WELL YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY, I WAS FINALLY GOING TO SEE THE NEUROLOGIST! SO EXCITED, JOE HELPED ME DRESS, I CHANGED MY CLOTHES 3 TIMES, AS I DID MY HAIR AND MAKE UP I WAS SO HAPPY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO BE A LONG PAINFUL DRIVE.
JOE FOUND THE PLACE ALRIGHT, IT SAID NEUROLOGICAL AND SLEEP CENTER OF OCALA, THAT WAS THE ONLY DR MEDCIAD SAID THEY WOULD PAY FOR. I REALLY WANTED HIS IMPUT AS TO THE STATUS OF MY ALHEZIMERS. I FILLED OUT PAGES UPON PAGES OF PAPERWORK THEN WAS LED TO HIS OFFICE, WE SAT, ME FREEZING FOR OVER AN HOUR WAITING, AS I SAT THERE I LOOKED AROUND HIS OFFICE, YUP IM NOSEY LOL. THERE WAS BOOKLETS ON SLEEP DISORDERS, SNORING ECT, NOT ONE THING ON THE BRAIN, THINKING THIS WAS ODD I WAITED.
WELL HE CAME IN, SEEMED ABRUPT AND ASKED WHY I WAS THERE, I STATED YOU HAVE THE REPORT, I HAVE ALHEZIMERS DISEASE. HE LOOKED THROUGH THE PAPERS AND THE REPORT IN 2 SECONDS, I WANTED HIM TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE NUMBER MEANT ON THE SCALE ECT, WHAT STAGE I WAS IN AND WHAT THE WORD SEVERE ON MY REPORT MEANT IN RELATION TO ME. I TOLD HIM SOME OF MY SYMPTONS THAT I HAD BEEN HAVING FOR OVER A YEAR, SO OK NEXT QUESTION, STANDARD QUESTION REMEMBER THESE 3 THINGS. SO OK I LISTENED,
WELL THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY HE DID NOT BELIEVE I HAD ALZHEIMER'S, HE SAID IT WAS OBVIOUS FROM MY MEDS THAT I SUFFERED FROM CHRONIC PAIN SYNDROME, WELL NO SHIT ................ OK BP RISING, CALM DOWN, TAKE A BREATH THEN LISTEN, NEXT THING OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS I THINK THE REPORT IS CRAP OR MISREAD, MIND YOU HE LOOKED AT IT FOR 2.3 SECONDS.OK ,NOW I AM FUMING, MY HUSBAND REACHED OVER TO HOLD MY HAND AS I FEAR HE THOUGHT THE DR WAS GOING TO GET SMACKED,THEN HE SAID HE WANTED A SPEEP STUDY, NOW WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING( YES I WAS GETTING ANGRY VERY ANGRY) THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
OK SO WE AGREED TO THE SLEEP STUDY, HE SAID HE COULD DO IT FRI NIGHT. SO THEN, OH THIS IS MAKING MY BP RISE LOL, HE I WENT TO ASK HIM SO QUESTIONS HE SAID HURRY UP I NEED TO LEAVE, WELL OK I SAT HERE FOR AN HOUR WAITING ON YOU. OK DONNA LET IT GO, HE SAID I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU HAVE ALHEZMIERS, LOOK AT YOU, THE WAY YOU DRESSED AND LOOK, YOU SPEAK TOO CLEARLY AND KNOW TO MANY MEDICAL TERMS SO YOU CANNOT HAVE ALHEZIMERS. HE THEN LEFT THE ROOM GAVE ME SOME SAMPLES OF PILLS AND THREW ME A BOOK ABOUT ALHEZIMERS.I MADE THE APPOINTMENT FOR FRI NIGHT AND WE LEFT.
ASI WALKED TO THE CAR I STARTED BALLING, ALL THIS EXCITMENT, FELT I HAD BEEN HIT BY A TRUCK. I GOT IN THE CAR AND CALLED THE OFFICE RIGHT BACK AND SAID I DO NOT WANT THE SLEEP STUDY, THEY SAID WHY, I SAID"THE DR IS A RUDE .ARROGANT BASTARD"
YES I SAID THIS AND HUNG UP. I THEN OPENED THE BAG WITH THE SAMPLES, ONE THAT HE SAID TO CONTINUE MY ALHEZIMERS MEDS WITH AND TOW THAT MY INSURANCE WOULD NOT PAY FOR SO HE WOULD DO ME A FAVOR AND GIVE ME A 30 DAY SUPPLY. WELL I OPENED THIS PAMPLET THAT WAS IN THE BOX AND READ USES AND CONTRADICTIONS, WELL IT SAID IT NOT MADE FOR AND IS A DANGER TO GIVE TO ALHEZIMERS PTS. IT WAS MADE FOR ALS AND MS, OK NOW IM FUMING, CRYING, SWEARING , YOU NAME IT, JOE IS TRYING TO DRIVE, CALM ME DOWN AND BE GENTLE WITH ME.... NOW THE BEST PART
I LOOKED AT THE PAPER WORK, AND THE PERSCRIPTION HE GAVE ME INCASE INSURANCE WOULD COVER THE MEDICINE THAT COULD KILL ME LOL AND HE WAS A DO, HE WAS NOT A NEUROLOGIST, HE WAS A CHIROPRACTOR, AN OSTEOPATH,YOU KNOW THE ONES WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN PAIN OR PAIN MEDS, THE ONES WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE OR FIBROMYALGIA, THE ONES THAT THINK IF THEY TWEEK YOUR NECK YOUR BOWELS WILL WORK BETTER......... OH HAVE SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO MAKE TODAY, FIRST TO MEDICAID AND SECOND TO THE DR WHO LEAD ME TO BELIEVE HE WAS A NEUROLOGIST.
NOW PLEASE, D.O WORK FOR SOME PEOPLE, I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD BACK OR NECK PAIN THAT SWEAR BY THERE CHIROPRACTOR, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY CLOTHES MATCHED, MY MAKEUP WAS ON, AND I WAS WELL VERSED MEDICALLY, THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME, YET ANOTHER DOWNFALL OF UNSEEN ILLNESS..................
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