Kidney Dysfunction in Lupus: Re: Re: Find A Doctor who You Can Trust

» lifewiththetwins - Re: Re: Find A Doctor who You Can Trust

In response to message posted by scottishgirl:

Hi Karyn,
In regards to finding a new doctor that is just not possible in some areas, such as mine. If you are seeing a family doctor you can't even get on a waiting list for another doctor. It took us two years to find one who would take me on. Also when there is a doctor shortage new doctors will not accept new patients who have serious illnesses because they take up too much time. When you are not happy with your family doctor the advice you receive is to go to the nearest hospital. Of course going to the hospital is useless because the first question you are asked there is "who is your family doctor" and then you are told you must go through him or her. It is an endless vicious cycle. And to add insult to injury if you request to see a specialist (as I did) you can be told NO by your doctor and there is nothing you can do about this because you can only see a specialist through your family doctor. (mine said NO several times. his reasoning was that there wasn't enough wrong with me yet) Anyway as must be evident to you, I am frustrated. I hope this new doctor turns out well for us. At least I will have some documented proof that I have MS and hopefully he or the neurologist will send me to the kidney specialist and hopefully a nutritionist to help me plan my diet.
I will try to let you know how the diet works or doesn't work. I am really interested in this method of health management. I think it is highly under estimated. Also I know what you mean about the vegan diet being very hard when you have a family. I cook most of my family's food from scratch, including snacks, bread, etc. My health is making this very difficult and I barely have time for anything else. If I can do just one thing in a day I make sure it is cooking. Everything else comes second. So far I am managing but it is VERY hard. My goal each day is basically to make to the end of the day. I am looking at ways to improve my quality of life. (I know you must be expert at this by now)
Take care
Lori

-- posted by lifewiththetwins