I love him. He understands people but I think this is a gift you either have it or you don’t but maybe he can help drs understand the patient side that is so lacking nowadays.
Thank you for this video! I’m 60 years old and have fibromyalgia and other problems that cause chronic pain, including bone problems. The last doctor Kaiser gave me came into the exam room on my first visit, which was my last with him, and one of the first things he said to me is that he wanted me off of my pain medicines. He went on and on about this. I asked him if he knew why I took the pain medicine, and he told me “no” that he just wanted me to “stop taking them”. I wasn’t at the appointment for pain either. Since my last doctor left Kaiser I told him that she was going to send me to a specialist for sarcoidosis, and this doctor told me he wasn’t going to do that either. I was 58 years old at the time and I knew that he wasn’t going to be a doctor who was going to help me in any way, even for common things, and I left Kaiser all together.
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Sorry, Dr, I am assisting my late Wife's Cousin who broke her hip and missed this livestream...You are a most amazing TEACHER! My Parents and In-Laws were all Teachers, so I recognize good TEACHING! THANK YOU, Sir!
I watch EVERY video you make and appreciate everything you teach us. Thank you for being so open and honest with us. The world needs more doctors like you!!
Dude..I'm up here in Humboldt County and the Drs here are mostly Narcissist and we cannot get the help we need here. And I absolutely tired of going to a dr and they want to give you a grocery list of meds .when its not pils I need its something more physical related to change my life. Thank you for being a kind and Empathize with us.❤
Unfortunately, so many doctors who would love to delve more deeply into history, lifestyle, dietary habits, support systems, etc and who would love to do more patient teaching, are working for corporations that put time constraints on the amount of time to spend with each patient and are expected to see X-number of patients per day. They do the best they can.
Oh, you are so right. Doctors in larger practices are told how many minutes they can take with each patient $$$$. Hurts us as patients, and prevent the doctor to deliver good care. So pathetic the health system has gotten 😢.
Medical trauma is real. Started young, but recent years the doctors I've encountered were heartless. One ask how I was. Well. Her reply was no you aren't. She was quickly booted off my island. I've sent this to my psychologist and my trauma therapist. They are on same page as you. I am looking for a specialist in natural hormone therapy. I've been told of three. I intended to interview them before retaining their services. Sounds so haughty. You reinforced and at this point no more doctors who have no belief that I am the expert of my body. They have the medical knowledge, hopefully, to help me. Sadly, I was accused of doctor shopping in regards to meds by a psychiatrist at a famous doctor's clinic where I'd been promised a doctor in my area who worked with them. He was upset because I wasn't crying. Thank you so much.
Thank you for the kind comments! 🙏I hope you learned something new and feel empowered to advocate for your health 🙏 I hope you have a happy holiday weekend!
Sorry it's a holiday weekend to send this text,. and wanted to say " lots of love to you Dr K.". Not long ago I ran across your podcast here and am thankful for it. Your information gives me hope about the. Medical field. With all that has gone on in the last several years I almost felt like giving up...not my nature. As a single parent trying to do all I could to raise my children I have so many avenues I could go into regarding health for them, myself, and parents (who have passed before and just before Civid). What I'm getting at is you have no idea how much I learn each time I watch your podcasts. It seems that just about every single podcast has something I can relate to and gives me new hope for the Medical proffesion. I've shared your podcasts with others. Thank you, thank you.
You are so honest and it shows that you really care about your patients. Alternative natural treatments are far more beneficial for the body and mind then medications. Eating a healthy diet and exercising as well as watching educational podcasts and reading are healthy for the mind. You are an inspiration doctor and along with all medical staff are heroes.
I think that your approach is valid and works in a perfect world that none of us live in. Say you’re middle-aged and you’re developing issues that come with middle age and you go in and sit and talk to your doctor and he’s writing you three prescriptions before you even get a word out of your mouth let alone complete a sin sentence, and then if you decide you would like to go to a different PCP wow you’re looking at a good year long wait before you can get through all the insurance hurdles and the insurance of a doctor that might be suited to you. And then you have to deal with the fact the doctors refuse to work outside of 9 to 5 ever And if you’re self-employed well then you just basically have to take a day off and not get paid every time you want to see a doctor and the doctor probably has thousands of patients and really has no idea who you are anyway but you don’t wanna stop because you don’t want to be without a doctor for a year until you can get into someone else. You can’t even begin to get into a long-term therapy or healing issue’s. And trust me I live at the intersection of Beth Israel, Brigham and women’s mass general mass college of pharmacy. Every doctor in the world is here and you still can’t get an appointment. What are you talking about? David great but we are long way from the medical utopia you obviously live in
precicely! two tier medical care. It still is better than pure socialized medicine but it is getting worse here in the states. I feel bad for both patients and doctors.
As an autistic person the medical community is generally horrible to to autistic people. I recently had my port replaced and the anesthesiologist was wonderful but I’m having a real trouble finding a primary care who isn’t horrible to autistic people. Try old PCP had to switch jobs and the new PCP that ordered the port replacement has autistic children but I feel really bad for her kids after the way she treated me.
