First of all, thank you for your recommendation. I really did not think these places acceptem Medicaid. My daughter cannot work, so she does not have good insurance and we've had a heck of a time trying to just get into regular doctors and didn't think a medical university would even consider seeing her with Medicaid. But it is worth a shot. Right now we are dealing with trying to her torn hip ligament fixed as she fell due to lack of breath due to covid and tore her hip labrum and had 4 bulging discs as a result. PT has NOT helped, so the doctor wants her to go to a pain management place to get some cortisone shots to calm the area does (SI joint) because since he cannot even maneuver her hip the way he wants, he is reluctant to do the surgery to fix the tear. The responses from some of these doctors are so disturbing I cannot adequately express. And Medicaid will not take the ortho's recommendation (strangely enough since he's the one treating her) and wants her to get into a GP for the recommendation. That appointment is weeks away. If she gets that recommendation, then who knows how long until she gets into the pain clinic. In the meantime, she is in constant pain (no position relieves it). The ligament is not only torn, but "frayed," so will not heal without surgery.

Regarding your experience with doctors: I feel terrible for you. I am so very sorry you and others have to deal with this in the midst of being so ill! We went through such similar experiences years ago when we were seeking treatment for our daughter's brain injury. Because it did not fit in a casebook scenario, doctors didn't want to believe her symptoms. That only had her more reluctant to express how badly she was feeling, so I had to "fill in the blanks," and later read notes written by doctors indicating that I was a helicopter mom, and that she was an "only child" which made it worse. She was a teenager; of course a parent would advocate for her. And what does an only child have to do with it - as if to suggest it wouldn't be much of a concern if there were other children! The responses we had were from places like the Cleveland Clinic (when after a 3 day assessment the neurologist's big diagnosis was "you know, there are different colored cows." WHAT the heck does that mean?! Translation: their arrogance is so great they can't admit they don't know. She he sent us home, telling us to get her into psychotherapy. So I really emphasize with what you, and others Im sure, have/are experiencing. So we find that we can only try to help one another . God bless everyone on this board. Heart and hugs to all. Thank you for your response.