Neuropathy: My Journey

I just sent Dr Oaklander the additional information. She is not going to help me find all the people she recommended. I am so frustrated. I kinda had a melt down when she said I was on my own since I live in Texas. I am ready to move to another state.

sorry about the problems. I remember getting medical treatment in the 60s and 70s when doctors were nice, concerned, caring and helpful.

Those days seem long gone.

Shame on these people.

We live in pain and they choose THAT time to be callous to us. Utterly shameful.

I hope that you can find the help you need.

I just sent Dr Oaklander the additional information. She is not going to help me find all the people she recommended. I am so frustrated. I kinda had a melt down when she said I was on my own since I live in Texas. I am ready to move to another state.

Medical professionals today usually belong to some kind of huge medical corporation. Said group often has a policy for their doctors to spend no more than "X" minutes with any one patient so the assembly line can continue spewing out dissatisfied patients. You need to find a doctor who is an independent practitioner (I know, good luck with that). I went to a neurologist a few years back who had her own, private practice. She was originally from Romania and had seen what socialized medicine had done to patient care there.
During my first session with her, she spent an hour and a half with me (you heard me right...90 minutes!), having me do this and that, all the while writing down notes on a yellow legal pad. At the end of our session, she prescribed a couple of meds for my lower back pain that eventually made my life bearable again. How many of you out there have a doctor who really gets to know your real medical history, let alone getting to know you as a person? How can you really treat someone in fifteen minutes? Unfortunately, we have become a nation of socialized medicine, whether we want to admit it or not.

Medical professionals today usually belong to some kind of huge medical corporation. Said group often has a policy for their doctors to spend no more than "X" minutes with any one patient so the assembly line can continue spewing out dissatisfied patients. You need to find a doctor who is an independent practitioner (I know, good luck with that). I went to a neurologist a few years back who had her own, private practice. She was originally from Romania and had seen what socialized medicine had done to patient care there.
During my first session with her, she spent an hour and a half with me (you heard me right...90 minutes!), having me do this and that, all the while writing down notes on a yellow legal pad. At the end of our session, she prescribed a couple of meds for my lower back pain that eventually made my life bearable again. How many of you out there have a doctor who really gets to know your real medical history, let alone getting to know you as a person? How can you really treat someone in fifteen minutes? Unfortunately, we have become a nation of socialized medicine, whether we want to admit it or not.

High priced socialized medicine.
Flight to Boston to nights in hotel food was ever expensive. She spent 30 minutes with me and really did not know my medical information. Had not reviewed what was sent in. Then said she would get the person she trained in Houston to get with me. She is claiming she did not say that but both my husband and I both heard it. My neurologist since 2002 passed away in 2022. I have not had any luck they just tell me to come back once a year. I have progressed really bad the past year.

Big Breaking Bad fan, eh?

Or, well, hopefully not a fan of the cartel and drug dealers...

If you are from the cartel, please let me know where I can get the cool narco music. I love that stuff.

We have corporate medicine, not socialized medicine. We have the opposite of socialized medicine.

Here's a clip from Jim Carrey, a Canadian, talking about health care in Canada, beyond the lies that the HMOs and their PR team want to spin:

Anybody have positive results from the Spinal Cord Stimulator implant?

I just sent Dr Oaklander the additional information. She is not going to help me find all the people she recommended. I am so frustrated. I kinda had a melt down when she said I was on my own since I live in Texas. I am ready to move to another state.

Thanks for responding. So sorry to hear about your balance problem and I can understand your concern. I am wondering if you had a spinal cord stimulator implant, maybe your balance might improve significantly. I am just thinking of the pain, and I totally understand where you are coming from. I pray for your health and happiness.