“Great news, your blood test results are normal so we won’t be giving you any of the support you need!”
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Fucking hell, I told a doctor that the blood test will very likely not show anything, but they wanted to do one anyways. When the results came back, they told me I was healthy. Thanks, I'll relay that info right to my fucking body, so it can stop producing pain.
When I got sick it took me a month to realise I might have had what my grandma had. That got scary for a moment because her tests were always normal and my whole family, myself included, thought she was a druggie. I got dead set on getting to the bottom of it and therefore got diagnosed in likely a record time despite being seronegative.
If you want to put a cherry on top then you can add referral to a psychologist in the last panel XD
I got told to drink warm milk before bed as a response to fatigue, unbalance, and dizziness. That was a great $35.
They didn't even run a test and told me to drink Gatorade
Psychologists and physical therapists are the favorite referrals of doctors who essentially tell you “it’s your fault and/or you’re making it up.” Glad you got Dx’d quickly though!
I went through diagnoses of burnout, anxiety, FND, health anxiety, depression, before I finally met a doctor who did the right tests and diagnosed my illness.
The medical system has an obsession with psychologising illnesses they can’t explain. it’s scary.
The paradigm is, meke them do therapy and exercise, and everything will magically get better. Which, well when you have an underlying undiagnosed medical condition, just isn’t the case.
It took nearly 12 months, an emergency visit, and being lucky enough to get a Dr who listened before "the tests look normal, idk, do some stretches?" became "oh no, your arm's blood supply is compromised, we have to do surgery."
So glad I didn't listen to the other Drs, or I'd never have found I have the lucky combination of arterial and venous thoracic outlet syndrome. On the downside, they're going to cut my rib out, but it definitely taught me to trust my body when something seems wrong.
I am so glad you found the diagnosis of your problem! Amazing!
Thank you <3
Rule Number 1. Treat the patient, not the lab results.
never felt so targeted in a meme
At least insurance didn't block the test?... Unless had to pay out of pocket :(
Maybe get a different kind of "lab". I know not necessarily helpful with the illness but maybe psychologically.
LoL
My problem isn't with the lab results, it's insurance unable to do anything productive unless you go through there steps to "make sure" your not faking it. I have chronic pain and first step is physical therapy which makes it worse so I Physically can't do it. But in order to get "ahead" on figuring it out I have to do it. But it's ok my lab work is fine though.
Physical therapy? Really?
I can't imagine getting through PT. I can't microwave oatmeal without taking a rest in the middle.
I had a different, fun experience. My lab work was actually what got me diagnosed, but to make sure I'm taking the right dose and my medication is being effective, I need to get labs done about every 3 months. Insurance decided that nobody could possibly need lab work done more than 3 times a year, so I got a nice $2,000 surprise bill in the mail for the last labs of the year.
"Your spleen is enlarged but blood work is fine so guess it's okay"
Uhhhhhhhhhhh
Whaaaaa???
Hopefully it doesn't do more spleen things!
Same with this dental abscess, gotta hope it holds together until September 26th! Soonest appointment!
Thankfully that was not my experience at all. The doctor saw my bloodwork and called me himself and was like 'Holy shit we need to take care of this RIGHT NOW or you could die.'