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Originally Posted by echoes long ago
someone who tells you that they refuse to see you again because of your symptoms and rate of progression is not very professional, i dont care how qualified and thorough they are. its not in the patients best interest and well being to be ditched because the doctor lets it be known they are disturbed by how sick they are. A calm, rational discussion about limits to their knowledge and ability in a certain area of neurology and the need for you to be seen by someone who is knowledgable and competant with that area would be much more productive and professional.
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The orthopedist I saw in Md. for my knees initially told me I had avascular necrosis, which means the joint is being starved of blood, and the bones will die. Another time he said that I was going to have to get a knee replacement because of arthritis symptoms because there was nothing he could do. Then when I got back from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, he asked me why I went down there, like he was insulted or something, and I told him to his face that he gave me two diagnoses that were not only the worst possible, but negligent. Turns out I had a baker's cyst behind my knee that could be treated with an occasional cortisone shot, and there was no structural damage in it, and as long as I took a diuretic from time to time, the swelling my neuropathy generated could be controlled. What a jerk.