At a Dr. visit a few years ago I was telling him about how my joints
hurt so bad some days that going up and down 3 flights of stairs
(we live on the 3rd floor no elevator).
So he ran blood work than proceeded to tell me the blood work
did not show any indication of arthritis.
I told the blood work may not say there is arthritis, but it can't tell
where I am hurting.
Just made me so made, guess the Dr thought because I was only
in my 40's that I can't have pain in my joints.
I started taking glucosamine tablets everyday it has helped some
but still have really bad days where the thought of navigating those
stairs makes me think twice if I really need to go anywhere.
When my daughter was young (she is 31 now) we lived in the country
our family Dr was an old time country Dr who kept up to date on all the
newest medical practices he could. To walk into his office which was in
the basement of his house you would think you stepping back in time
to the 1940's but his two "back" rooms was filled up with some of the
newest technology of the 80's.
He treated my daughter for croup via telephone so that we did not
have to take her out, told us exactly what to do to help her.
Sure miss old man Cutchin's