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I went in today to be tested for allergies to 1) serotonin and 2) lots of common foods.
I'm apparently allergic to every substance they tested. This includes about 80% of what's legal for me to eat, on this diet that's already so restrictive I can barely have a social life.
The woman who did the testing tried to tell me to eliminate these foods for six weeks, or at least make the portions of them smaller. I told her I was already down nine pounds and I wasn't going to eliminate a damn thing.
She said maybe I could substitute. I pointed to where the substitutions sheet suggested other things I was either allergic to or couldn't have on the current diet. She suggested things I hadn't been tested for. I said looking at the sample set, it's reasonable to infer that I'm allergic to many of those too, and since we don't know which ones, it's kind of pointless.
I told her I felt fine other than the joint pain. She said chronic food allergy can cause inflammation that could explain the joint pain. I said my pain had never responded to anti-inflams of any kind, including some pretty strong ones, so it was reasonable to conclude my pain is not inflammatory in nature.
So I'm ignoring it.
There's nothing else to do really.
I want my $625 back.
I am seriously considering never going to another doctor again. All they've done for me is take my money, make my life miserable with "noninvasive" approaches, and fail to get results. I HAVE HAD IT.
I'm apparently allergic to every substance they tested. This includes about 80% of what's legal for me to eat, on this diet that's already so restrictive I can barely have a social life.
The woman who did the testing tried to tell me to eliminate these foods for six weeks, or at least make the portions of them smaller. I told her I was already down nine pounds and I wasn't going to eliminate a damn thing.
She said maybe I could substitute. I pointed to where the substitutions sheet suggested other things I was either allergic to or couldn't have on the current diet. She suggested things I hadn't been tested for. I said looking at the sample set, it's reasonable to infer that I'm allergic to many of those too, and since we don't know which ones, it's kind of pointless.
I told her I felt fine other than the joint pain. She said chronic food allergy can cause inflammation that could explain the joint pain. I said my pain had never responded to anti-inflams of any kind, including some pretty strong ones, so it was reasonable to conclude my pain is not inflammatory in nature.
So I'm ignoring it.
There's nothing else to do really.
I want my $625 back.
I am seriously considering never going to another doctor again. All they've done for me is take my money, make my life miserable with "noninvasive" approaches, and fail to get results. I HAVE HAD IT.
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How very helpful.
Mind if I growl in the general direction of the nonhelpful medical professional?
Reminds me of a movie I was watching, a Japanese anime, Grave of the Fireflies. A boy is taking care of his little sister, they have no food, nothing, and she's very ill. He manages to get her to a doctor, and the doc says "She's suffering from malnutrition." Duh, like the kid didn't know that. He asks for something to help her, some medicine, anything, and the doc says, "Get her some nutrition. Next!"
Very helpful, and kind, and all sorts of sympathy going on there. Rather like your doc.
*hugs* to you, Ceej. After some of our recent experiences with Tim, Rondo's realized that one of the reasons health is so important is because if you're healthy, you DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FUCKING MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT, which is it's own ring of hell, all in itself. Not that there aren't good docs, I've met some incredible ones, but the whole thing is a pain in the ass anyway.
More hugs. Damn.
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Rondo's realized that one of the reasons health is so important is because if you're healthy, you DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FUCKING MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT
YES! That!!