Do You Get the Impression You Are Not Believed by Others…

@SusanEllen66
I have had multiple doctors do that to me. If you are older and especially female, you do not always get taken seriously or fully listened to. To me, it isn’t only about being taken seriously or believed, it can be doctor bias, arrogance, ignorance, or disrespect. They just may not care. They stop listening.

There are many doctors who should retire or change careers.

Older patients and females must work extra hard to advocate for themselves and keep pushing for proper diagnosis and treatment options to improve quality of life. You need to do research and educate yourself plus review all of your medical records to have knowledgeable conversations with doctors and to ask questions. If doctors dismiss you, you must fire them and keep looking for doctors who still care to help their patients feel better and improve their quality of life.

I agree; think of it as a great way to quickly screen out a bad dr and move on.
A dr can be academically bright but a disaster with people.

I agree; think of it as a great way to quickly screen out a bad dr and move on.
A dr can be academically bright but a disaster with people.

I have had “unusual” happenings in my family over the last 70 years.
Telling someone your personal story involving murder, a precocious, in a negative way, child; emotionally abusive adults, winning a prestigious award (Emmy), having a very rare disease, child in prison, child dead (overdose), a child autism, sales awards, owning a recording studio, being related to many government officials, and European royalty (King Henry V111) and all his wives.

Every one of them is true.

I have had “unusual” happenings in my family over the last 70 years.
Telling someone your personal story involving murder, a precocious, in a negative way, child; emotionally abusive adults, winning a prestigious award (Emmy), having a very rare disease, child in prison, child dead (overdose), a child autism, sales awards, owning a recording studio, being related to many government officials, and European royalty (King Henry V111) and all his wives.

Every one of them is true.

I also have quite a story about my childhood which I rarely share: born in the Soviet Union to a family of underground Protestant church leaders. My dad spent 8 years in the gulags, my grandfather was executed during Stalin’s rule. My family came to America after my dad and four other Soviet dissidents were exchanged for two Soviet spies during Jimmy Carter’s administration. You should see people’s faces when I summarize my childhood! I keep most of the facts to myself and just say that I was born and grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine. lol

There should be a ‘wow’ button’…what an incredible family history! Thank you for sharing with us! I’m so sorry for what’s happening in your childhood home. 💛 💙

@SusanEllen66
You do have many “unusual” things in your life. It sounds like a book or movie needs to be done to capture all of this! You are one strong soul.

May you have a blessed Easter and know you are loved. May His peace be with you.

@SusanEllen66
I have had multiple doctors do that to me. If you are older and especially female, you do not always get taken seriously or fully listened to. To me, it isn’t only about being taken seriously or believed, it can be doctor bias, arrogance, ignorance, or disrespect. They just may not care. They stop listening.

There are many doctors who should retire or change careers.

Older patients and females must work extra hard to advocate for themselves and keep pushing for proper diagnosis and treatment options to improve quality of life. You need to do research and educate yourself plus review all of your medical records to have knowledgeable conversations with doctors and to ask questions. If doctors dismiss you, you must fire them and keep looking for doctors who still care to help their patients feel better and improve their quality of life.