Seems like we have to go see a Doctor 10 times before they can tell what is wrong with us?
Why is that happening?
Is this happening everywhere?
I went to a Doctor for three years when my Scoliosis started Flaring up she told me for three years there was nothing that could be done for my Scoliosis.
She lied I could of been doing yoga could of been wearing a brace.
Read reviews.
And the medical professionals for what ever reason only has a few minutes to give to each patient.
Yoga, physical therapy, chiropractor, accuputurest also for your back issues.
Welcome to are forum. Are you taking care of anyone, or is this information for you?
It will help a great deal if you will ask your question only once.
Otherwise your answers will be spread out and your posts not answered or seen with any certainty.
Welcome to our Forum.
I am sorry for your bad experience. In my entire lifetime I have been lucky to find wonderful doctors. I must have a lucky star over my head. I am a nurse, so I do know what to look for. And I will say that in medicine, especially as our doctors are more and more limited in terms of time they can spend with us, it is the SQUEAKING wheel that gets the oil. One has to wonder what happens when we aren't strong enough to advocate for ourselves or have others to advocate for us.
I think of people here dealing with illnesses. Think of Lea and her melanoma and her hubby and his liver transplant. And over the years, with researching a gathering knowledge she likely knows more about BOTH those subjects than your average newbie doc. Often patients who do their research know more about their illness. The doc knows a little about everything. But we learn a lot about what we personally are dealing with.
What I have learned so far in my life with my own care and also my late husbands, is that we all have to be our own advocates as who knows our bodies better than we do?
So if you're not getting the answers you're needing, do your homework and try try again.
And thank God for the internet. as we all now have the ability to check reviews for all doctors.
There are still good doctors out there, but often you have to kiss many frogs before you find a keeper.
Nothing will straighten your spine after you have finished growing. My daughter wore a Boston Brace (hard plastic from chest to hips) for three years, 23.5 hours a day (30 minutes time off for a shower) in her early teens, which certainly helped stop it getting worse and worse as she was still growing. You are past that point, if you are doctor shopping on your own.
My best pain-manager is lying flat on a firm floor with a book to distract me, a hot water bottle under my top curve, and 30 mg of codeine. A pity it's not compatible with a nice cup of tea. Of course, make sure your posture is as good as possible, as much of the time as possible. And stay slim!
If anyone tells you that they can fix your scoliosis, THEY are lying (even if they think they are right) and their suggestions are going to cost you money. Normally they are yoga, massage, chiropractic or other alternative types of 'therapies', and normally with almost no long-time scoliosis experience to see what works. Not usually physio, most of them are better educated, even if they don't help either. Been there, done or seen all that.
Send me a private mail if you want to discuss our shared problems, Margaret
Healthcare here in the US varies greatly by state, and county, even when one is on Medicare. And it depends on your chosen network, clinic, and supplemental plans and insurances.
I agree to switch doctors, and seek second opinions, if you feel you aren't getting all the care and treatments you feel would help you if at all possible.
Back in the 1980s in the early years of owning a business together with my husband, we paid for HMO health insurance. At that time, in that clinic, I was suffering with recurring yeast infections. On and off and on and off of antibiotics for a few years but it always came back. This clinic only let me see a NP (there were no PAs at the time and you needed a "referral" to make an appointment with an ob/gyn). She'd listen to my description of my symptoms, look at the discharge and prescribe Monistat (or something similar). I finally switched insurance and clinics and for the first time could go directly to an OB/GYN MD. In one appointment, and one smear later, I was told I was passing my infection to my husband and he back to me. We BOTH had to take antibiotics and I finally got rid of it. This was a profound lesson to never settle if that provider isn't making progress in finding a solution for you.
We've both been blessed with good doctors over the years who do care about us, since they've saved our lives 4x so far. And we're 66, both of us!
Your other question is "what causes dementia?" Which means you now have 2 issues going on with no medical answers to date. Tough conditions, both of them. My friends husband died an excruciating death from ALS which has no cure or medical answers either. He starved to death, and my friend still hasn't gotten over witnessing it, 15 years later. And still no progress has been made with ALS, sadly.
Start doing yoga and wearing a brace, and let's hope you get some relief from your back troubles as many folks cannot.