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Visited a physical medicine doctor about a severe physical imbalance and loss of use of arms
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Nov 13, 2015 | Replies (3)Comment receiving replies
If you don't mind I would like to offer alittle advice. 17 years ago I was in a terrible car accident. I saw 13 specialist locally and no one could figure out how to fix my sternal fracture and 100's of bones shattered in my chest. Was referred to Mayo's. I to saw many MD's this is called the collaborated approach. Most of the times 3 heads are better than 1 in difficult cases. I to left very disappointed. I was told "stenal fractures Always heal".. I soon forced myself to become very educated on the body and its complex system. Long story short. I finally found 2 surgeons who would attempt to fixed it, it wrked!!! I send my surgical notes to my Mayo docs and they were very thankful!! They are not god. They can not fix everything. But they are very good. I have been back a couple of times and heading back in a week for unrelated issues. Technology forever changing. They learn from every case every patient. So I suggest you go to your appt and ask for a second opinion. Good Luck!!
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Thank you for your reply. <br />
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At my last appointment the Dr. explained to me that my condition is taboo and that care providers do anything they can to keep from using that diagnosis because of its complexity and history of lawsuits. They go out of their way to get rid of me.<br />
I completed my prerequisite appointments for the Physiatrist follow-up and after 7 days they have not responded to my request for this appointment.<br />
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Now I understand clearly. They ignore my true complaint and create a snow storm of symptoms from distant past that I am not complaining about so they can construct a context that fits their agenda. This becomes my Mayo medical record. <br />
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Then that Dr. sends me off to a totally unrelated Dr. who has only that crap snow job for information. Then they start the appointment totally out of the context for which I came to them. I try to guide them from their "scope creep" but they, like ticks, dig deeper into their agenda so far their heads can't hear me.<br />
Bottom line, 6 months after starting with Mayo I went to three outside providers who instantly recognized the symptoms and acted positively. I'm finally getting the therapy I was looking for.<br />
The neatest thing about Mayo is that many of the structural problems discovered by the area's most trusted radiology groups are being denied here. That's a great way to cure people! Ignore their complaints, deny their bullet-proof medical records and images, create crap records that avoid the patients true complaint, and establish a 6 month "history" that now is causing outside doctors to be afraid to work with me.<br />
Mayo single handedly proves American medical system works only for the system. Their behavior has hurt me badly, past present and future.<br />