PrisInGa's Journal

I feel as if I am falling apart here. My leg has been hurting so bad lately. I toss and turn all night long, and I am so fatigued all day long from lack of sleep. I went to this clinic close to home that charges on a sliding fee scale. He gave me some ultram for pain and flexeril for my stiff neck issues. It helps very,very little. I need 2 things here. One I need to find a Dr. in Atlanta who knows about KTWS, and I then need to see a dermatologist about my mole on my back. It just appeared back in June and has grown somewhat and it itches a lot. It is a dark purple bluish looking color and in a way looks like a blister. He said he suspects it could be a nodular melanoma, but he then said it could just be a blister. Oh well. It seems that when you are poor and can't afford ins. Dr's and the medical profession in general feel as if you are not worthy of proper and good medical care. It's like if you don't have the $100's of dollars they want for the visit up front they won't see you. It depresses me a lot. I sit here thinking to myself I have 2 medical issues which need immediate attention and I can't afford to take care of either one of them. I'd hate to know that I do have a melanoma and could have had it taken care of in situ and by the time I can finally get around to seeing a Dr. it is stage 3 or even worse stage 4.