When we are sick we want a doctor who care for us, trust and listen to every single word we said. Doctor that we feel comfortable to be with. My first doctor was a physician. A senior and ceo of this private hospital. A few times of my appointment with him i realised that after 2 minutes he will get up and seem to give a sign like 'ok now get out from my room, your consultation is over'. Sometimes i forgot what i should said to him. I didn't like him and the only medication he gave me was prednisolone (steroid). I felt a RM50 just to see the specialist in two minutes is not worth it. After few months, with low dose of medication and two months off the medication there were many downs. I know his intention might be to reduce the side effect of prednisolone. But doc i feel so weak and it effect my work and life. Anyway because of that, the flare came along with new simptoms.
I seek for another doctor from another private hospital. He said i shouldn't be tapered off the medication since i still new. He wanted me to see a kidney doctor but since it was holiday season (Hari Raya) the kidney doctor is still on leave. Hahaha........he wrote the letter to my physician requesting for my test result. My physician refused and said just stay here and i will refer u to a kidney doctor here.
Ok....so finally i met the right doctor that care for me. He care and would listen to everything i said. Probably because he seem to have very few patients. He gave me steroid, immunosuppressant and antimarial drug that work perfectly for me. The immunosuppressant he gave me name Cellcept was only a sample supply for two months. He said it will cost me RM1500 just for cellcept. It is my whole salary for a month. I said to myself that i need government money to help me hehehe. So i decided to be referred to government hospital and i'm now paying RM5 instead of RM300 every month including the medication. The only different is i have to wait for two weeks for blood and urine test result and then see doctor compare to private where i can see the doctor next day.
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Salam kak,
Keep on writing and love the spirit of going tough there. Hope to read more of positive vibe. InsyaAllah...
Hi nana,
Noly dah 10 tahun berulang alik ke hospital. Dah macam second home for me. It is important that you stick to the same doctor that really knows your case very well. Tapi memang susah la kalau kita pergi hospital kerajaan, you have to see different doctors. And its very important to have a good relationship with the nurses because these people will help you if you know them well because sometimes you can't communicate directly with the doctors. As for me, i have my doctors personal hp number but i only use it if urgent things happen. And do some homework before go and see your doctors, prepare the questions you want to ask. I make things easier for my doctor as i do my own home monitoring for my blood pressure by putting it into a graph and table.
Doctors are also human, we can't expect them to be perfect. And if you are not sure about their decision you can always asked for second opinion.
hai salina..sorry to hear tht u also just like me..i diagnosed ade SLE since last yr (2008) somewhere around october..doc. mmg kasi prednisilone la..mase tu i g jmpe doc sbb dh kronik sgt symptom dia..dh kuar butterfly rahses..everyday bgn sendi msti sakit n tgn xleh genggam..rambut gugur byk..series mmg truk..then bile doc.bg i consume prednisilone i amik tp im thinking other alternative sbb pred. bole buat kita gemuk tau..thats lead to the decision to consume herbalife..Alhamdulillah since i consume herbalife frm Nov-now (Mei)..my last check up wth doc (April), my blood test dh negative for SLE..n the reading is in the normal range which is 13 (norml range 1-15)..mula2 my SLE reading is 53 then reduce to 33 and reduce tu 29 and last checkup 13..Alhamdulillah..thank God...prev. i amik 2 tablets of pred..n now doc reduce to 1.5 tbalet..still under monitoring session..tp jmpe doc dh rarely (2 bln skali compare to prev.every mth)..Alhamdulillah selain amik ubat dokc. i consume herbalife n now my SLE drastically reduce n under normal reading...the important think is kena tawakal n redha jek..ape yg penting kita usaha jek..tp still kena jg what NOT-TO-DO for org2 yg ade SLE..xleh kena matahari sgt..jgn minum ais sgt and ape2 yg related to darah kita la..alhamdulillah..selain my SLE dh negatif, i consume herbalife my weight pn under co0ntrol (kan amik prednisilone)..susah nk loose weight tp sbb i consume herbalife...it can be..do let me know if u need any advice..it all about my experience..hope u will experience jut like me :)
hai salina...i am consuming herbalife shake which is F1 + F3 powder and the peach teamix..if u wanna give a try why not..perhaps it could help u just like me...do let me know if u need further explaination ok :) me also a dealer of herbalife...just email me if u want to know bout the peroduct..
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