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I've been crazy sick this week. My mom drove me to the walk in clinic. We thought maybe I was going into shock or something.
Well the dr had already made his mind up about the moment he walked in the door. I assured him it wasn't stress. He said well you seem stressed. I said well yea I'm stressed because I'm sick!
He asked me if I was depressed and I said absolutely not!
He was so rude! There I was sick as a dog lying on the table crying and he acts like he is God or something!
He then basically tells me that I need to admit I'm stressed because it makes things worse when people won't admit it.
I'm sorry I just needed to vent on here! I am so infuriated! What the heck are we supposed to do when we need help right away?
I'm just so so upset!
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And I told him that i had a positive Ana double stranded DNA test. He said no big deal and that 20 percent of the population has that. I'm sorry but 20 percent seems kinda low to me and means that there is something going on! Right??
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He must be totally useless and that is probably why he's in a walk-in clinic and not his own practice!!
I'd call them and ask for my money back! I had a dr at a walk-in clinic do something similar to me many years ago. He dissed me because I had Lyme.
We "discussed" it for a bit and he kinda stormed out of the room because I wouldn't listen to him. As I was leaving, the nurse told me there would be no charge. I said, "GOOD, because I'm not paying anything!!"
Then my husband called him and chewed him out!!
(the Dr must have told the nurse right after he left the room because I was not far behind him!)
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Funny because I was just there 2 weeks ago for a sore throat. The lady gave me a z pack and told me to come back if it didn't get rid of my sore throat. And she said I had fluid in my ears.
Well guess what? I followed her instructions and went back.
The dr I saw today laughed when my mom asked him about shock.
He must be a useless doc. They got me in very fast because I'm so ill. I probably got the lowest of the totem pole.
How do I approach this? Do I just call the front desk, complain and ask for my money back?
Oh and I like your tutu! I was a ballet dancer and danced professionally prior to my illness.
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Not a Walgreens. I think it's an urgent care. They do take appointments but I was a walk in.
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They're missing the whole point. 20% of the population might have it, yes. But not all immune systems can handle it. These Dr.s just play dumb.
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If you do have a chance to talk to the dr., you could mention that 70-80% of the population carry/have mrsaon their skin, but not all of those get a serious infection.
This is a mainstream Western medicine sound bite that I have been told by two drs.this last year. It must shut most people who haven' t dealt with the hell that Lyme and co. cause.
Unfortunately prior to what I've experienced and learned this past year, it probably would have made me just go along with what he said. Several years ago, my dr. put me on anti-depressants, and now thathe has and is training with an LLMD, he's expressed that he was probably looking at one of my Lyme flares and not depression from stress.
I know many of us have had these "malaria-like" flare reactions, and they can make one feel as if you're about to die. My llnd said to try Welch's grape juice (if no yeast) or ginger tea. Hope you're feeling better.
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I guess I'm wondering if you have an LLMD you can contact. If so, they would know the most about what you're going through and what you need.
Second, I like to bring educational materials with me whenever I go to medical settings. I hand them my Lyme brochures and start discussing the illness.
I'm strong enough to do that, but don't worry if you're not, since you're sick, but really, I do think it's time for them to hear what these illnesses are really like.
On our state site, we've been having some conversation about doctors walking out on patients, and patients walking out on doctors. It's a common theme, this exasperation.
Bottom line, if you can do something about it, do it, like contact the administration about the fact that you were sick and not treated right. If not, I'd stick with an LLMD for care if possible.
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It is useless to go to places like this and say anything about tickborne diseases.
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