Hey Crytstal.
Yes..I agree...we all need a good belly laugh !!!!! Does your head feel better now that you finally listened to your sister and don't frown???Ha, Ha!!!
Renee...MY LORD...Thorazine....what an ass that dude was...hope you didn't have to pay for that appt!!!!!
Lisa W......Where the heck did you find that fool??/ come back when you can no longer breathe....Sweet Jesus...I wonder if these doctors realize what the heck they are saying and how stupid it sounds..I take it that was your 1st and last visit with that fool...OMG!!!!
There were so many silly things said to me during my journey....Thank God I had taken one of my best friends with me to many NL's appt.....she is a researcher and sales at Lilly...the drug company....so she is no dummy...she went prepared ..with computer in hand and typed what these people were saying!!
Thank God I had a witness b/c I really think people would thing i was stretching the truth!!
Anyway..the 1st NL I went to ...Kris came too...I had drop foot at the time and was literally dragging my left leg.
Go in to see NL and he doesn't even shake my hand, say hi...nothing....He sees me go into the exam room...he is behind me.
"You run?" he asks..I reply..."No, I use to ride a stationary bike and exercise at the gym every day before all this..but..no, I was never a runner."
I thought he was asking me that b/c I am thin...maybe he thinks I use to run...NO..
Through broken English he says."You run now...for me....here." I say something like..."I can barely walk!"
To make matters worse this NL was not only an idiot, rude and uneducated in Chiari..He looked exactly like MOE from the 3 Stooges!!! Kris and I still laugh about him to this day.
When I told my primary about the appt he was PO'd and had me admitted to the hospital for testing.....get in my room..and here strolls in MOE...Holy crap...I am thinking..I need this loser like a hole in the head.
When he walks in..I was in the middle of another one of my crying jags...Again , no "Hey, how are ya...we'll get to the bottom of this.."
Moe asks..."Why you cry???" If I could have strangled him..I seriously think I would have gotten off on "Justifable homiside"
Another NL who was very nice and appeared to be sincere in his caring said..something like.."there is something wrong with you..but don't waste your time worrying about Chiari. I can tell by the MRI that the fluid is flowing fine" When I asked him how he could tell on a static MRI.not a CINE MRI he replied..."I just can."
Needless to say...this lady is done with NL's!!!
Peace,
Lori