Pushing For A Cure

Yes I was last year February with my Gall Bladder and had to suffer for over a year until I got rushed into Hospital and then I was sent to a specialist and in June it this year it was removed 18 months I had to suffer severe Pain before something was eventually done I really hope that the Girl will get the right care, tell your Friend to keep demanding and also what might help is take the Girl to the Hospital as an Emergency as that will push it to Every time the Girl is not well take her to the Doctor and keep demanding for her seeing a Specialist It sounds like she needs to get there soon and I can not understand why the Doctor is not sending her Also I suggest getting another Opinion from another Doctor, I know it sounds a lot but she needs to take every Avenue Hugs

Honest to GOD! I was sick all the TIME after I hit puberty and we didn't need referals back then! It was only when I decided to take myself to an allergist that I found that most of my problems were from my allergies to foods! I'd've probably gotten better grades in school if I hadn't felt like sh*t all the time! As for referals, most insurance doesn't require ones to OBGYNs, have your friend call and double check with the insurance company on that!

Fortunately I haven't had the need to insist on seeing a specialist. Your friend's daughter may have something serious going on. A bell went of when you said she had fluid in her abdominal cavity. One of my friends had her husband pass away a few months ago. The found fluid in his abdominal cavity and it was due to his having pancreatic cancer. Your friend should put on her boxing gloves and put up a fight. I hope she can see a specialist soon. Keep us posted.

I am fortunate, I go to my family doctor and he sends me to whatever specialist that I need.

Thanks for sharing this with us here Mom! I do hope that you get some more responses.... Hard to believe that I am number four here in basically twenty four hours! I know you know the story but in case anyone else here decides to read this I have much experience in pushing doctors and getting second opinions! It has become apparent to me that many family doctors are very inept at paying attention to detail or caring about giving a proper diagnosis! I appalled at I and others I know have gone through with Doctors and Hospitals...It is really ridiculous and unnecessary in my opinion! Losing test results, ignoring the patient, calling the patient a liar etc, no beside manner at all, impatient and in a hurry, careless!!!! This is my estimation of today's medical field in general and it is a sad case of affairs really! Anyhow, I digress to some degree...I'll get right to my experience here now! I had a family doctor when my son was who seemed fine until he started to basically tell me I was out of my mind in my worries about my son! I would bring my concerns to him and he would dismiss it saying that he was fine and when next we saw him our boy would be progressing...This went on until he was eighteen months at which time he said my boy may be a bit delayed in his speech and so he got us on a wait list for speech therapy! This was a start but not enough for me and so I got in contact with another family doctor who believed what I was saying and referred us to a developmental pediatrician who took us very seriously and did a battery of blood tests followed by referring us to a specialist who diagnosed our boy with severe autism and developmental delay at two years and five months! I had concerns from as early as five months and feeding difficulties literally from birth but no one would listen! I could have had my diagnosis a good year or more earlier but I did well to push as I did as that was a good young age and he has come so far...I continue to fight with the school system on several levels for his education also! Pushing for a cure, pushing for a diagnosis, pushing for proper care it's all the same and should not be a reality but it is!!!! I truly hope that Barb gets down to the bottom of this and fast!!! You know my prayers are with that family on many levels and for many reasons! Love and Hugs TO You! ~Heavens~

That does not sound good to me. The major reason she could have fluid in the abdomen is cancer of the ovaries. She needs to be checked out and fast. Please get this girl to a specialist and fast. I do not know what the scar on the liver means I have not ever heard of that. If something is majorly wrong and that doctor poo pooed it I would sue him big time.