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Mine is hilarious:

I had 6 Brain SPECT scans done. Every single one was abnormal. In 2004, my Brain SPECT scan said:


"Cerebral Cortical perfusion ranging from 50% to 70% of max perfusion seen in RT frontal, temporal region, left frontal and parietal regions.

Heterogeneous cerebral cortical perfusion suggesting widespread process such as a micro vascular, infectious, or encephalopathic process rather than large vessel or classic degenerative dementing process."

I was hospitalized in early 2005. I had all my medical records with me. The Infectious Disease specialist came in, and told me "You don't have Lyme Disease."

I said "Dr. _____________ said that I do, and it's supported by 1 psychologist, 1 psychiatrist, 1 infectious disease specialist.

He said "We tested you, it was negative." I said "Testing for borrelia is inadequate, I'm well aware of this fact, and you should be too given the abundant studies available on the public medical database -- Seronegative ELISA and Western Blots."

He said, well that may be, but you don't have Lyme.

I said, well I was bitten by a tick at age 9, I've been sick since, that was 1987. I have a history compatible with the disease, I'm responding to treatment, I have bands showing up on the test, although circumstantial evidence, and I have 6 brain SPECT scans indicating global hypoperfusion and vasculitis."

He says "Let me see them, I'm going to consult the Neurologist overseeing your case."

I show him and the Neurologist and he reads the scan results, which I posted at the beginning, and you know what he said?

"This test isn't yours. Dr. S and I agree. You wouldn't be able to talk to us if this test were yours; this is the test of a 90 year old man with severe Dementia, neither of which you are. It's a lab error if it is in-fact yours."

So I say, well I have 6 of them, done at more than one facility. Farmington UCONN, UMASS Memorial, Western Baystate." Are you telling me they're all incompetent or that their equipment is all faulty?

He said "Well I don't know, but these obviously aren't your tests, someone gave you the wrong charts."

He then said "I know your Lyme Disease specialist, him and I worked together for many years -- over 25 years in-fact we've known each other. He's incompetent and a quack. He likes to take a lot of vacations out on his Yhat on weekends. That's what he's doing with your money."

I don't pay him. Medicare does. Medicare has investigated him and found him competent in treating me, and I reviewed his malpractice history. He hasn't had one malpractice suit, nor been brought before any medical board at any point, so I think the burden of proof belongs to you. Additionally, He works 6 days a week, has over 10,000 patients, and he doesn't own a yacht, and It's not very professional to talk about a fellow doctor as you have. I'd recommend that if you two have disagreements, that you two work it out, it's not my problem.

He tried to talk over me, but my family was there and they told him it was time for him to leave. He walked out and he was ****ed. What a ****in' moron.

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