I am so sorry to hear that. You are absolutely correct that people with autism often do not get the care they deserve for many reasons... Finding a provider who is familiar with autism is so important
@@MedicalSecretsA journey into autism, neurodiversity and related chronic conditions would be well received. For both providers and patients. All the best!
@@tamsintarshish3905 from the time I was exposed to the toxins and when I told the doctors what tests to order ( which confirmed I was actually sick) 22.5 years went by and I was put in extreme danger. Because it took so long and because I unfortunately believed the Mayo Clinic was competent early in my illness and when I realized they weren’t I still couldn’t convince my doctors that they weren’t, I had a lot of doctors who tried to convince me that I was mentally ill. I coded during the tilt table test I told the doctors to run on me. 5.5 years since my diagnosis I’m on supplemental oxygen, need forearm crutches, and have a fall detection device because I had to deteriorate so badly before they understood just how sick I’ve been for so long. There were a lot of ER visits that if proper documentation had been done the other doctors would have known my heart was slowing down to dangerous levels (bradycardia) and I wasn’t breathing fast or deep enough ( hypo ventilation). It’s very hard not to be angry at all doctors after so many of them doing the wrong thing with me but there are practitioners like Dr. K and the doctors who performed my port replacement who try really hard to make up for the people who don’t belong in the profession. There are good providers out there so keep up the effort to find one and recognize the fault only partially lies with the medical profession. Most of the fault lies with medical schools who publish their graduation rates and provide a lot of help to medical students who lack both the intelligence and compassion to be suitable for that line of work. If the schools stopped bending over backwards to keep their graduation rates high then there wouldn’t be so much medical malpractice out there. The main medical school in Colorado produces the worst of doctors and I generally avoid any doctor who received any of their training at the University of Colorado because if they had the intelligence to be a doctor they would have gone to a better school. There are exceptions to that, but CU has made it really hard to sort out the minority of good doctors who come out of their program. I am looking for a good PCP and I hope you find a good one too.
@@deadfirefighter These are some great observations. I also noticed that some new doctors can't communicate effectively. I kept telling my doctor it was time to increase the dose on my IVIG because my pain was returning. Her answer didn't make any sense. I had to ask the nurse what was going on. It turned out she was doing a completely different procedure than the one I consented to. I was still arguing with these people after the OIG substantiated my complaint, trying to explain how the procedure was supposed to be done. One of the simping neurologists asked me, "...and where did you get your medical degree?" The doctor who started my treatment was a brilliant researcher. She explained everything. It was a common procedure, it just hadn't been approved for my particular illness yet. That's what you get with the VA, so always vote against subsidized medicine.
Your approach and attitude to what you do in your profession is great. Have had so many side affects from prescribed meds through time. Again, thank you so much.
I had gotten aFid in 6/2019, saw this Dr. In '22. He was very knowledgeable but he never looked at when he talked to me. But it was ok. When a Dr doesn't tell you something you thinking your doing OK? Well I was wrong, in February I had a Holter on for 24 hrs. He didn't tell me Why! Then on my regular visit in March I had an Echocardiogram & EKG. In our visit he said that all test where good, then he said you did better then I expected. I wonder what was he looking for but before I could say anything. He said oh you are needing a Pacemaker or Ablation. My mind Blow Up!!! He never gave me any meds other then the diuretic & now he is telling I need a Pacemaker & Ablation. Well I changed Dr, one who will talk to me what wrong with me, Not your test were great but you need a Pacemaker! Be Aware of Dr's who Don't tell your condition & don't think they don't tell so your OK!!! Thank you
When a cardiologist put me on Lipitor after an MI, I had horrible side effects. His repeated response to my complaints was to “give it time”. I did so and my symptoms got worse to where I could barely get through the day. I had no idea I was experiencing rhabdomyolysis. Stopped the Lipitor and the cardiologist on my own and tried red yeast rice which did not do enough (two stents, sky high ldl). More than a year later someone recommended a cardiologist who would work with my problem and I was put on a pcsk9 inhibitor. Saved my life That experience has made me very cautious about doctors who are set in their ways and don’t take my complaints seriously. I was literally getting my affairs in order during that year.
I have severe white coat syndrome and medical PTSD and more. I had to find a doctor, and at first he seemed to listen. He proved he wasn't. By that point COVID hit and trying to find a better family doctor wasn't an option. Almost four years later with a worsening chronic conditions that still aren't all known, I was accepted by a young, fresh off residency Canadian trained family doctor. He's so nice, listens, and isn't afraid to take the challenge to get me to the right specialists for answers. He's aware I'm a mess and isn't afraid to grab that jumbled mess of Christmas lights and figure out what is what and send me where I need to. The other doctor when filling out shortbterm disability forms wouldn't ask ME any questions. No, he'd fill the form out without asking any questions necessary for my return to work.
1/8 of the minimum dose of Lyrica was the maximum I could tolerate for my peripheral neuropathy and it made almost no improvement in my suicide-level pain. I went on an elimination diet (the full GAPS - Gut And Psychology/Physiology Syndrome - diet rather than beginning with the elimination phase) and 4 1/2 months later 98% of my neuropathy - and my claustrophobia-induced panic attacks - reduced by 98%. As a result, I am a firm believer in the relationship between the health of our gut microbiome and all other health conditions.
