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I need help finding a doctor who will listen to me.
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Nov 14, 2023 | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
It’s crazy. I’m also dealing with lung issues and I ended up in the ET. I was asked to choose between me stomach and kidney pain or my lungs (which I couldn’t breathe.). I was then given an anxiety med. apparently I’m just an overworked mom.
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Hi evanskim5,
Having been an overworked mom myself, I can relate! But that doesn't mean that you don't have a health problem, too. It doesn't mean you do have one, either.
May I suggest: try to make your health a priority for a month or two. Let the house work go. Or splurge and pay for help for a month or 2. Really take care of yourself, write down how you are feeling, what works and what doesn't. Then, go to a primary care physician, and let that doctor decide if it's anxiety/over work or if it's something else. Get some basic blood work done (if you haven't already 🙂
It won't help your kids to allow yourself to be sick or to get sick. I wish I had taken the time to get a diagnosis sooner for my autoimmune disease. I just kept pushing through it--- absurd.
Good luck to you!! (You remind me of me 20 years ago...)
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Your body is telling you in no uncertain terms to back off a bit.
I had a job that drove me to the emergency room more than once. At least in my case I could find another job. You can't exactly resign from yours!
Take care of yourself.