She had suffered for at least 5mnths and was seen by 4 other doctors. He looked at her in the ED and diagnosed her in less than 3 minutes and started treatment. fuckin hero in my book.
Nurse came by and said she was probably a few weeks from dying ad that this doctor, although he acts pretty casual, is one the best doctors in the country.
Posted 8/23/2009 10:53 pm
she has disseminated lyme disease
headache
joint pain
severe nerve pain
and then she had a light stroke because the lyme disease invaded the heart and she had a blood clot form because of an irregular rythm.
The doctor listened to her tell the story, looked at the EKG, and started IV ABX. Seriously, after months of her dying in front of our eyes, this guy knew what she had in less than 30seconds.
3days later the tests all came back positive.
She was home 5 days later, after going through mild heart failure.
My brother is super pissed at all of the doctors she had seen, becuase he had asked them if it could be lyme disease and they couldn't be bothered to check the lab.
I told him not to be pissed, but to feel lucky his wife was seen randomly in the emergency room by a rock star doctor.
Posted 8/23/2009 11:11 pm
I had a horrible tick bite a few weeks ago. But I knew enough to get on Amoxycillin immediately after the rash. Because I'm not a dumbass that ignores obvious symptoms.
i don;t think it's that the other doctors suck. I just think that there are about 10% of the doctors out there who are just superstars. You can tell them within seconds of walking in. They seem to have a sixth sense to them about diagnosing disease. It's like they can figure what a person has before entering the room.
Most of them are pretty low key because they are so confident that they don;t need to pretend.
All the other doctors know who they are and send their families to them
I felt obligated to go back to the other doctors in person and explain in detail, with all my documentation, how I was properly diagnosed and cured. I didn't want them to ever misdiagnose another patient with the same problem.
this was complete random chance. she had the stroke. went to the ED at the big hospital in the region. they called a stroke doctor. he made the diagnosis.
Regular schmoes will harldy ever see a doc that was at the top of his class. Oh, maybe an intern just starting out, but they'll move on to care for the rich and famous.Nope, working people get the b grade and lower docs.
i think you need to go to the big hospitals to find the better docs. although there are plenty of shitty ones there.
But, stay away from the samll places and the local doctors in private practice if you have anything serious.
Of course, with obama care, this will all be moot as you'll be assigned a "medical home" with an assigned nurse practitioner and and chinese doctor that you'll never get to see
