I Really Don't Want To Go
By Sharon
@simone10 (54189)
Louisville, Kentucky
December 22, 2015 6:54am CST
I have a doctor's appointment this morning and I'm not looking forward to it. I hate going to see the doctor anyway but this is my rheumatologist and I have to go every two-three months.
This is the doctor that doesn't know how to read an MRI and says that I don't have rheumatoid arthritis (although I have had 3 doctors tell me I do) and that I have fibromyalgia which I don't doubt that I have that also. I have tried to find another doctor in our area but there are only a couple and both are not accepting anymore medicaid patients right now. So, I am stuck with this doctor for now because I have medication that only he can prescribe.
Last month I had an MRI of my lower back and the nurse called me back and said there was nothing wrong according to the doctor. I really don't trust this doctor since he couldn't read an MRI I had done of my hip. He says I don't have arthritis in my hip but I have had 2 doctors say I do. I am curious with what he will say about the MRI of my back and I am asking him for a copy of the report. If it shows anything, I will be seeing a neurologist.
Anyway, I have an appointment at 8:50am and won't be on here as much this morning as I usually am but will be back in full force in the morning. I hope everyone has a great Tuesday!
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23 responses
@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
24 Dec 15
@scheng1 @marlina There are no other rheumatologists that will take me at this time. I am on medicaid and they only accept so many medicaid patients each year and they have met their quota for the year. He is the only doctor I can see right now. My primary care doctor can't prescribe some of the medication that the specialist can.
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
22 Dec 15
Well good luck and I hope this appointment goes a bit better then the rest.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
23 Dec 15
oh my i sure hope you get better results from him soon. sounds like he don't know much. i suspect most doctors are like that these days. mine seem the same way
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
24 Dec 15
I don't have any faith, especially after my visit. He gave me the results of my MRI on my lower back and said there was a tiny problem with L5 but he said it was tiny and incidental and there was no never impingement. I went to the imaging place right down the street and got a copy of the report. He left out a whole bunch of stuff.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
22 Dec 15
That's really a shame that there aren't more doctors available to you. He sounds like a quack.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
30 Dec 15
@fishtiger58 Thanks. I'm hoping that I can find one after the first of the year.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Dec 15
@simone10 good luck hope you can find a better doctor.
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@LovingMyBabies (85125)
• Valdosta, Georgia
22 Dec 15
I had a doctor appointment this morning too. Thank God it went better than I thought it would. I hope your appointment is better than what your thinking too.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
23 Dec 15
he sounds bad at his job, so I hope it goes smoothly for you
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
24 Dec 15
@simone10 hope you find a better doctor soon
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
30 Dec 15
@arthurchappell Thank you! I am hoping to see another doctor after the first of the year.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
23 Dec 15
Oh, that totally stinks and why I can't stand the fact that I now have to use medicaid. My family doctor will be okay, but from what I have heard my daughter say, specialists just really don't care about the patient. 
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
24 Dec 15
@simone10 That doctor would absolutely hate me.. lol
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
30 Dec 15
@Carmelanirel2 Lol...he doesn't care for me much either. Especially when I brought my brother once with me.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
23 Dec 15
I really hope this appointment went better than expected but I am suspecting it won't .
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Dec 15
@simone10 Oh no, you need to get a new doctor ASAP
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
30 Dec 15
@BelleStarr I agree and I hope to be able to get in to see one after the first of the year.
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@LLSummer (586)
• Guizhou, China
22 Dec 15
I also dislike to see a doctor,if someday I got a cold I would rather buy some OTC medicine than go to see a doctor, I don't know why and just do it sometimes, and I am so sorry to hear what you been through, but I hope everything is going to be fine in the end.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
22 Dec 15
I wish you blessings for your health dear friend.
It is terrible to be stuck with doctors that are like that.
I feel your pain and I am in the same boat. Not with RA, but other issues.
I do not have a choice where I go.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
24 Dec 15
@simone10 I hope it can change Sharon.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
30 Dec 15
@TiarasOceanView so do I. I'm going to call around after the first of the year and see if anyone has any openings.
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@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Dec 15
Get thee to the doctor!! I start the rounds again after the first of the year--UGH!
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@Marilynda1225 (80714)
• United States
23 Dec 15
Hope all goes well and you get some sort of answer. There's nothing worse than having to deal with a doctor that you don't have confidence in
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Dec 15
That doctor is a wasted of time, why bother going at all? Look outside your area, the drive to a good doctor is worth it where wasting your time is not.
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@rajindia53 (142)
• India
23 Dec 15
thats very sad.... :(
why didn't you go out of your area or city and consult with another doctor??
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