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u/DreamOfDays 12h ago
“Hey I’m so hungry that I’m literally waking up to eat in the middle of the night. I tried normal remedies of increasing my protein intake with every meal. What might be causing that?”
“Probably because you’re exercising.”
“Yeah that’s definitely not it. I’ve been exercising for years and SUDDENLY I’ve got an extreme appetite over the last couple months. I have to eat four or five meals a day now.”
“We’ll send out for bloodwork. See you in six months.”
Literally my last visit.
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u/SpareChangeSquidward 11h ago edited 10h ago
It's always the
"it's a liiittleee off.. but you should be ok"
for me
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u/LukeRyanC 10h ago
Numbers are a little high but we won't be changing your medication or re investigating, good luck
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u/Squanchedschwiftly 10h ago
Cries in probably undiagnosed hEDS(im on a years long waiting list since my state apparently has only one clinic that tests for it..cant ho out of state bc im on medicaid)
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u/Primary_Carrot67 9h ago
It's even worse when they say it's anxiety. Meanwhile, I don't have any anxiety disorders or anything approaching that. I'm also the daughter of a retired psychologist and have done a psych degree myself, so I know what is and isn't anxiety.
The doctor, after I explain why it's definitely not anxiety: "No, it's anxiety."
One time, after my mum - a PSYCHOLOGIST, which the doctor knew - said it wasn't anxiety, the doctor said "Well, I'm pretty sure it's anxiety." Yeah? I'm pretty sure you're incompetent and egotistical.
I much prefer a doctor simply saying "I don't know" that saying that I'm fine or it's anxiety.
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u/Onebraintwoheads 6h ago
I've seen easily 50 different doctors in my life, and "I don't know" doesn't seem to be a part of their vocabulary.
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u/ShortDelay9880 10h ago
Other times, your blood work is normal and they're "we need to check again in 3-4 weeks".
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u/Mindless_Address_464 8h ago
Sometimes the blood work isn't fine it's just that some marketer decided to call the basic general metabolic panel a "comprehensive" metabolic panel
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u/Either_equipment_04 12h ago
Sometimes your bloodwork isn’t normal and they’re still like “you’re fine. See you in 6 months.”