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Originally Posted by vienna

I see the level of dubious medical practice is not just limited to the US. As I age, the need for accurate, reliable medical care has become an important issue. The last doctor's appointment I had at the clinic was about the same as your experiences. The fortunate thing about my last visit was there was a visiting attending MD who is a specialist in the area of medicine most affect my condition(s) and he heard about my situation from a young MD who had examined me; the attending came in to see me and, after reviewing my case, said "I believe you may be suffering from chronic or persistent pancreatitis". My response was to show him the various documents I had gathered to indicate the same diagnosis. He order a new set of more focused tests and I will find out the results on the coming Monday. Hopefully, now I'll get treatment to actually ameliorate my problems. Getting old isn't much fun, it is even less so when you've got to do the medical legwork yourself...

I hope the both of you have good outcomes with your conditions...



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Hope it all works out good for you.

My condition was minor that of post nasal drip causing loud clicking sound when breathing out. It came on last year and slowly got worst, hardly any sleep at night and becoming cranky. The Doctor believed it to be sleep disorder and was going to send me to a sleep disorder clinic for research!

After doing a spot of research on the Internet I found other people had the same or similar situation. Saw the Doctors again and this time he gave me a nasal spray which has reduced the clicking sound alot and able to to sleep better now.

OK minor but what if it was major? Makes you wonder.