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Peter’s Experience With the Medical Community
Written by Peter on Thursday, October 9, 2008
Continuing Peter’s answers to Sean’s questions, here is something about Peter’s experience dealing with the medical community. The question asked was: "Describe your experience with medical professionals"
This is something new and quite recent.
The first discussion was during the interview with Michael First. It was a little hard at the start but, as many others who were interviewed by him found, he soon put me at ease and the dry mouth and throat began gushing everything out.
The second time was with my GP who, as expected, just laughed.
The third time was with a psychologist specialising in transsexuals (nearest speciality I could find) who was most interested and wants to take things further with a psychiatric test. The psychologist (who is not a doctor) cannot make any decisions but has contacts. She concluded after just one hour-long consultation that I had definitely made my mind up (yes, I did point out that there was in fact no decision to be made – that’s the way it is) and that a second appointment should be with the view to obtaining "authorisation" from a psychiatrist. She (the psychologist) would then be prepared to accompany me from A to Z, i.e. through all the consultations, surgery and post surgery stages.
The fourth time was with a rheumatologist (visit for a problem with my arm) who decided that I wasn’t a case for him and sent me to a neurologist.
The fifth time was with the neurologist who appeared to be very knowledgeable on the subject. This will also go further with another specialist. For me this was a step in right direction.
As I’ve said before in other writings I have only mentioned the arm to most of the medical professionals. This has been easy because I have the Focal Dystonia as an "excuse". Only Michael first and my psychologist know about my need to paralyse and shorten a leg. I feel there is no point in talking to a GP about this. One might as well ask one’s local car mechanic to fix the space shuttle.
I would like to stress that I feel I have a good approach to the medical professionals. I do not profess to know the slightest thing about BIID. I don’t adopt an "I want" attitude but I’m not pathetic and I don’t say "Oh, doctor, please help me or I’ll kill myself"!
There will be a whole lot more to write in this section in the weeks to come. Stay tuned!
Tags: BIID, Doctor, Medical Professionals, Neurologist, Psychologist
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