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Mayo Clinic didn't have a clue about treating my chronic pain. In fact, the Mayo doctor who examined me told me, "Nobody ever died of pain. Just go home and get over it." Fortunately, my local doctor was way better and prescribed gabapentin which has helped immensely. Had I followed the advice from Mayo I would have been completely incapaciated for the past nine years. I am grateful to be functioning normally because of the skills of my local doctor. My advice is to save your money, time, and effort and not go to Mayo, but find a local doctor who actually does understand the pathology of chronic pain.
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I hear you about Mayo. Spent tons of $$ and learned there is nothing wrong with me! She "guessed" I might have chronic fatigue with pain. Duh! Doesn't take a med degree to come up with that! The all time worst diagnosis was from KU Med Center- the neurologist said I was just "fat and lazy"! That was 10 years ago and I still hear her words and tone in my head and see her walk out on me. My personal physician is the only one who understands I hurt and am exhausted most of the time.
I understand what you're feeling. Today I felt the exact same way. Went to a rumatologist who said to me fibromyalgia is a term that Drs. use when they can't figure out what is wrong with you and because "they can't tell the patient they are coo koo". She continued to say that yes she can say that I meet the point rule, but She thought I stopped exercising when I broke my ankle. My problem is I need to exercise. Ok, great. I knew that. What I don't know is why the pain everywhere?
Since they don't know they automatically think that you are exaggerating or a hypochondriac
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@disgusted. Ouch! Sorry to hear about that doc.