Since my initial hearing loss, in September 2018, I’ve been to so many doctors that I’m pretty sure I’ve spent a solid six months’ time in offices and doing tests. Today, that ends.
I have been to ENTs, audiologists, and even a specialist who is supposed to be the best and has seen everything. Nobody has an answers, and nobody is willing to dig into the issue to find one. They’ve checked for holes, tumors, and even blood pressure, but there’s no answer.
As my friend put it, this is “... depressing, aggravating, and demoralizing...” Perfect words, dear friend. This is exactly how I feel.
When something goes wrong in your body, you expect a doctor to fix it. When that can’t be done, it’s beyond frustrating. I’m sure a solid 99.9% of you lovely readers have been through something similar. Maybe it was short-lived, maybe it has become a lifelong mystery. We have all been through trying to solve a health mystery.
Modern medicine is marvelous, but doesn’t know everything. Despite what we want, sometimes there’s just no answer. The most frustrating part is when a doctor simply gives up, rather than digging deeper. I guess that’s just a TV medicine thing.
Anyhow, I now have a a journey to take, to help me accept it. I am at the bottom of a cliff, having to climb straight up to find my acceptance. Here’s to learning to rock climb.
I understand your frustration with doctors. Since I have pain that comes and goes; pain that travels to different parts with no explanation... they diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia which is basically a catch all diagnosis for we don’t know what the heck is going on but we think it may be rheumatic. Treatments they have tried are not effective and have side effects that I had come to the point of I’d rather deal with the pain than go through the side effects of the medicines. They have no clue what causes it... have no clue how to properly treat it... they just don’t know. Completely and utterly frustrating which I imagine is very similar to how you feel. I’m here for you even though I technically can’t do anything but be a listening ear. Here us to the hope that in the future there will be the knowledge they severely lack in some areas of medicine.
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