Misdiagnosis Psychosis

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Have you ever wondered why it is so expensive to see a doctor and why health care insurance rates are spiraling out of control? I used to. But now I think I have finally figured out the reason. They are all a bunch of idiots. Idiots with degrees, mind you, but idiots nonetheless. I don't understand how so many of them are still in practice when they are notorious for misdiagnosing things. For example...Yesterday I went to an Orthopedic Surgeon for my wrist/hand problem. My chief complaints are swelling, shooting pain in my thumb and first 2 fingers, numbness, tingling, and a lump in the palm of my hand that has come and gone for the past 3 years but now is present all the time. Sounds like carpal tunnel doesn't it? Every doctor here where I live says carpal tunnel but I want to know what the lump is, why it won't go away, and why my pain shoots up into my arm sometimes when I sleep. This amazing guru of modern medicine ignored my complaints, dismissed the lump in my palm as being "nothing for him to worry about" and told me he doesn't know why I'm having pain in my arm. He then asked me about a rash I have on my face. I'm not a doctor but I'm pretty sure it's rosacea. My father has rosacea. My face looks like his does. Seems likely to me that rosacea is the cause of my "rash". But this ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON ignored that I told him 3 times I have an appointment with a dermatologist next month and felt fairly certain that I have lupus. He even said to me that he sees this "rash" all the time in patients with lupus. I couldn't help thinking to myself how many lupus patients an orthopedic surgeon treats on a day to day basis but I kept my inquiry to myself. So now it is no wonder to me why we pay through the nose to pad doctors pockets. It is also no wonder to me why their malpractice insurance is so expensive. Have you ever been told something by a doctor that seemed completely ridiculous to you? Have you ever been misdiagnosed? Please share your idiot doctor stories with me.