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[wishforchange]

So the latest theory of my doctor is that I may have SLE, back to that one again.  And no he won't refer me until he gets the specialist's letter.  And I should just put up with the eye pain.  Had a message back home of someone who tried to ring five times and eventually it was from the eye hospital saying I needed to talk with them as soon as I got the message, as the doctor had been consulted.  So if they ask me to come in do I ignore them because my own doctor has dismissed the pain?  He was in a BAD mood I think.  Well so am I!  I'd like to know anyone who can just put up with constant throbbing and watering of their eye, every day, and just sit it out because it's just a 'bit of muscle strain'.  This is like an endless headache, but inside the eye, not terrible, but not fun.  Surely there must be some drops or something that can give local pain relief?  
And if he thinks it is SLE why isn't he following it through?
Like us all here, I only have one life to live, and I'd like to live some of it before I get old.  Every part of me it seems is kicking off with problems now and still I have to wait to do things through 'proper channels'.  Does that mean just wait until I'm old enough they can put it down to my age.  He said he agreed with the referral, but would not do it today.  I have all the time in the world to suffer.  He called me some unpleasant things too.  No more Mr. nice guy.  Maybe he's got wind of my reputation?  I'm just grumpy because I'm hungry, and in pain, what was his excuse?

12.30am and I still haven't eaten, all day.  I can choose between meatballs and pasta or fried cockroach, available on my kitchen menu every night.  Off to the kitchen now to commit mass murder before cooking dinner.  I clean up the bodies later.  Prefer to leave them for a while for their friends and family to see, to warn them to keep off my property.  And to think I was once an animal lover....

[Lulu54]

I have been watching the olympics and the news people keep doing stories on the night market in Beijing - the fried cockroaches are pretty ordinary compared to some of the other fried delicacies they serve on sticks.  :-)

These people who are out there as doctors should have to sit on the receiving end sometime and get a good taste of their own medicine. Name calling has no place in making a diagnosis.

Don't go to bed hungry!
Laura

[Deb61]

There's no excuse for anyone, much less a medical professional to be calling you names--none!   UURRRRGGGGHHH! (my best growl)

Lupus does make sense with some of your symptoms (hip, eye problems, pain).  Do you have a positive ANA?  It's so hard to diagnosis without it.  There's negative ANA lupus, but what I understand is that it's not common.  I also have a low-titer ANA--not significant enough for a diagnosis of SLE.  

Fried cockroach does not sound very good to me at all!  YUCK!  

[Wobbly]

Oh my you have had a BAD day.... I hope things settle down for you... I too have pain behind my right eye almost daily... It's not as bad as your though...mine is more of a dull achy pain..headachy... blurry/double vision...

get yourself something to eat and rest... try to wind down abit...

hang in there...Hopefully it will be better tomorrow..

andie