When My Doctors Told Me I'm 'Fine' Despite My Health Concerns
“You’re fine. You should be fine.” These are the words that my new primary care provider said to me after I had dragged myself into her exam room hunched over in pain, feeling like the world was spinning around me.
I had given her a laundry list of symptoms that I was experiencing, and she had a “logical” explanation for all of them. “I feel foggy all the time, like I’m here, but I’m not here.” “Oh, you’re just tired.
You should get more rest,” she said. “I always get these headaches, and it feels like something is pressing behind my eyes.” “That’s just your sinuses — take some medicine for that,” she replied. “I’m always out of breath.” “You have asthma, so I’ll prescribe you an inhaler,” she claimed. “I feel like my vision is blurry even though it was fine a month or so ago.” “Maybe you need some new glasses,” my doctor said.
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