I have been with my doctor on and off since 1995 when I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. He was one of the first rheumatologists to believe it was a real disease and that it it was a rheumatic disease. I was shocked when I moved to the other side of the state (Washington) and found out that most rheumatologists no longer treat fibromyalgia. Anyway, he is the type of doctor that knows you so well that when you tell him you have new symptoms h pays attention and quickly figures it out. He also believes that no one should be in excessive pain so he has always treated my pain which allowed me to work for the last 24 years until the polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis made me too exhausted to keep going. The doctor I was supposed to see today does not believe in treating pain nor does he believe in treating fibromyalgia. It turns out I didn’t see the new doctor today because we had a snow storm that shut down the city for the day so I don’t know if he will treat me at all yet. The paperwork they sent said it was just a consultation appointment to see if they would treat me or send me back to my primary care doctor. Talk about feeling unwanted on top of already being scared. I haven’t given up though I am still searching for a rheumatologist that cares.