Hi, Eric. You know... I am so glad I persisted until I ended up at Hospital Mexico. I have no idea why it's called that, since it's in Costa Rica, but I wouldn't care if it was called Hospital Narnia at this point because the care they gave me was excellent. I would have to say it was probably better care than I would have received in many U.S. hospitals. I really credit them with saving my life, perhaps not that I would have died from this particular event, but that left unaddressed, my condition might have ended up killing me down the road. And I believe they have prevented that.
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Oh, I misunderstood! I thought you traveled to Mexico for better care but it was the name of the hospital. I'm so glad they were able to stabilize your condition and that you got out of that first hospital. The state of healthcare is atrocious here in America. They are a LOT of good people in the profession but they aren't trained to get to the root of the problems anymore but just find the drug that masks the symptoms. I hope you continue to get better. Please take care of yourself!
I could not agree more about the state of healthcare in the U.S. For exactly the reason you mentioned, it took just over fifteen years for me to get a diagnosis for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. I can only wonder how much nerve and organ damage could have been prevented if only my doctors had pursued the cause of my symptoms instead of just giving me random drugs to keep me quiet about them.
How long it took to get diagnosed - lupus, Lyme, vestibular migraine, it's all attributed to being psychosomatic, especially fibromyalgia - "it's all in your head" - think positive, will yourself to be healthy, and yeah, right, you will be. I'm so sorry you can't seem to catch a break with these medical unprofessionals. Heartbrreaking. You are quite a survivor!
Thank you, Carol. :-) Yes, I lived with the "it's all in your head" for more than fifteen years. If one more doctor had said that to me I would probably have punched them.