The dreaded doctor´s appointments.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230334)
Chile
June 21, 2017 10:29pm CST
Today my daughter asked for a day off at her work t go with me to the doctor. I was going to a very good gastroenterologist and I have been having intestinal problems for several months.
I had gone to other doctors and they all asked for other tests to be done. The last time, after I had a colonoscopy and I was send again to another doctor, I had enough.
I had to wait a couple of months before this doctor saw me. But if was worth it. I had even dreaded a colon cancer which, in my country, is one of the first reason for death.
The doctor checked all the tests I had taken, asked me what meds I took and examined me. He wasn´t worried about my exams, but did say that I had a side effect from a drug I did not need.
I have to manage my resistance to insuline by eating less carbs and do some exercise. And I don´t need any glucophage. wich was causing part of my problems.
Do you dread sometimes an appointment with the doctor?
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
22 Jun 17
I was afraid to go, but my life was limited by my problems.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
22 Jun 17
You mean the tummy specialist?
It sounds much better if you say it like that the other sounds pretty much forbidding all those long words.
I always picture a tummy with a big smile on it.
Me I have the white coat syndrome a complaint you can´t do that much to cure.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
22 Jun 17
In my country it is called "gastroenterólogo" so I just seeked the word in English. What is a white coat syndrome?
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
22 Jun 17
@marguicha
No, its called tummy specialist
I know what that is already.
White Coat syndrome is a sort of mistrust of Doctors in general hard to cure I can tell you.
I know what that is already.
White Coat syndrome is a sort of mistrust of Doctors in general hard to cure I can tell you.1 person likes this
@allknowing (153544)
• India
23 Jun 17
I am waiting for a day when there would be no bad side effects with medicines.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
23 Jun 17
It seemed that this side effect was because I did not need the pill.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
23 Jun 17
I have come to dislike and distrust doctors in general,especially those who refuse to "listen" to patients.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
23 Jun 17
I agree. I will not follow the advise of a doctor who treats me as if I had no idea about my own body.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
23 Jun 17
@marguicha Anyway it is lucky that you have a better doctor to consult now.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
22 Jun 17
So happy for you that you learned it was from a medication you no longer need @marguicha
So many illnesses can be taken care of with menu changes and it looks like you are taking care of yourself with the needed changes.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
22 Jun 17
I think that this doctor is so good because he checks first the normal changes instead of giving another load of pills.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
23 Jun 17
@PatZAnthony Only very good doctors do it. Here and there. Now doctors seem to think that the more tests and pills the give to patients, the better they are.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
23 Jun 17
@marguicha And that is what doctors should be doing, but so many don't seem to here.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Jun 17
I dread all of them! That is what I take for diabetes but I do not any problems with it.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
22 Jun 17
It seems that I had this side effect from the pills because I did not need to take them.