Dr. Kaveh, you are awesome! Great wisdom always! Dr. Gabor Mate addresses childhood trauma, and has some really informative material on the relationship between trauma and illness.
Perfect timing as I am looking for a PCP because my current PCP seems like he’s sliding towards retirement. I went in for my yearly “physical”. He didn’t listen to my heart or lungs, feel for pulses or anything. I have a hx of diverticulitis and told him I was feeling nauseous and could he order meds for me. He ordered the nausea medicine but said the diverticulitis will resolve on its own. Now, do you think he could have examined me? My sister told me that after a certain age MD don’t have to listen to heart and lungs. 😮 Anyhow, later that night I went to the ER to discover that I had a big kidney stone. In the 36 hours after I saw my PCP, I bet at least 10 people listened to my heart, lungs, pulses, tapped on my back and palpated my abd. Then I named the stone RUFF because he’d given me a few RUFF days and leave it to a man to hurt me and tear my insides up.
Why are doctors so angry these days? Personally, I think it’s because many feel financially stiffed given all their education. FYI- my father was a physician. Recently, I had to research and self diagnosis myself, or I’d be on steroids for the rest of my life simply because they covered the symptoms. After I figured it out, I worked with my primary care physician to create a treatment plan. Now I’m finally getting better. Being an anesthesiologist, you meet patients in a different paradigm. Have you or anyone you know experienced this anger thing? Personally I think the doctors are being run by their practice managers, that keep them on a 15 consultation hamster wheel. What are your thoughts? Love your channel! Your emotional intelligence is off the charts! It shows in your sensitivity. That’s why I subscribed. Keep up the great work!
Thank you Dr K .for this Very Important selection for doctors. I am scheduled for hip replacement surgery on Sept 6. I am not quite pleased with the hospital. The dr is from the Mayo. However. I would like to be able to get time in the hospital for adjusting to this total hip replacement. I’m terrified. !! Now, thanks to you, I know exactly what questions to ask! You’re amasing!!! 🧡⭐️🧡
I appreciate you dr K. I asked my psych "prescriber" about ketamine/psychedelics...he looked at me like I asked for a kidney. I have bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, ADHD. I am severely polydrugged...it feels dangerous. I would be inclined to do newer integrated medical treatments VS all these drugs. Dr is 79 yrs old...mental WEALTH resources are terribly slim for all. I pray for change. Ty Dr K for spending the time to hook us up with info delivered with a side compassion and TLC. This is a long shot...im in desperate need of a PC. Do you have any colleagues in Va Beach that accept Anthem Mediblue Access HMO? 😂👀 im joking, but serious. Kiss the kitty and puppy x
For me, my master’s level study specifically on the subject of research has proved quite useful, especially as I’m now a complex patient. But several of my docs are considered #1 in their various fields in the nation. And it’s what’s kept me alive.
Dr. Kaveh, I am sorry I missed your videos! I always try to catch them. I had two major shoulder surgeries massively infected with staphylococcus, which no one knew. I think you remember me talking about having FND functional neurological disordered that is triggered by trauma. The sad thing about my first surgery, the anesthesiologist was giving me so much stress. I tried to explain I needed him close by, and he told me no way and that this was emergency surgery and we didn't have time. I told him that causes me serious trauma, and he kept grabbing my head. I kept trying to explain that he decided to knock me out since I wasn't listening, The first surgery was unsuccessful, and he had another emergency surgery. I told him that as long as it was a kind doctor, I would do it, and if he would listen to me. Dr. Kaveh was so cool he allowed filming and pictures to give to me, and he did everything slowly and told me what would happen. They told me I recovered well, but as I was finishing up the CT Scan, I guess I peed all over myself, and I looked like I was having a serious stroke which was my FND, and had to be emergency transferred as stroke protocol. I lay in this state for almost 8 hrs, and they called my surgeon and anesthesiologist. They were both distraught and visited me at that hospital when I could communicate. My brain would have been triggered if the first anesthesiologist had never done what he did. That is why doctors listen even if it is an emergency. My surgeon told me he was so sorry for what happened and that I should be given more time with the doctors so this wouldn't happen. Now I am in a nursing home recovering from a staph infection.
