Quote From: ecterrellDear Dr. Phil, I don't know how many times I wrote a letter and here I am again. I'm 36 years old with 2 beautiful daughters. I have a chronic back pains. Couple years ago the Dr.s finelly decide to sent me to get MRI after visits,medications and x-rays wasn't enoughed. MRI show
that I have 3 buldging disc on L3/4/5. The pain from my lower back and all the way down to my legs was very cripling. On top of getting the news of the x-rays of my sacliac joint shows
a degenerative arthritis was even more frustrating. I can't feel my foot and I have hard time walking. Fatigue, numbness and tingling and pain. Driving was very difficult not only I fall as
sleep but too many times I almost hit other vehicles because I can't feel if I'm pushing the gas pedals hard enoughed. And my doctor at that time I don't feel she was supportived at all. She won't take me off work even after I told her I can't move my neck. So my Chiroprac
tor took me off work caused she knows I'm struggling. My Doctor she sent my disability papers back to me she said she won't fill them out. So I decided to change doctors which is my husbands doctor but at the same office. After 7 years of pain, medications, therapy, dr's
appointments, Neurologist, Rheumatologist, Pain management Dr., orthopaedic now referred to a surgeon and gone to see a second opinion dr. I feel like back to square one.
I am diagnosed with fibromyalgia which kind of make since as far as the muscle pains. Dr.
Phil, can a sprain muscle thats not healed and injured over and over caused this problem I have now? Cause there's not part in my muscle that doesn't hurt. And my Doctor now is so
worried about my abnormal liver test, so i go every month to get blood test hoping that it just
the medications I'm taking and it might be from a nerve in my back causing it. So I went to see the Gastroenterologist the other day so his sending me to get more blood test and get x-ray for my intestine and after that I have to make an appointment to his office to get some
kind of rectal test. Is that neccesary Dr. Phil.So what's next. This Doctor's I feel that they just
need to listen to my concerns rather than thinking I'm just whinin. Like I really want to spend
every penny I don't have to see a doctor and pay for medicine. For a couple of years I went part time so I spend 1 paycheck for medications only and the other for my car, do this doctor's think I enjoy going to they're office or what. I have not live a normal life since this
pain started Dr. Phil. I used to be able to bend backwards and pick up a toothpick and touch
ed my heel. I was very active person. I cook, clean the house, clean the pool, mow the grass,
iron, get up at 5:00 in the morning to dig weeds, care for my daughter, work fulltime, do laun
dry, rake leaves, climb trees, climb mountain, gardening everything you could think of I do.
Now I'll be darn if I can make to work and work without taking pain killers and the rest of me
dications. I feel like I lived through the medications. When my Rheumatologist prescribed me
with tylenol 3 I was am able to get up and clean a little bit, cook, laundry but nothing big. My car gets dirty who cares, right? I do. Dr. Phil should I go get the surgery even 3 doctor's already told me I probably will get releif but not better because of fibromylgia. I can't take it any more. What should I do? Please tell me. I can't affored to lose my job, I'm already losing my house, I'm not looking to lose anything else. I'm all my childrens got.
I am feeling your pain. Both of my sisters have been diagnoses with fibromyalgia and I with myofascial pain syndrome--both autoimmune disorders. I also am plagued with a bulged disc in the lower back and cervial disc problems. AND, you are right, you get passed from one specialist to another until they send you back to your GP with a pat on the back. Luckily, I have a very good general practioner who also treats my sisters. The thing is this--the medical profession can't get together to conform a concensus on what fibromyalgia is let alone how to treat it. Then you throw in other medical problems and it's hands off! I am hopeful we will see patients with autoimmune disorders treated with more respect and interest in the medical community. But, in the meantime, what are we to do?
Have you ever wanted to talk to your doctor about pressing medical concerns, but were too afraid to speak up? Today, four physicians with four different specialties return to bust medical myths and teach you things you never knew about your body. First up, 45-year-old Pamela has a paralyzing fear of physicians. She was diagnosed with a terminal lung disease six years ago and hasn't set foot in a doctor's office since. Find out what happens when Dr. Phil creates a makeshift exam room backstage! Then, Denise and her husband, Steve, have been trying to get pregnant for three years. Steve says he’s tired of sex being a business deal, but Denise desperately wants a baby. Should she keep trying to conceive or just move on with her life? And, having four kids wreaked havoc on Casey's body, and now she wants cosmetic surgery. Her husband, Jonathan, says a tummy tuck is too expensive, and thinks Casey can get in shape by doing more sit-ups. See Dr. Phil’s surprise for her! Plus, a couple who say their 9- and 15-year-old sons are still not potty trained! Tell us what you think!
