Today, I thought maybe I should go to my doctor because my hips crack every time I take a step. But she's also my recently ex-boyfriend's mom, so I have to choose between being in constant pain or having my doctor poke at my hips while asking me why I'm no longer dating her son. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to choose between being in excruciating pain and having a happy significant other by doing housework, or resting my sprained ankle and having my significant other pissed off at me because she thinks I’m milking it. She went to bed two hours ago and I can barely move it. Guess which I chose. FML
Today, while getting a followup to my MRI, my doctor joked that he "had bad news, and more bad news." Apparently my bulging discs were pressing on my spinal column, which was causing my back pain. The other bad news was my hip pain, it's caused by torn cartilage in there. I need to see two different specialists. FML
Today, despite my pain, my mom still refuses to take me to a foot doctor because, "They all have foot fetishes." FML
Today, I went to get checked out for my hip pain that hasn't worsened but isn't going away. When I practiced the stretches the physical therapist wanted me to do, it didn't hurt at all. When I did them much later by myself, it hurt like hell. I described my worst pain at the time as a 4. The pain now is a 6. FML
Today, my fiance's mother asked him how he can be with someone with chronic pain for the rest of his life. She has chronic health problems too, but doesn't see how this is a hypocritical question. FML
Today, despite knowing that I should never trust "Doctor Google" I was doing some research into what I could do about my spinal stenosis and the labral tear. I'm now seriously confused because working on my hip could hurt my back, but focusing just on my back might cause my right side to deteriorate. FML
Today, I realized I've been avoiding a doctor's visit for issues, because it might be less painful to go out that way than to see how much more a crapshoot 2021 would be. FML
Today, I finally sorted out my health insurance and went to the doctor. After seeing my X-rays and confirming I still had scoliosis, he also confirmed arthritis in both hips, 2 exploded discs and that I have "the back of a 50 year-old." I'm 24. FML
Today, I had to go to the hospital. While I was there, my mom started hitting on a doctor. Later I saw them making out in the room next to me. FML
Today, I was given the ultimate ultimatum: either I suffer excruciating stomach pains and remain a hostage to the porcelain whirlpool goddess, or I stop taking pain medication and face the wrath of a raging infection in my jaw. FML
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aly_pinay22 8
The answer is simple...get another doctor!
Bluepies 24
There's not another doctor in your town?
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stonedfishies 10
Why don't you just get yourself another doctor and save yourself the trouble?
catkat1988 17
You need to see a doctor. Don't let a previous relationship compromise your health! But really, if you're not comfortable with your current GP - for any reason at all - request a new one. It's that simple.
karlcolt45 19
oh dear, did my son do this? ...he used to like barney! :,(
JanisEvans 10
What you really need is a chiropractor.
caysters 12
Unless you are a doctor, you need not say she needs a different medical professional. You don't know what her issue with her hip is, and therefore, should not give medical advice.
conholio33 28
Time for a new doctor maybe??
BellaFurfaro 12
You could go see another doctor.
Bemilu 4
if shes a professional doctor, she wont even bring it up.
xxxviii 5
It sounds like that "free healthcare " you guys get limits the ability to pick and choose your own Dr....Hmmm and tell me again WHY we want this in the US? Not to mention the cost of our free health care is going to put many of us in the poor house or jail,, Ya the penalty for not paying for the free health care is fines and jail time....YAAAA for US!!
Morbid_Mistress 3
She's not limited to one doctor. She could very easily find another. Get your facts straight before you try to sound smart.
Olineo 3
Funny how you don't seem to care about those who are in the poor house or jail because of huge medical bills due to your system. I'm happy about my country's free healthcare, free schooling, not to mention the money the state pays me to go to school. Does it mean we have to pay lots of taxes? Yeah. Does it mean we have many poor people? No, we have very few, much fewer than in the US. Could this system work in the US? Probably not in this form, no. But high taxes and free healthcare aren't a bad thing. I'll gladly pay more in taxes to ensure that everybody has access to medical care and education. I'm from Denmark, btw.
Apple_2404 11
You're an idiot! Health care should be a right- not a luxury! I get to go to whatever doctor I want and it's free every time! Thank goodness I live in country where my government isn't so backward that they don't provide essential services for their citizens- whether they can afford it or not!
Abantiquo 7
You've drunk the kool-aid, 34.
charvisioku 22
Not only are you horribly misinformed and incapable of putting together a good argument, you illustrate this with "YAAAAAAAAA". What an idiot.
fdupagain 11
Olineo I want what you have! I want my two daughters, Erika, 3 and Shyanne, 7 months, brought up with a system like that then our cluster **** in the states. Just have to figure out how to move our business which is a pawn shop, then find a home. I'd love for them to do public education, but not in this county. Besides, my medical issues would taken serious instead of dragged out to make as much possible money off of my pain, surgeries, and procedures that could help me be the mom to my kids that I used to be able to be, and their lives would be so much better. I want out! I'm terrified to send my girls to school and will have to do online schooling. I want that mainly for my kids who are the most amazing gift God and my husband gave to me.
xxxviii 5
What many of you seem to fail to realize is that the quality of many but perhaps not all of the health care that is given for "free" by many countries is substandard. They will treat you when they decide, how they decide and where they decide. Many (but not all) countries provide substandard meds and treatments that are administered by unmotivated,under paid and over worked staff. In this country,Obama's notion of "free" healthcare is one of sickness. It means that we pay a certain amount that is decided by the government in order to ensure we can get their version of healthcare. Their dr's at their leisure. If you fail to pay said amount for your "free " healthcare, you can be fined and jailed. I would rather provide health insurance for myself and my family. If that makes me a bad person and wrong,,,well then I am a bad person and am wrong.....
Apple_2404 11
How is this story even on here? Get another doctor. Stop being ridiculous.
Kitten_Calderon 14
If push comes to shove invest in a new dr. Otherwise just, a. Scream in fake pain (if your willing to be subject to more tests) - b. take a deep breath every time she asks, and let it out, instead of explaining, or C. Remind her she should be professional and could get in shit for medical malpractice if she doesn't focus on you as a patient not you as her son's ex.