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Hi Cindy. For 2 months I have been telling her this, the bone pain with neuropathy. I have intentionally leaving all my symptoms on my My Chart, leaving a digital paper trail. I even documented that she told me I do not have cancer, because if I do, it is documented what she said and refused to do a re-check of my BMP. I even told the ER on July 26, they ran all the blood work, said I was fine. Went back to ER on Aug.24 with same complaint, actually started weeping, they ran the blood work, said it all looked great, the only exception was my WBC were lower at 3.6. Sept.11 I went to my clinic for a BMP and my Anion Gap was 6. My Calcium was 10 which is very close to being over the range. I feel at this point I am just in a bad dream. SOMETHING is causing this & they are not concerned, you would think they would be concerned with a patient with bone pain, but, they are not. Just so you know, a new report came out recently and it is scary shocking: 7.4 million patients are misdiagnosed of the 130 million annual visits to ERs. The number translates to about 1 in 18 people receiving a wrong diagnosis. 2.6 million patients receive a harm that could have been prevented. Misdiagnosis of disease or other medical conditions leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths and permanent disabilities each year in the United States, according to a report published this week.
About 371,000 people die and 424,000 sustain permanent disabilities – such as brain damage, blindness, loss of limbs or organs or metastasized cancer – each year as a result.
Look at those numbers! This is just the USA alone!
With misdiagnosis that touched my Family memebers personally, and now with my current situation, it is very east to mistrust and second guess a doctor.
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I understand. I hardly ever think this or say this but in your case. , you really do need to see another doctor. Sounds just awful.
Hi Sally, your bloodwork is similar to mine. I have hyperparathyroidism although my insurance is denying treatment.
Read this article from the world leading Norman Parathyroid Center in Tampa Florida. Request a PTH assay from your doctor. Hyperparathyroidism can be caused by kidney disfunction and/or calcium malabsorption issues such as severe gut dysbiosis. Hyperparathyroidism can also lead to kidney failure if left untreated.
To aid your kidneys I recommend taking Standard Process Renafood with bovine PMG (a type of peptide), it has helped me to recover 10% of my kidney function.
Aloha, Phil.
Ok, as a new member it is not permitting me to add a link. Find the Norman Parathyroid Center website and open the article called 'How to Diagnose Hyperparathyroidism '.
@sallylynn
unfortunately i can’t help you but i have a similar situation going on. i’m 40 years old, woke up one morning 4 months ago with both feet numb and tingling. from there it all has gotten worse. testing shows polyneuropathy both legs from knee to feet sensory and motor. very painful muscle spams everyday. i’m not in a wheelchair anytime i leave my house cause i can only walk a few steps and i walk like a toddler. for the past 4 months my anion gap has been going down. the last three test i’m at a 3. my doctors don’t know why and don’t seem concerned with any of it. i’m a 40 year old mother, wife and can’t do anything can’t work, in constant pain and these doctors just keep throwing pills at me and sending my on my way. i don’t even fill the prescriptions cause i don’t want to be passed out all day.
If you get any answers please let me know and i will do the same. i pray we both get answers we need
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“These are relatively common diseases that are missed relatively commonly and are associated with significant amounts of harm,” said Dr. David Newman-Toker, a neurologist at Johns Hopkins University. He led the study’s research team from the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence, in partnership with researchers from the Risk Management Foundation of Harvard Medical Institutions Inc.