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I haven't been on the computer for several days and shouldn't be on now. Last Wednesday night I suffered excruciating pain in my arms and especially in my right hand. I had this happen once before and this was blamed on a pinched nerve in my back. Along the way someone suggested it might be carpal tunnel syndrome. Whatever--it re-curred Wed. night. I've been through two labor and deliveries and it's a piece of cake compared to this pain.
It felt like hot pokers with razor blades attached were being rammed down my arm, with the worst culminating in my hand. I had been on the computer for hours Wednesday trying to post some photos on my blog. That's probably what irritated whatever it is that hurt like bloody hell. I went to the clinic Thursday and saw the doctor. I was taken aback when she said 'Well if you've already tried Motrin and a heating pad, what do want me to do about it?"
I suggested a cortisone shot for the inflammation and said it would be nice if I had something to take for pain. At that point I hadn't slept for 36 hours, and was feeling peckish--so was she, over some matter I have no idea what. My records show that I don't even take Tylenol or aspirin--when I hurt I tough it out. I come from people who think you're a wussy if you don't suck it up and shut up.
The doctor looked over my chart and noted that my cholesterol was 12 points higher than she'd like. She asked if I was taking the flax seed oil capsules three times a day she'd ordered. I said I take one a day. Unhappy frown from her. She noted my last fasting blood sugar was 126. Too high for her--another frown. She told me to get up on the examinaing table. With two walking sticks and the use of only the left hand, I couldn't get up there. This annoyed her, and frustrated me. I asked her why was she being confrontational--she said she wasn't--but she had a burr up her butt about something.
This is what I think a doctors role should be: diagnosis, advice and consultation. There is a patient's bill of rights that guarantees a person may refuse treatment. It is YOUR body, and you have the right to say what is or is not done to it in any treatment modality. Doctors have my respect, but doctors aren't God. Sometimes I think they forget that. Susil