I really appreciate your video I learned from it and I’m sharing it. I’m a chronic pain sufferer I’m going to see a new primary care doctor on Monday I have a pain management doctor I’ve had for a few years I have a new neck injury that is getting worse it started after a fall on my head at the beginning of the pandemic I tried a few time to get referrals to investigate possible causes for the newest pain however I didn’t. Have support I’m a care giver for my mom and she got a UTI and has been in hospitals and rehabs I neglected my heath too long and I’m changing that now
i dont know how I came across your channel, but, your informative videos, as well, as You, and your personality, have helped me alot….I wish I was near you to take it further
I trying to get through your video on under treating pain. I had an alcoholic abusive father, who forced me at 5 years old to walk to school, without any note to excuse me from PE. Luckily the school could see what he refused to. After 2+ weeks my Mom was able to take me to the free! Military hospital where she was told I had a multiple fractured ankle. The Dr spent more time flirting with my beautiful mother, than any pain I still had. It took 15 years to find an orthopedic surgeon to put my rt knee through motion, instead of looking at the physical shape I was in. I've got an extremely high pain threshold, which hasn't been a gift. After surgery the Dr's first words were "I don't know how you walked, let alone worked' He knew that I worked outside in the Phoenix valley installing Satellites back when they were huge, cable TV, Fire alarms etc. On construction sites, which from the early 80's to early 90's was booming. It's still growing here. I had my 1st rear end collision at 22, 10 days after getting married & I'd been out of the Country for 3 years & knew nothing about no fault insurance & my insurance company never told me that since the driver of a 2 ton pickup hitting my Chevy Chevette at 50, mph was ticketed. Which means I didn't have to suffer for a year for my insurance to take effect. I again was rear ended in front of both my son's grade school crosswalk, at 50 mph+, estimated by the damage done to my car. A Honda Civic wagon I'd spent 2 weeks & weekends replacing all the front wheel drive steering components. I had it purring like a kitten. My first test drive I didn't get 2 miles before he ran into me & tried to flee. I knew the neighborhood better & trapped him in traffic & luckily a teacher who saw what happened asked me if I wanted him to call the police. I did very much, we were talking about my kid's grade school crosswalk he blew through. With a suspended license & a .265 blood alcohol at 4:15 pm! He ended up walking! Both cars with most of my height being in my torso, out my neck at the base of my neck. I'd had 3 work injuries, L5-S1 mostly. The same AZ State Dr denied I had any permanent injuries after 1 visit a week after by testing my neck by my nerve reaction in my rt arm & hand. I'm sure you know expecting that to decide whether or not I suffered an injury was way too soon. I ended up with stage 3 Melanoma, a year of 6 injections a week for a year with Interferon. I was first diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 1991. I've since been found to have serious injuries to L5-S1, C5 to C-7 the nerve to my rt arm was 50% dead. The last Dr to review my MRI's said I should've been paralyzed. I obviously wasn't & simply said I'm glad your opinion isn't reality. I've been disabled since 1995. I held off till 2005 for high dose pain relief. I pass calcium kidney stones & have been diagnosed with Osteoarthritis & Osteoporosis. All I can take is 500 mgs of magnesium in hopes to have my body breaks down dietary calcium, which I have to limit. I've got so many catch -22's, & was treated by my regular Dr after bringing in 3 pain specialist's suggestions. I trusted my Dr & went as high as 400 mgs of Oxycontin before refusing to take that dose. I asked him to lower it to 320. I've never been close to pain free, but I wasn't ever going to get to a dose where I felt anything close to high. From hours of study the basics I learned was the brain either breaks down the med in the pain center, which is where I wanted it to stay. Or the pleasure center where all your Dopamine & Endorphins are released. What in addicts triggers what they call 'Chasing the dragon' essentially if my research is correct, they'll never get that same high w/o quitting long enough for your Dopamine & Endorphins to recover. It'd be extremely stupid, but in my current situation, I do understand it. My family Dr chose to join a Concierge program which cost me $175 a month. On disability, & my now ex-wife after 35 years due to her last 5 years of alcoholism. She stole 100 grand from essentially her son's, since #1 neither of us expected our oldest son to pass away 4 years later. I always have strived to leave as much as I can to my son's. It's no less important now that I only have my youngest. He's been through hell & back. His Mom has changed, his brother's gone, his Aunt, close cousin & Grandpa are all gone & his Dad has faced pure hell trying to find a Dr who'll treat my pain. I hopefully have found one & during the 5 month search I gradually tapered down to 80 mgs. Leaving me stuck in bed, but I was able to make the supply I'd been prescribed first by my former Dr who promised to fill all my meds. He didn't I found that out the hard way after misplacing my packed meds. I've always kept my meds in 3 places so if I was robbed, it's doubtful they'd find or even search for more than 1. Only my son knows that & he's not going to cause his father any suffering. I was so blessed with the 2 son's I raised. I say I raised cuz my ex would hit me the minute I walked in the door. No thought given to I worked up to 3 jobs, before becoming disabled. I've no cartilage in my rt knee & I golfed limited as it was at a retirement course for 3 years with 3 broken ribs. I was told they'd come out of their sockets & went back in. I expected that to hurt. While getting a bone density test the tech yelled at me for not telling her I had 3 broken ribs. I told her what I was told. With legs & feet that are numb, but sting like a bee or approx. 60 volts AC. I've been shocked enough with 120 volts , that I can guess, pretty close. Either I or my Dad have broken every major bone on my rt side, except my legs. I hate to even speak that into the ether. But it gives a window into my pain level & what I can endure. I broke the entire diamond tip of my elbow & tossed the sling a day after getting it. It put more stress in my neck than it helped. It obviously shocked the Orthopedic surgeon, saying I've never seen anyone do that. With the funny bone, which ain't, I used to know the medical term but at 66 my memory can be hit & miss. It took me 6 to 8 Dr's before one would even talk with me. I became extremely allergic to steroids, antibiotics, Versed which far too many times was ignored cuz I was able to tolerate Xanax. From you I learned they're somewhat connected. Ever since cancer treatment & what my Neurologist calls Aquited torsion dystonia when a general surgeon decided to close a 6cm by 4 cm area at the base of my neck, upper rt back & rt shoulder using a cauterizer & 5 figure 8's & his words serious undermining of the surrounding area. I'm an extremely driven patient & won't settle for an idiot or being ignored. I wish there was a way for 5 seconds for the Dr who doesn't believe your pain to feel it for 5 seconds. Medicine would be changed. A pipe dream for 2 reasons it'd require knowledge not known yet & not many Dr's would agree. The last 3 times I was supposed to be knocked out they ignored me telling everyone I'm allergic to Versed. It wakes me up with a blood pressure over 220 over 160 & them telling me calm down. Easier said than done when you feel like your heart's gonna beat thru your chest. Thank you for your info, it'll help me when I get my gallbladder that for 65 years was never connected to my small intestines. I struggled with heartburn & stomach problems & military Drs are happy to handout antibiotics or cast a broken limb, beyond that good luck, I sure didn't have any luck. Steroids & oral antibiotics I end up with thrush that takes 90 straight days of Diflucan to clear up. With or without dietary sugar. It appears to be my immune system or lack there of.
