I went to 3 different doctors before I was diagnosed with hyper thyroid, and that was with having a huge goiter! I think a lot of doctors are just in it for the money, and don't really care.
I think this is far more common than we know. When I first got a thyroid problem I had a goiter that showed up in photos across my whole neck. I weighed 120 pounds.
I went to the doctor who told me (remember, this is a huge goiter), "Oh, that's just a lymph gland".
Four months later I said "gosh, this 'lymph gland' sure is long-lived, you know?" He said "Give it a while more".
By then I weighed 140 pounds.
A FULL YEAR later I made an appointment, went in and said "this is my thyroid gland, which I found out by going to the library and looking in a medical book". (back then we didn't have home computers).
He said: "I think you're right. I'm sorry to say I think you know more about it now than I do. I'll waive the last year of medical bills (LOTS cause I was sick the whole time), if you won't come back to my office".
By then I weighed 160 pounds.
I think he was afraid I'd sue him. It didn't occur to me.
Later a doctor friend told me that if it HAD been a lymph gland that big, she would have put me in the hospital for tests!
I think this is far more common than we know. When I first got a thyroid problem I had a goiter that showed up in photos across my whole neck. I weighed 120 pounds.
I went to the doctor who told me (remember, this is a huge goiter), "Oh, that's just a lymph gland".
Four months later I said "gosh, this 'lymph gland' sure is long-lived, you know?" He said "Give it a while more".
By then I weighed 140 pounds.
A FULL YEAR later I made an appointment, went in and said "this is my thyroid gland, which I found out by going to the library and looking in a medical book". (back then we didn't have home computers).
He said: "I think you're right. I'm sorry to say I think you know more about it now than I do. I'll waive the last year of medical bills (LOTS cause I was sick the whole time), if you won't come back to my office".
By then I weighed 160 pounds.
I think he was afraid I'd sue him. It didn't occur to me.
Later a doctor friend told me that if it HAD been a lymph gland that big, she would have put me in the hospital for tests!
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