Guest guest Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 Hi Jill, I would love to hear one of those #$% " " ?=(&%*^ (loads of generic swearing, he-he) doctors tell that to a professional soccer player, basketball player, (Am.) football player, alpinist etc., when they get an injury or two... It annoys me so bad sometimes when you hear one of those (multi-millionaires already) athletes have the hugest pity-party ever over a torn meniscus or ACL... How their life is totally ruined, they will never be happy again etc. Well, I should be fair, I guess that the media blow their stories out of proportion too, but anyway... You get my drift, I am sure... None of these doctors would EVER talk like that to a top athlete when they come in with one of the injuries that happens to EDSers all the time. They would never minimize the pain involved in them. Most of us just live with the injuries we get, and go on with our lives as best we can. If an EDSer goes to the ER, he/she is often mistrusted. It is so insane sometimes. As e.g. one of the regulars told one time, where the doctors wouldn't believe her, even if her jaw was totally out of joint and it showed on X-rays. Or as one EDSer here experienced several times with an ER surgeon here, she came in with her scapula laying under her arm, and the idiot told her it was all in her head. Well, not just him, but several doctors. No thanks to them she had surgery a couple of years ago, and has been fine ever since.... It is just so totally unbeliveable, it really blows my mind. Somebody should make a huge TV story out of the stories of some EDSers, and show how people with EDS is treated so many places... hugs, Aase Marit >It always amazes me when doctors suggest that there is no pain associated >with EDS. Look at the repeated joint trauma that the joints endure with >repeated dislocations and subluxations, and when we are not doing that, we >are spasming muscles trying to keep things in place. Sounds painless to >me..... > >Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 LOL! That would surely be motivation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 ....if better communication or patient/physician cmmunication/relationship can be increased. ---------- I still prefer the " communication motivation " of the old story about the attractive young lady getting settled into the dentist's chair, then calming reaching down, gently grasping the dentist in a mannger sure to get his attention, and sweetly saying " Now, we aren't going to hurt each other, are we? " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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