A friend dropped by the office today...

January 9, 2004

Hi,

I thought I would share this story with you. A friend of mine has

been suffering from what she has described in the past as chronic

fatigue and a wheat allergy. She stopped by the office today to say

hi. Then she starts to go into more details about the fact that she

is highly anemic, was having terrible bleeding problems one a month

with large liver like clots, has lower digestive problems including

gassiness and is feeling run down. She took 4 weeks off in December

and was considering applying for disability; the problems have been

going on for 4 years at least and her poor husband is practically

without a mate she is so rundown. She's 48 and has 2 children.

I asked her if she had ever had any diagnostics for fibroids and she

said her doctor told her she couldn't have fibroids because her cycle

was regular (Hello? Who licenses these folks). The doctor told her

that she had this wheat allergy but without testing her. The test

that the doctor wanted her to have was a colonoscopy. She had seen an

acupuncturist a while back and said there was some relief from the

heavy bleeding she was having. Her bloodwork indicated that her

thyroid was okay, I'm not sure about how much further they took it.

I told her that there was a chance that it was fibroids but it might

be adenomyosis. I gave her a bunch of info including book titles,

doctor names and told her she need to get a pelvic exam and request

an ultrasound to start with.Her pattern of complaints mirrors so much

of what I've read here that I'm just frustrated that her doctor is so

lame.

Maybe this community can help change her life. I'll let you know what

comes from this.

Ann

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