So it's been a while since I last posted.. Last time I think was last year.. At that time I wrote about how I went to have skin samples taken to see if I had LS. For those who don't know, while they were in the middle of cutting the skin sample, I kept telling the doctor that he was cutting in the wrong place.. That the place he was cutting wasn't effected by LS.. But he carried on cutting, taking no notice of me saying where I was effected.. Obviously the results come back that I didn't have it.. I went back to the doctors numerous time to tell them that I want re testing, as they didn't take skin from the effected area.. I had countless doctors tell me that I'm over reacting, wasting doctors time and they just brushed me off.. So that was last year.. Over 7 months on, leading us to today, I went to see another doctor.. She was shocked when I told her this story.. She checked me out and said that she is sending me to the hospital to get tested again.. She looked worried. She told me that not only does she strongly believe that I have LS.. But that when It comes back that I do have it, that they will see that it has also spread! It is not only effecting my outer skin, but has now started effecting my insides. If they would have listened to me in the first place, this could have been prevented. I know it couldn't have been stopped, but they could have slowed it down or allowed it to stop getting worse! To anyone that gets brushed off by their doctors, when you yourself know you have something.. Don't give up fighting to be seen! You know your body! I'm 24 years old and they look at me like I'm a child who knows nothing. I know my body and I know when something is wrong. As much as they may have hated me for it, I carried on going back until I was heard and until someone finally saw what I was seeing! I know this sounds like a rant, but I needed to get this off my chest. Thanks
Good that you were persitent. How will you go from here?
That's a shocking story. Good for you for being persistent. I was brushed off too, until I moved house and went to another doctor. Now I've found a great one who is open to discussion. Persistence is key.