I completely agree. We humans often go to several specialists, have test after test done to the point of ridiculous and still...nothing. I even chose Mayo because I knew they would find the answer I could not find in Springfield Illinois or St Louis Missouri. I was wrong. If I had been a dog, I would have had my answer over a year ago. Healthcare is so broken and so lacking. We are nothing but numbers.

i too have been to more doctors than you can count on both hands, currently at Mayo for over a year and still no real answers, i am about to go the same route you have taken. just tired of this

Bandrduid7 are you still here? I too am a veterinarian who has tossed in the towel on allopathic medicine. Just acquired PMR but looks as if being close to 70 and a female of scandavian descent in the era of a big pandemic might have put me over the edge. Well, I did get immediate relief from pred with 3 hours after a month of increasing and excruciating pain. But, I am getting acupuncture, daily hot saunas, and IV infusions of a mega Myers’s Cocktail full of vitamin c, b vitamins and more weekly so that I can balance out this whacky immune response sooner than later.

I feel you. I hope you’re doing ok.