It takes a lot of evidence to convince me of something. And when that evidence doesn't add up, that's when I start to question. Doctors don't like questions.
They like 'yes, sir, as you say sir' - 'you are the professional, sir, you know all, sir'. Well, I beg to differ. No, I am not out there bagging out all doctors for the sake of it. (Mind you...)
I am speaking from personal experience, however, as one who has been under 10+ doctors in 12 months (not to mention 2 specialists) and still gotten nowhere. In fact, the most help I had at all was when I left hospital and went away from seeing doctors entirely!
Did I mention that each doctor I see (aside from our GP, who unfortunately isn't a specialist) advises a series of this medication or that? Yes, being a medically trained person myself, I understand and appreciate the value of this myself. It has its place. But then things can become way overcomplicated - as I have learnt.
Especially when that involves the way our body digests food. Thing is, the simplest method of solving digestive disorders looks to me to be looking at what we put it. But, that seems to be completely foreign to most 'specialist' doctors - nutrition is irrelevant. And not in a good way either. Anyhoo.
As I said, I am a hard one to convince of something - and I'll say the only one who doesn't have to work hard to convince me is God. Ah yeah, well, it speaks for itself, really. So it's not surprising that the one with the actual illness and 24hr symptoms actually begins to question those experts who have very little life experience and only medical journals to back what they are diagnosing.
For starters, my Gastroparesis. Paralysis of the stomach, right? That condition is what it says. But, the more those facts didn't add up for me... the more questions I asked.
Like, why is my digestive system normal now that I eat a selective diet?!!! Why does food 'leave' my stomach within 2 hours instead of 'hanging around' for 6+ hours? Well, the facts speak for themselves.
I am pretty much convinced that I do not have Gastroparesis.
What I do have, however, is probably more difficult, in terms of what I cannot eat. Eosoniphylic Gastroenteritis. Yeah, simplest way to describe it is food allergy - severely. But hey - I don't have any kind of stomach emptying problems. Just doctor problems.
Woot.
I think honestly some doctors know they don't have all the answers and float around pretending they do. Or, tell you to go home regardless of if the symptoms are still prevalent. I think some doctors are just plain confused, and too afraid to admit it.
I've learnt doctors are just as human as the rest of us. They certainly are not the be-all-and-end-all for human life. They make mistakes too. Doctors have their place, most certainly - but I must, however, remember that I have the master Physician on my case. The best specialist.
We all should remember that. It seems most, if not all of my real diagnostic breakthroughs have been directly from God. Fancy that.
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