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> From: Marsden51(AT)aol.com[SMTP:Marsden51(AT)aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 1997 7:53 PM
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: doctors....
>
> Hi all:
>
> I had my initial TM attack on Labor Day Weekend. I have only written
> to the
> list a few times.
>
> I saw my primary care physician yesterday for the first time since
> seeing the
> neurologist and he basically brushed me off and discounted my
> symptoms. He
> has always been a great doctor before and I am so upset with him now.
> I
> can't understand why he would act like this toward me. When I told
> him about
> my difficulty walking, he said I needed to walk more for exercise.
> When I
> told him about the trembling in my arm, he ignored it. He also wanted
> to
> prescribe fenfluermine (spelling?), the part of Phen-Fen that is still
> on the
> market. I guess he feels all of my complaints will go away if I lose
> weight.
> I told him that I wasn't interested. He said he was surprised at the
> diagnosis of TM. I told him the neurologist talked to me about the
> possibility of having MS. He was quickly heading out the door, turned
> and
> frowned at me, then said "I know, I read his notes. It doesn't fit
> the
> pattern." And with that he was gone. I can't believe he dismissed me
> like
> that!
>
> The neurologist called me yesterday and I told him about my current
> concerns.
> He decided to schedule me for an MRI. He said we may have to go
> ahead and
> do a lumbar puncture after that. I really do want to find out exactly
> what
> is causing my problems. But, on the other hand I am afraid to go on.
> Does
> that even make sense?
>
> This is such a scary thing. How do you all cope?
>
> Sharon M.
>