I gave my last doctor the boot

by Ozzie1954 Sat Nov 30, 2013 2:35 pm

How do I write about this experience and remain polite? It is extremely difficult to have to watch the language because my previous Rheumy was nothing more than an absolute jerk. I have used a very different word to describe him.

I live on the Central Coast in NSW and for a while there was only the one Rheumy in the region. I was sent to him and I will not be seeking a renewal of the referral. He was the third one who claimed that I had only Fibromyalgia, only this time he did not do any kind of test to come to that conclusion. I did in fact argue with my GP over this particular issue, but he did not realize that the Rheumy had jumped to a certain conclusion during the first visit, and not after the ordered blood tests. This particular Rheumy does not follow the proper protocols when a patient is on Methotrexate!! He told me to have the blood test every 2 months initially, then he pushed it out to every 3 months, and wanted a follow-up after 12 months. He also lowered my dose of Methotrexate and took me off the Plaquenil.

[justify]It is the last two things that are important because after he did this, my anti-inflammatory indicators remained high, the ANA did not reduce and the RA factor began to increase again. Yes I saw the blood test results and I know how to make the comparisons. They are also important because I began to feel really lousy after the medication was reduced. I have had a lot of new symptoms.

During the first consultation this particular rheumy bombasted me with questions and because of his bombastic approach I ended up giving misleading answers, and those answers made me look bad. He did not accept the diagnosis of my previous doctor, which was MCTD moving into RA after about 2 years under his care. This bombastic fool proclaimed that I did not have arthritis and that my problem was fibromyalgia alone.

The second consultation was worse than the first one. The bombastic idiot had prescribed something that I had used in the past and where I had felt like I was a zombie at work (the doctor who prescribed that medication was also a jerk). I was up front about not wanting to take the medication. He told me I had to use it with a dose of 1 initially and increasing it to 2 ENDEP per night. I took one and was not all that willing to take 2 but I did it for a time. The medication was useless and it did not touch the hip issues at all!!. During that second consultation he abused me to my face because I had indicated that I had taken only the one tablet each night. Then he wrote an untruth to my doctor by claiming that I had not taken the rubbish in the first place. I was infuriated when I found out what he had in fact written to my doctor.

Now we come to the third consultation which was in fact smoother. He indicated that I needed a check up for possible heart issues. What he wrote to my doctor though, is the reason that I got so angry that I burst forth with rather unladylike language as I described as being a part of the male anatomy beginning with p. He had almost acknowledged that I had arthritis in that 3rd consultation but in his letter he protested that Lyrica was also for fibromyalgia.

There are now another 3 Rheumies working the central coast. My doctor sent me to the one who knows my previous Rheumy who is now in Canberra. I am happy to make the change and never set foot in that other practice again.

Now I remain on the roundabout. I have a more sympathetic doctor. This one increased my medication. He sent me to the naughty corner because I had not had my regular blood test. He also proclaimed that having sleep apnea is not romantic Smile

. This was in his letter to my doctor and yes I think it is funny. This man made the comment that I have had RA for more than 10 years. What a relief. I agree with him. I also agree that I do in fact have underlying fibromyalgia, just not primary fibromyalgia because I have indicators that show otherwise. In time my anger will disappear, but right now I am still angry and this is more than 12 months after I began to see that jerk!!

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