😢 I miss my old Dr she retired 😅 she was an Angel 😇 and truly knew those rules. Now I'm struggling searching for a new one🥺 I'm sure there's one or more out there. Great 💯👍🏽❤ vid!
in most health plans there is no easy way to evaluate a doctor per this regime prior to signing up with one and paying for the visit and then changing primaries if there is a determination for a lack of doctor patient fit. There are plans that list the doctors that do not even list the education background of the dotor. You have to be an internet slueth to learn of their training and licensing, let alone their treatment philosophies. I spent weeks trying to find a doctor in my large health plan in a major metro area and it then took me many months to get a first appointment. Now they are retiring so I had to switch my primary doctor. I liked my first visit so much I got my son signed up with him but now he too had to make a change. The next iussue is that docotrs are not always honest on how they approach these scenarios. Of course this has to happen in a truncated amount of time during the visit. You have to be a highly disciplined patient willing to be very assertive with office staff who are unwilling and or unable to provide any information about the doctor or to provide an informational visit with the doctor. This presentation offers good information but lacks the strategy on how to overcome the obstacles to obtain that information.
I offer my patients a free consultation before they sign up to see me. That is their opportunity to ask these questions of me. You are correct though, not all patients have these same opportunities, and they may need to have other ways to find these answers, such as speaking to other patients of that doctor
In Australia, our medical system is broken. All levels of medical staff are leaving in droves, books are closed, those GPs remaining are overbooked, often not thorough, incompetent, uncaring. At 71, unwell myself, I am trying to care for an adult daughter battling cancer, no services, no family or friends available, no specialists, no increase in pain meds, a nightmare. Australia is now a third world country health wise, years behind other countries like the UK and America. I despair.
Way back in the 1990s, I hurt my back at work, herniated disc(L4). First Dr was an orthopedic surgeon. He told me to quit my job and hire a housekeeper. Sent me to physical therapy which consisted of lying on a heating pad and watching a video of the proper way to lift heavy objects. All he did was give me muscle relaxers and physical therapy (I didn't want to have surgery). After about 6 months of that uselessness, I went looking for chiropractors. The ones that the insurance would pay for didn't give me the help I needed. After around 8 years, my Pastor's wife recommended a great chiropractor that really helped me. IMO, he is the best there is, but my insurance won't pay for him. I have been going to him off and on for at least 10 years whenever I have back pain/sciatic nerve pain. He can fix anything! I don't even go to regular medical doctors at all because I'm so burned out on the runaround by insurance/medical establishment/Big Pharma. I eat healthy, exercise, etc. If I have a medical emergency I just go to the ER. I am more into holistic healing, because it works. Medical doctors only treat the symptoms with drugs that have bad side effects.
As a person that has multiple conditions, I have many specialists. I easily confuse who I am seeing and when. I also confuse who I want to message. As soon as something bothers me medically I automatically want to be seen by a doctor. Yet, I feel like doctors in general don't understand how to treat those with disabilities properly. So due to my conditions, I always want to go to the doctor right away even if it is probably nothing. However, I am also concerned that they won't treat me properly as someone with disabilities. How do I balance this? Can you possibly do a live on this type of dilemma for those like me? Also, can you tell me more about epilepsy and anesthesia, how epilepsy affects anesthesia requirements, and how anesthesia can affect epilepsy? What anesthesia meds are typically given to those with epilepsy that are getting their gallbladder removed? I got my gallbladder removed on Father's Day.
