tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post1147535130675579678..comments2024-03-19T09:10:47.280-07:00Comments on Reasonably Well: Dopey DiagnosisJulia Oleinikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857783768340014545noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-1830760313199495402010-05-27T11:25:55.421-07:002010-05-27T11:25:55.421-07:00I thought I was lucky, I had my symptom in novembe...I thought I was lucky, I had my symptom in november and got the name of the disease in january, so quite fast. But now nothinh is simple and maybe it was wrong ! So I don't know what I have anymore.<br />And what the doctor said is not really helpfull, Celiac is "improbable" and I can have an "Atypical" Sjogren.<br /><br />By the way - totally out of topic, I love lolcat too ^_^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-51854117928289098072010-05-14T17:08:18.039-07:002010-05-14T17:08:18.039-07:00"The inability of a doctor to correctly diagn..."The inability of a doctor to correctly diagnose a multisystemic disease is evidence of a deficiency of the doctor rather than a patient's lack of cooperation." This is taken from Melisa Kaplan's anapsid.org site. She is writing on chronic neuroimmune diseases. Very aptly stated...<br /><br />My first inkling that I would have to rely on myself and could not depend on any doctor, especially my GP, on any kind of help was the day I complained about memory and concentration problems. My GP was alarmed and promptly prescribed prozac and gave me a consultation with a psychiatrist. That was the day I vowed to find out what was wrong with me...I knew it was a physical problem, not a mental one! That was 10+ years ago, when I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia,(by another doctor) and only last year, did my rheumatologist suspect all this was probably caused by sjogren's. It's been a long haul.annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-59909112844137742282010-05-13T05:47:44.849-07:002010-05-13T05:47:44.849-07:00I was one of the lucky ones....I got dx'd in m...I was one of the lucky ones....I got dx'd in my first year for both Sjogrens and Fibro. Now if only they could figure out a treatment that helps.....ugh.Denise @ Sunflowers, Chocolate and Little Boyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699534143217246831noreply@blogger.com