Oh Beverly,
You are so right! I had my GP overdose me on thyroid medicine. They act like
they know every thing and perish the thought they might make a mistake! And
a lot are reluctant to send you on to a specialist, knowing that whatever
the problem is, is out of their expertise. It has gotten to where you have
to take matters in your own hands. It is your life and health! On top of
everything else, insurance companies dictate what they can and cannot do and
limit their tools to find out what is wrong. The power is in the wrong hands
and we are sometimes helpless to do anything about it unless we are
independently wealthy. All we can do is the best we can and keep on
searching for the answers and pray God puts the right person or doctor in
our path. Sorry I got my dandruff up. It just makes me angry. I know so many
people that have suffered needlessly because of stupidity.

Grrrrr.....
Paulette

I am so lucky because my doc will go to the internet to find new things on
lupus, etc. and keep updated.  He will also listen to me even when I say
things like "I found this on the internet and thought maybe....." I think
some docs just want to be the all knowing powerful doctor and when we know
too much it threatens them. As Stephen B. Strum, MD (author and renegade
prostate cancer doctor) says MD does not stand for Medical Deity. He is so
right about that one!
Bev

Zuska,
Oh my dear. What a terrible time you have had. I feel for you and send
lots of hugs and "Positive Thoughts."
I am also on Plaquinal but every time I report something like this to
my Rheumie, he just says, "Oh I wish you women would stay off the
Internet! You talk yourselves into most of these situations!"
I have also been having feeling a progressive weakness in my thigh
muscles. My partner and I like to go for a walk at least once a day but
I have been feeling a lot of pain in my thighs the further I walk.
Then, at night, the pain in my thighs wakes me up. I thought it was
just my Lupus getting worse or the change of climate. (We have have
just moved from Alice Springs in Central Australia, where it is hot or
warm all the time, now we are living in Adelaide where it is winter and
I feel the cold a lot.)
I don't know wether to mention it to my Dr. or just wait and see if it
gets any worse.
Anyway, try to keep your chin up and please let us know how you get on.
Diane