The doctor who I've been seeing for my EDS, who I absolutely love and is one of the best doctors I've ever seen, and she actually listens to me, suddenly sent out an email to all of her patients saying that she's closing her practice, effective immediately. She said that it's because of medical issues that she's having. So now all of her patients are scrambling to figure out what to do. She sent out a list of other doctors that she recommends, and I really hate the whole process of trying to find a doctor that I like. For some specialties (like my hand surgeon), I'm OK with "This doctor is kind of a jerk, but they're good at what they do." But for this, I really need a doctor that I can trust to trust me. And there are a lot of doctors within pain-related specialties who really don't listen to their patients about pain.
So, tomorrow afternoon, calling around to some of the doctors on her list, I guess.
quester, that sounds so frustrating. I'm sorry.
Hil, I hope you can find a good doctor that you can trust. I know how much this can change one's life, especially in chronic situations (I will always be grateful to a doctor that I randomly went to and diagnosed me with something that's been affecting me for over a decade. I was sure that I'm just being weird and imagining this and it's psychosomatic. A surgery and eight weeks of physical therapy solved what I had almost completely).
quester and Hil, those both sound like extremely frustrating circumstances. Good luck to you both finding solutions.
Thank you all for the cat ~ma. Leo does have feline leukemia virus, which isn't curable, and is extremely contagious even when non-symptomatic, so it's likely my other two cats also have it now. (They were all vaccinated against it when I first got them, but I didn't give them annual booster shots because I didn't fucking know I was supposed to.) So Leo is home, acting a little perkier after a blood transfusion, and we're working on getting his meds down his gullet every day, and we're just going to be happy and live as long as we live. And I'm going to try to stop crying. I almost fell apart in a PetSmart today buying his favorite food to get him to eat. I can't keep doing this; I've got to find a new job, ffs.
quester, I've been through something similar, and I understand your frustration. I was once quite rude to the "support" guy for refusing to answer a straightforward question. In front of my boss and my boss's boss. Not my finest moment, but it made the point.
Hil, I'm sorry you're losing your wonderful doctor. I hope you quickly find someone else who listens to you.
the guy i yelled at on the phone, I ran into him randomly on the way to lunch and he suddenly recognized me and said "hello". I don't think he does that very often. I don't know if I made an impression or just scared him.
Things were better today for awhile but just as I was closing out, I screwed up the password to Ultimatix, our overlord computer site. I ll deal with it monday.
and because it deserves a separate post, more kitty~ma for you, Zen
Oh Zenkitty. My heart hurts for you, Leo and your other kitties.
Zen, all the hugs to you and your kitties.
It must be the week of medical BS. I've been waiting to start meeting with a new psychologist for almost two months - the first appointment was scheduled for this coming Monday. I got a call on Friday saying that the appointment was cancelled, and the doctor would call to reschedule. No call from the doc yet, and I'm super-annoyed.
Thanks again for the kitty~ma, all.
