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Hello -- I belong to several groups for cat health, and a
couple of them have set up a FILE accessible from the group's home page at
Yahoo. In this file we list vets we recommend. This group could do
something similar -- list good and not-so-good doctors. Personally I
believe that some doctors are exactly like some vets. When some vets come
across a case that might turn out to be difficult for them or the owner of the
cat, they often recommend just putting the cat down. I have seen this esp
in diabetic cats. If the vet doesn't want to have to deal with possible
complications, he tells the owner that it's difficult to treat, and kitty should
just be put down. In reality, diabetes is very easy to treat in 95% of
cats -- that vet just didn't want to deal with it. I believe that some
human doctors also don't want to deal with rare incurable illnesses. It
might take a lot of time, and they might look bad if they can't do
anything. Drs like this of course don't put people to sleep -- but they
often ignore them or treat them badly or pass them on to someone else.
Someone might be a very good dr, he just doesn't want to deal with a
difficult case that he will probably not be able to make
better. With TM and other diseases, you need a dr who is a good
detective, one who will never stop looking for ways to help you -- and enjoy the
process. Those are the best doctors.
take care -- Michelle
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:31
PM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] TM diagnosis
Natalie and TM family,
It seems like I keep reading about this type of attitude with doctors over
and over on the tmic. It has brought me to a point of
worry about others who may not be not getting the correct treatment in a
timely manner. Do we (this groups members) have an obligation to at least note
the doctors name and where they are practicing medicine? I don't want to
imply that these doctors are bad people or bad doctors. They just don't
have the education or training to recognize this disorder. Maybe we
could help prevent someone from having to encounter multiple visits to a
doctor that doesn't understand TM. I don't know how the rest of the group
feels about this but maybe it is something we can discuss. Just my 2.3 cents.
Larry in Oklahoma where it is beginning to look a lot like
autumn!
From: "Natalie Boyles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tracey L.
Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC:
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [TMIC] TM
diagnosis
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:50:45 -0500
Hi Tracey,
TM effects people to
different degrees.
Your daughter hopefully is one
of the more fortunate TMers. I have been sent to Hershey Med several
times. Last time there the neurologist told me there was no such thing as TM
and wondered what doctor had told me I had TM. I told him it was two
doctors, one in Lebanon and one at Johns Hopkins.
Did someone at Hershey actually
give a TM diagnosis? Please let me know who it was. The doc I saw who would
not say I had TM or admit to there being TM, did put MS on my
insurance form, but he would not say to me if I had that either. He did tell
me he would not need to see me again,which I thought was very strange.
thanks
Natalie
On 11/1/06, Tracey L.
Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I also am really new to this whole process. My 12 year old
daughter is the one that has been diagnosed with TM as well as Guillain
Barre. She seems to not have half of the issues that everyone else on here
has. Feb 1 will be 2 years since she was first flown to the Hershey
Medical.
Ashlee Black - 12/2/93
Tracey L. Black
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