I was so hopeful that this third neurologist would come through for me. After all, I had two names to drop as referring me to her. A mutual friend and a doctor. It was awful. I should have known it was off to a bad start when a resident walked in the room first. I [...]
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So you’ve got unexplained leg weakness that no one can diagnose and you’re having a muscle biopsy, your second biopsy in three months! I thought there was a lack of information about thyroid biopsies when I wrote my posts about that. There is a severe lack of information about muscle biopsies on the web. So, [...]
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I know my expectations for my physicians and am fairly certain of my physicians’ expectations for me. But what about my personal responsibility to other patients? There was a time in my life when I was less likely to be a persistent patient. When my thyroid treatment stalled, I jumped out of the car and [...]
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This blog is getting quite a few clicks from search engines for the strings “shoes AFO”; “Shoes ankle foot orthosis” ; and “AFO Helps”. I’ve had my ankle-foot-orthosis (AFO) for officially one month. Here’s a breakdown of my experience. First off – please note that I wear an AFO for transient weakness in my left [...]
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a well known Aesop’s fable. What you may not know is this fable has imposed a long-term grip of fear on me. I believe that if I seek out help for a medical problem and it turns out that I’m just fine – I am essentially crying wolf. This [...]
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As I sat down to write the latest installment here, I thought about Susan. Susan is my friend who commented on my last post. I went to her blog so that I could highlight some of the information she shared. I was surprised to find a new post from her. Her last post was in [...]
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I tried my new approach. I didn’t offer up much before the doctor coughed up her opinion. The result was still largely the same. It’s my thyroid. Well, that’s not the total story. I had a visit with my new ophthalmologist. She didn’t hesitate to tell me what she thought just by looking at me. [...]
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