Hi, catra121:

I was so shocked at the way my primary care physician treated me yesterday, on February 15, that my mind sort of "erased" some of the things that happened during this consultation, things I am remembering little by little.

Besides what I mentioned in my other messages in this thread, I remember that my primary care physician dared claim my scraped knee wound had HEALED. If this is true, then where is the normal, healthy skin that should cover the wound? The wound is not even starting to form a scab, thin or thick.

Catra121, I am not sure if you know this, but I am an American Legal Permanent Resident, who has been living in Tahiti, French Polynesia, for a few years, hoping the French Polynesian public health system (CPS or Caisse de Prévoyance Sociale) would send me to France to cure my RSD. This was in 2005, when I still had hope my RSD would go away, so I could have a life worth being called a "life". Unfortunately, not only did my RSD not go away from my left knee / leg, but my RSD also spread to my whole body. I now have to fear wounds that might happen to any part of my body. I am also a French citizen.

I will do everything in my power (which is not much ) to try and find an infectious disease specialist. If I am unable to find one because Tahiti is much too small to have such a doctor there, I wonder if there are labs in the U.S., where I could send, in a small plastic box, one of the gauze pads of my dressings, with the pus on it, so the labs can do some analyses and discover the name of the microbe(s) that is(are) infecting my scraped knee wound. Then I would have a proof of infection for my primary care physician, if this is what he wants (and this does seem to be what he wants, since he does not believe anything of what I tell him.) Of course, I will pay whatever the labs require. Hopefully, such labs do exist in the U.S. and will not require a doctor's prescription, because there is just no way I will be able to get one.

As far as Emergency Room doctors, I am afraid they will treat (mistreat) me the same way my primary care physician did. But I will go there if I cannot find, in Tahiti, a doctor specialized in infectious diseases.

Quote: "If that infection goes untreated and ends up entering your blood stream it could KILL you."

I imagine easily my family on the day of my death, especially my parents and brother, thinking, as I am being buried: "Good riddance!"

Any doctor in French Polynesia accepts the public health insurance CPS. I just have to pay a co-pay of 30% for the consultations and medications.

Quote: "Is there anyone you know who could refer you to their own primary care doctor?"

Unfortunately, no. I called almost every doctor in Tahiti, even those that live far away from my home. The other doctors must have gone away on vacations.

Quote: "When I called to make the appointment they asked me a little bit about what was going on and then they told me who they thought would be the best fit for my situation...and that's where I met my current doctor."

The same thing happened with me. They asked me a lot of questions and I gave them some information on my situation.

Quote: "When you called up the different doctors did you try just saying that you were looking for a new primary care physician?"

After I said this, the questions from their part came. No one would take me.

Even if my primary care physician (and possibly other doctors) see the scraped knee wound has not healed weeks after the injury occurred, they will just say it has healed to get rid of me.

Thank you for your information and kind words. Right now, my scraped knee wound is so, so painful it feels like someone is pounding on it, as if pounding on a drum.