I have had a medical condition from a car accident for now six years. I found initially the doctor either wasn\'t taking me seriously or was concerned about being sued for misdiagnosing, so was purposely lightening up the injury to nearly nothing in his notes. This has been the most baffling of situations for me to have to deal with in my lifetime. I am female and have seriously considered the piles of evidence that stack up to men and doctors still not taking women seriously and especially in regards to pain.
There are some doctors that have taken me seriously, but I have a huge barrier to now overcome since I was in too much pain to keep up with responsibliities, I had gotten myself into a bit of trouble, however this is entirely due to not being able to function due to my disability. One doctor decided to either bump their ability to protect themselves against litigation since I am now been found totally disabled in pain from injuries which I have found out need surgical treatment, never offered to me. Rejecting my insistance to treat my injuries, one doctor played the legal nuts and sluts card and decided to just document that I am certifiable. However, interestingly, I have a bachelor\'s degree in psychology, and clearly realize that the issues he sees as not normal behavior, are completely due to my severe pain issues, and inability to stand, sit, or walk much of the time, without severe severe pain. I have been treated for some of the pain, and as doctors realize how much pain I am in, they keep upping up the pain control methods, thank goodness, although medication does worry me, it\'s just that it is necessary for me to be able to stand up for at least short periods of time.
It is the doctors that haven\'t taken me seriously that worry me, and their effect on my lifelong medical record. You cannot change your medical record.
Hopefully I will get surgery and my injury will be fixed, perhaps not though. Who knows. It\'s just that it bothers me intensely that a doctor would diagnose me as a looney tune that just gets me. Perhaps I can clear the record and sue, see a psychologist and get another opinion. I however am not sure I can be that ambitious. I really am pretty bedridden much of the time, and other than the necessary activites, I just hate to be adding things onto my schedule. Bummer huh? I guess it is what you think that matters in the end, but will this medical paperwork come out and bite me in the end. It is a good way for another doctor to not take you seriously in the future for something else that may come up, and the fear of not being treated medically when you really do need help, is fresh in my mind. I suffered in a lot more pain before with a lot less pain control. I simply fear that I can run into this again, and the situation could even be worse. Let\'s face it, with a doctor it can be life and death.
Could it be that I am female, single,
? What do you think? I know that I am different, and even on the pain medication I am on now, I can be a little out of it. I am a different person than I was before the accident, always on the move, extremely physical fit. I wish I could feel as good as I did then, and healthy. I wonder if it is how I come accross now as a disabled person, and wonder if there is some discrimination here as well.
One important detail, is simply that my injury is rare, and occurred in a rare situation. Reports say that doctors often miss this injury and that surgery is relatively new as of perhaps the last three years, but completely successful. I would love to know what you think. Thank you.
In response to the first answerer, several did tell me the same thing, and several others told me there was something wrong, they just never understood how serious it was until a long way down the road, years. They have found that there is a surgery for this, so it is a serious medical condition no one had found before.
Misdiagnosis do happen. Keep your \"it\'s all in your head if they don\'t believe you\" to yourself. I\'ve heard that enough before I found out that I needed surgery. I guess you can just never give up on yourself. I am wondering how the rest of the world deals with such incompetence on a regular basis for things that may be rarer that many doctors don\'t deal with on a daily basis, probobly just like me.
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