Dr Kaveh it so hard to change doctors here in Australia right know as Medicare and Bulk Billing has just about disappeared, and we are slowly getting to be like the US. I would dearly love to change doctors right now as I think my doctor only has my Physical needs in his mind when I see him. I asked him when I first saw him as my doctor if for some reason I need to talk and my Psychiatrist wasn’t available could I talk to him, his answer was no, it wasn’t in his field of medicine. My Psychiatrist is now retiring and to see someone else is going to be a very costly thing to do, so I now need him, my GP, more then ever, and with bulk billing dying over here I don’t want to seek out another GP. So what am I going to do is, in Australian words, suck it up buttercup, have a cry on my bed talk to the walls use a book to write down my thoughts and feelings and last but not least comfort eating, the last one not being good for my Diabetes as I’m a Chocoholic and Sugar Addict. So as you can see I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place 😢, oh well maybe good old Mother Nature will cause a massive Cataclysmic Event so we’ll all be dead. Thanks Doc your advice is very appreciated. 🙂👍
I dont know what kind of Doctor to seek, im about ready to give up. I broke my left ankle in Dec 2021, i still am not walking. My right ankle (and left) has neuropathy in them...I had a brain bleed that caused nerve demage in left leg, that was in 2017. I see a pain management Doctor and he made me cry last time i saw him. And unfortunately i have to see him this coming thursday. Im sick to my stomach over seeing him again. But i need pain medicine. Please give me some kind of advice. I would really like to get out of this wheelchair, and not have a Doctor make me cry. Im 59. I love your show and advice. Peeace ❤
One thing id like to know is why some doctors "were" a heart surgeon or "were" that surgeon before they started seeing all patients in a local clinic...
After my primary retired and I did not care for his replacement I was on a waiting list for five months to find another primary and travel 45 miles each way. My options are very limited ! I don’t have the luxury of being picky.
It'd be helpful to know how the practical logistics of this work. Presumably, one would want to talk to several doctors and compare their answers. With one doctor in isolation, I don't have any frame of reference-is this a "good" answer? If you have a sample size of 1, there's no basis on which to evaluate-it's the best answer I've heard, and the worst. So... do I call up a few doctors' offices and ask for "getting to know you" appointments? Is that a thing doctors do? Is that a thing health insurance would pay for? And what would I expect to happen at such an appointment-or do I just go in blind and find out? Or do I wait for health concerns to show up-something funny happened to my ankle, let's make an appointment with the next doctor on the list, or whatever-and try to squeeze the "getting to know you" bit into an appointment that's probably already too short? Is it "OK" to be seeing multiple primary care physicians? Would it do something weird to my medical records? Would it make an existing relationship with a primary care physician socially awkward? Ideas about what questions to ask are great, but some of us are still at the "how do we get to the point where we are asking these questions?" stage. My experience is that it feels like everything in the health care system is geared toward a "show up with a specific problem, do something about it and get you out the door as quickly as possible" mindset. It's difficult to even find a context in which someone will sit there for more than 20 seconds and listen to me try to explain the specific problem I showed up for! It doesn't feel like there is ever a time and place in which I could ask about a doctor's general care philosophy & so forth.
Great live stream Dr K, I have all great doctors ! My ex boyfriend had ADHD! I really enjoy donating to the anesthesiologist Foundation, since it was hard for me to go to college because of my cerebral palsy, I really wanted to be a anesthesiologist physician, I would want to be a travel anesthesiologist! You rock man! Do you know I’m gay? Just asking
when i look for a doctor, i look for one who doesnt rush through the appointment. and i want them to listen to me when i explain what i am there to see them for. i know my body, they see so many. but were all different. i know that there are so many symptoms that can mimic different medical problems, so it becomes a process of elimination, so i want my doctor to listen to my symptoms to process my diagnoses properly. so im not being treated for the wrong thing.
The first question you have to ask yourself is: to what extent are your willing to follow up the anticipated doctor's recommendations, prescription medicine, surgery, whatever. If you know in advance that you won't comply, then why bother? For example antibiotics, cortisone, blood-pressure lowering pills you name it...
I like watching your video's, I've learned quite a bit from watch your daily video's, i have hayfever every year, sometimes its very mild and I have no problems at all but for the pazt wee😢ice had to buy opticrom eye drops which work really well as if i don't use them when i need them, my hayfever starts to really itch but they don't water, but my eyes do get very very itchy
Thank you for the kind comments. Fortunately, there are many natural remedies for allergies and hay fever. Have you ever discussed any with your doctor?
@@MedicalSecrets Yes in the past I've spoke to my doctor about getting something for my hayfever and I used to get cetirizine 10mg to take one every day until the hayfever season is over, I got the tablets for many many years and I stoped using the cetirizine tablets because I didn't need them due to being stuck indoors because of the lockdown at the time, then not long after the lockdown was lifted, I started getting the hayfever symptoms again, I ask my doctor if I could have the cetirizine or the eye drops on prescription and my doctor said that he was refusing to give me the hayfever tablets and the hayfever eye drops for which they work really well,y doctor said that he wasn't going to prescribe any of the hayfever meds that I requested because they were cheaper to buy at the local pharmacy or I could get them at my local supermarket so that's what I did in the end, what are the best natural remedies to look at?
Could you do a video about ME/CFS? I have gone from mild to moderate - my pcp sighing “ we don’t have good treatments for that”. Reached out to Stanford’s clinic - First appointment is next April. :((
I just had breast cancer surgery but I'm afraid to tell my surgeon that I still have pain after a lumpectomy. I don't want her to think I'm complaining for no reason...
