I hope he can do something for you. Sometimes I feel pretty frustrated at the inadequacy of our care. I am praying that you will have favor and that your doctor will be motivated to act for your benefit. Lots of love to you.

I'm concerned that for THREE MONTHS they have been giving you the run around in this office. I don't believe that there's a doctor, that just "isn't in" for three months.

There may be another problem!! I think I would call and ask to speak to a supervisor. Because if it's impossible for you to get to see the doctor of your choice in that practice...for whatever reason....you need to go elsewhere!

You know, with this illness, and often we present with vague symptoms, sometimes doctors don't even want to get started with us. I'd want to be sure that this isn't what's going on in your case. Make a little noise. Get some answers. We are human beings with a nasty illness, and we don't need or deserve a runaround from a doctor's office, or doctor...that doesn't want to deal with our illness.

We're here for you! xo

I think Darla's right. I've been given the runaround more times than I can count...really. The docs don't want us. They can't "fix" us and they don't want us coming around eating their time.

Doctors make money from writing prescriptions and giving tests. They can't do either of these things with us, so they don't want us in their offices.

Unless I have some really bad symptom like coughing up blood, I take care of myself with herbal remedies and I read a lot of books and online articles. Nothing the doctors have done has ever helped me at all.

The doctors are mostly going where the money is...specialization and especially cancer treatment. There's no end of money in cancer for the doctors. The US is rapidly running out of primary care doctors...not enough money in it.

The US is the only country in the world that has a medical care system that has no regulation of its pricing structure. In my opinion this unique, totally for-profit system is a failure. Some even call it a disaster.