol is my real problem.
> Even though my tostosteroine (sp?) is high, and my overies are covered
> with cysts, and I never have a period and .. sorry I degress. He said
> thats right. Have a good day. I went home and had anxiety attack! I
> started the low chol-low fat diet that they put you on for chol. You
> might as well call it the starvation diet. It's been just a few days
> I've lost 6 pounds. Of course eating is a thing of the past! I'm so
> weak from lack of food... I know I'm gonna fall off the wagon with this
> diet! Ahhhhhhhh.
>
> I tell you I really hate doctors! sorry about the long rant... Tj
>
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