Yes, tell the doctor. It may just be scar tissue that needs gentle exercise. I have two different breast cancers 20 years apart. The first reconstruction was great. I was younger and back to work in 3 weeks. Second one different doctors so much pain, terrible pain, incision did not heal. The expander was leaking. Took four months for her to believe me. Do not stay quite and take care of yourself. Hope you are doing ok and getting on with life.
First, I’m sorry that you had breast cancer. I’m praying for the day that cancer, every kind, ceases to exist. Hopefully sooner rather that later. 🙏 Your doctor absolutely needs to know about your symptoms. And, your doctor needs to listen and thoroughly check things out. If she doesn’t, please find another doctor who will, ASAP. You know your body like nobody else, even your doctors. You are the only one who can physically feel your pain, not your doctors. Pain occurs for a reason: to let you know that something is going on in your body that isn’t per the status quo. Unfortunately, my mom also had breast cancer. She had mastectomy surgeries, one breast at a time. A couple years after her second surgery, she was still having pain. Her doctor basically keep writing her off, probably tired of hearing about her pain. I took her to a different oncologist and basically demanded that my mom be listened to and that any symptoms she was having be thoroughly examined. Thank God that the new doctor did exactly that. Sadly, during all that time that her previous doctor ignored my mom’s pleas, remnant of breast cancer had been hiding behind scar tissue. Regrettably, at that point, that cancer was too advanced to be eradicated and my mom ended up leaving this world at age 69. So, please, I humbly ask you to tell your doctor. And not meekly. You are not responsible for their reaction. You are responsible for yourself, your actions, your words, and your body. You are your own best advocate. So, be your body’s best friend and speak up. And keep speaking up until you are listened to and HEARD. You can do this. 👍 I wish you all the best. And I’ll keep you in my prayers. 🙏
If possible I really need your opinion..I am scheduled for ketamine treatment. Last month I went to emergency with chest pain, CT with contrast was done. It ruled out my heart, caused by Gerd. The test discovered a Thoracic aneurysm, in researching it stated that I cannot have ketamine treatment. I just want to know if I am understanding this. My appointment is for July 5 th. I called the center but they are not opened because of the holiday.
Hey Dr. K… Have you ever studied the principals of “German New Medicine’s A-Z index?” Would love you to do a video on how it addresses the root cause of disease based on psychological conflict shocks.
I need a good Dr. I am in Maine but my Oral Surgeon has to send me to Tufts University Hospital for pain management. I have Idiopathic SNF diagnosed by my Neurologist MCTD, excessive RGFR3 Antibodies, and Erosive Bones. I feel like the Dr's I have only want to treat pain. I don't like pain meds or muscle relaxers. My conditions are due to MMRII that was give when I was pregnant. My son was born with Congenital rubella due to the MMRII administered when I was Pregnant. It was in 1993 and MERK was the Major Pharma who produced the vaccine. Can you help me please. I wonder if you can help me. They just want to mush the meds.
Do you have any insights about FND in general? I have odd neuro issues, and I have some neurologists/psychiatrists saying they aren’t FND, and others saying they are. It’s a very confusing space. I have other autoimmune/dysautonomic symptoms, a pos ANA, but other tests from there are just a dead end. How do you trust when doctors say something is psychological or not? It’s a tough place to be in. Also, if you seek a second opinion, does it have to be a “transfer of care”? I had to wait for management to approve that for me to see someone else. I didn’t necessarily want to commit to being under the doctors care. I thought it was odd. Aren’t there consultations anymore?
Hi, I'm sorry you've encountered FND. I have a whole video on it, and there is increasing awareness of its prevalence in the medical community. Were there any specific thoughts or questions you had?
