referral

We have one office in my town that specializes in fibro and one thing they do is test for a bunch of viruses and give antivirAl drugs if you test positive, I thought that was interesting. I have to get a referral from my PC though.

I'm currently waiting on a diagnosis. My doctor seems sure I have either fibro or CFS, but will not diagnose me cuz that's not her field of expertise, and she said its too easy to get a false negative if you're not an expert at putting the pieces together. So, now I wait for a referral, but its...

Hello I am new to this group and so happy I found it. I am currently on a waiting list to see a Fibromyalgia specialist, so I have not been diagnosed yet but several doctors think I have it, so I am going to share my situation with you and see what you all think. Sorry if this is long but it...

Two Thursdays ago I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. My walk-in clinic doctor diagnosed me. I originally went to her to get a referral to the rhumatologist (I say "the" because she's the only one where I live that's in my insurance's preferred network, and the other hospital has a very...

Not sure if this is the right spot for tis post... My Dr who has been my Dr since I was 6 weeks old, is refusing to fill out disability papers for me until I have a sleep study done. I was in to see him on sept 24 I have been waiting for a call as to when the appt is..I called my drs office to...

Hi everyone/anyone that might read this :) I've been suffering from the wrath of FM since my daughter was born 12/21/11. No one diagnosed me until a few weeks ago and every single doc until the one that diagnosed me treated me like I was suffering from hypochondria and new-mommy head trauma...

Hi everyone, Well, for the past few months I've been on a roller coaster ride of crazy symptoms and have seen over half dozen doctors. Two of those (general practitioner/ family doctors) say clinically I present as having MS. I had a brain MRI that showed two small lesions, but that one...

I am a 28 year old female and have been living with chronic pain for the past 4 years. I haven't been officially diagnosed with anything other than fibromyalgia. My symptoms would come and go in pretty regular patterns and last for about 4-7 days. No medications helped. I was difficult to...