I think I will keep the current doctor. While I may end up normal, at least he doesn’t treat me as if I am normal by default. He sent my test results to me with an explanation of what each test was for. Yes, it is a form letter thing but he put the effort to do it and put a little note on it. I appreciate that.
For those that are interested, I have added the purpose of each test to the lj entry with my test scores (I can’t seem to call them results, they are scores like every other test I take).
I was denied the hormone tests (the other dr said that hormones are usually all over the place so the results wouldn’t really have any meaning). Didn’t like her. Bad dr, no cookie. I am sure she is a adequate doctor but she treated me like of course I fit into the statistics. I may fit but I don’t like to be treated like I absolute do fit. Lets find out if I do fit. Something is different about me. I would like to find out what it is.
I have a hearing test and an MRI scheduled in the beginning of Aug. That should be it for this round. I am sure I will pass these test with flying colors but at least I can cross them off the list.
My dizzies and tinnitus seem to have retreated. Hopefully they will stay that way.
I know you like Kaiser (I don’t, *shudder* – but I have my reasons which have no place here) but I can’t believe the doc was silly enough to say that hormonal levels wouldn’t “have any meaning”… My doc did it – didn’t understand the results, and *referred* me to my OB/Gyn with the test results for HER to interpret it… and since that was her specialty, she knew exactly what the levels indicated…
Maybe you could ask your Gyn to run them?
hugs…
The doctor in question was the GYN.
Basically her opinion was that my symptoms don’t point to anything that the hormone test would show and hormones are all over the place anyway so a positive test could be just a temporary spike. No useful information could come of it, in her opinion.
There were other issues I have with how she dealt with me so not trusting her opinion fits in with my over all evaluation of her. I won’t be seeing her again anyway. Don’t really trust what she says and will try to remember it the next time I run into a doctor I like.
Oh the fun of doctors. I am not in any critical place so it can wait. Who knows, maybe by the next time I will be old enough to be taken more seriously.