I AGREE WITH THE POST THAT WE NEED TO BE OUR OWN DOCTOR. I WOULD
PROBABLY BE DEAD IF I HAD NOT PUT MY FOOT DOWN WITH THE DRS ON ONE OF
MY VISITS. I HAD ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS COMING UP ONE AT A TIME AND DRS
WERE TREATING EACH SYMPTOM INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET TO THE ROOT OF WHY
ALL THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING WITH ME AND I NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH
THEM BEFORE. I TOLD THIS DR I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND I WAS TIRED
OF TAKING MEDICATIONS EACH TIME SOMETHING NEW CAME UP. A LOT OF TESTING
WAS DONE, AND LO AND BEHOL I GET A CALL AT HOME ONE DAY AND WAS TOLD I
HAD A KIDNEY DISEASE. WHEN I FINALLY AGREEED TO THE BIOPSY, WHEN ONE OF
MY SONS COULD BE HOME, I WAS TOLD I HAD MEMBRANOUS GLOMEROLO NEPHRITIS
OR NEPHROPATHY AS SOME PREFER CALLING IT.. I WAS TOLD IN 06 I HAD A
STOMACH VIRUS IN THE OR, AND IT TURNED OUT I HAD ULCERATIVE COLITIS. I
WAS SENT HOME FROM ER WITH ALL THE SYMPTOMS I HAD, AND A COUPLE DAYS
LATER I WAS ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL BY ANOTHER DR. AND ENDED UP IN
ICU. SO BE PERSISTENT NO MATTER HOW DUMB SOME DRS. MIGHT WANT TO MAKE
YU FEEL. IT'S OUR LIFE.