@@MedicalSecrets Thank you I will have to find that video :), As for questions, sorry if TMI/irrelevant info, you probably can’t say much on my personal situation, but I’m just at a loss and so confused right now…TL;DR Scroll down my backstory to my too detailed questions lol. The FND was in reference to a right-sided and painless facial spasm that was similar to, but didn’t fit hemifacial spasm (since what started as brow/eye drooping, then twitching, squinting, and then more sustained face scrunching can be continuous over hours at a time during an episode), and wasn’t distractible according to my neuro who was lucky to see one in person that lasted my whole appt, so he didn’t think it was FND, but the movement specialist he referred me to hardly looked at the videos of my spasm, saw GAD and MDD on my chart, and immediately honed in on a far too confident and quick diagnosis of FND. Oddly though, I also had just gotten diagnosed w/trigeminal neuralgia that is mostly left-sided (sometimes both sides and all 3 branches) a month or so before the spasms on the opposite side of my face started happening. I find that super odd and not just coincidental, especially since my GP also has suspected I may have MCAS, POTS, and I also match criteria for Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder. (MRI/MRA for TN showed “trigeminal nerves bilaterally in close proximity to cerebellar arteries, without mass effect”) My psychiatrist that I’ve known since 2021 (he knows me at my worst mentally as well as my chronic illness journey super well, and has helped me overcome the darkest of my MDD and anxiety w/his vast knowledge of meds and w/TMS and ketamine, and is the most sincere, honest, well-rounded, and phenomenal physician I’ve known) also thought the diagnosis of FND was “bunk” and that I “should pay it no heed” and said, with my other suspected chronic issues and symptoms, “I. Do. Not. Think. So.” Now I have two movement specialists diagnosing me with FND though… MY QUESTIONS: Am I right in thinking that having FND on my chart will cause other doctors to not treat me, or believe my symptoms? I’m already an overweight female with anxiety, and know FND is rooted in “hysteria”. Also, I’m concerned that (even by my insurance) I would be marked or something if I try to get, and may not be able to get yet another opinion. Can doctors do that? Like leave hidden notes on my chart that I’m crazy or difficult for not trusting them? If I accept this diagnosis, could all other chronic symptoms like my TN be easily tagged onto FND and halt any progress in figuring out why they are happening? Lastly, the treatments for FND are psychotherapy and physical therapy, but I already take care of my mental health and go to therapy regularly (and have already been processing my TN, spasms, and chronic symptoms for a while), and I have done physical therapy for other things already as well, and I don’t think a PT is gonna see my spasms often enough to work with me on them. I am wondering if ketamine infusions could be helpful instead if FND really is an issue for me? Also, would you know of any resources I could consider? Like any other organizations or a contact I could look to for help or more info or another opinion? Sorry if that was too much…I’ve just already gone through so much medical gaslighting and the TN diagnosis was also tough, but honestly, not as rough as being diagnosed with something that makes you seem crazy, and can cause disbelief by professionals and friends and family on top of everything (also considering the many times I’ve gaslit myself). My mental health had actually been pretty balanced, and I had been doing very well, even after the TN diagnosis, but this FND diagnosis has really caught me off guard and messed with me and done more harm to my mental health than had I not gone in at all for the facial spasm in the first place. Thank you for coming to my TED-Talk/Spiral 🤦🏻♀️
Another thing, you can report your psych prescriber to the medical board and then get a competent attorney and sue his ass off. I wish I'd known to do that. There is a 6 month window to start your case, from the day you find out you've been poly drugged and your doctor is causing injury to you, mentally and physically. Good luck to you 💙
Your teeth are so beautifully WHITE! I’m so jealous. My opioids for my crumbling spine give me chronic dry mouth, & as a result, my enamel is literally falling off. So I’m going to have to get full implants (ouch $$$$!)
I ve taken SSRIs forever, dry mouth is so severe. My Dentist is concerned. Btw...I found that zero sugar Jolly Ranchers work a bit...they make your mouth water. It feels so good
I would like to find a doctor who understands nutrition as curative for most conditions. That would be a naturopath but there are none anywhere close (within 4 hours.) I don't want another pill pusher and unfortunately that's what many doctors are.
I've been to about four doctors in the last two months complaining about chest pains and they keep blowing me off about it despite me showing my blood work for elevated troponin T levels. I'm just about ready to die at this point. The hospital just handed me a plastic jar of aspirin and charged me a thousand bucks. I hate these guys!
I JUST got kicked off of my internet and had to come back... so it did just start itself from the beginning again. Don't worry you won't miss it and then you save it ok? I'm watching a bit now, and then some more of it later, after I finish my things to do today. Enjoy your holiday ❤
Im a trained nurse. So when i complain to my doctor, i pretty much know that im having heart pain. But that was ignored by a 30 yo arrogant female doctor that knows everything w/o checking my medical hx.
This is unrealistic in our current system run by insurance. Even if, and thats a big if, your dr wants to help you they cannot due to insurance rules. As long as we havd a medical care system based off profit they will do what ever bribgs the most monetary advantage rather that is the best for the patient or not.
Absolutely not, that's why I have multiple videos since then to try to make the most of whatever doctors we do have access to. Thank you for your feedback, it really helped me better appreciate the difficult situations so many patients are in 🙏
Exactly! You might have one or two doctors that gaslight people but are really the best available in an area that uses mostly NPs or PAs who are fine for most simpler issues.@@MedicalSecrets
I am enjoying your videos, but this one has me wondering what? My Doctor just retired after 42 years with him. I was given a new Doctor that took over his patients. I'm in Canada. Ontario. There are no choices. My friend has had no Doctor for 2 years now. We don't have a choice here, if you are lucky, you have a Doctor and you hope you click, or you are out of luck. There are no Doctors taking patients and now our pharmacists can prescribe lighter meds.
Can u be my doctor. After covid I've seen doctors change. Well in the ER n very judgmental that I dont even want to tell all things.. I love my doctor a lot but I've come to not want to tell the route cause. Which sux a lot .. I appreciate ur videos a lot but idk if I can speak w my doctor about certain things
Did you ever go over the RESOURCES we can use to find a dr. I know all these qualities you talk shit because i had a dr who embodied all this but he unalived himself so I've been suffering for 2.5 year cuz there's no drs in my snall town and the Internet hasn't been helping and u can't tell you how many times ive gone to local fb groups and my own page and asked to find a dr. Ive gotten exactly 1 response
This always triggers me a little. Why is asthma not seen as a mechanical issue like diabetes or other cronical disorders. I can't breath calmly no I need meds to survive! Stress doesn't help with any disease sure but come on...
