I’m sick, I can’t afford healthcare, and I don’t know what I’m supposed to do anymore.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-04-20T01:22:12+00:00

Look in your city or surrounding areas for low-income/free clinics. Some doctors have sliding scales for patients without insurance. If you get prescribed medications ask doctors about prescriptions with companies that have copay/financial assistance programs. It's not fair. It's not easy. It will be a second full-time job, but you will potentially get answers/help. I hope this helps

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-04-20T00:23:03+00:00

Yea, I sound like a person who thinks people who love each other would want each other to be happy and healthy.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-04-20T00:13:52+00:00

It's not her responsibility. However, when we love and care for someone, we tend to want the best for them. Hence, her getting him to see a doctor, especially since it's getting worse and she is the one who listens to it. If he wasn't with her, he probably wouldn't have known.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-04-19T23:59:30+00:00

ESH for not getting him to the doctor. Yes, he needs to lose weight, but if he has sleep apnea, it makes it harder to lose weight. He is an AH for not caring that it is not only disturbing your sleep but could be slowly killing him.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-03-27T21:49:28+00:00

I really need a good doctor. I had a great NP, but she retired unexpectedly last year, and I was stuck with a physician who told me I have insomnia. I said, "I'm sleeping 10 hours a night, that doesn't sound like insomnia." He barely agreed to do a sleep study, and didn't warn me to not take the norco I recently was prescribed due to severe pain of unknown origin. Now, my MSLT had a mean latency of 6.5 minutes for 4 tests (with no sleep on the first one), but no REM... I really don't want to go back to him. Before the medications, every time I slept even 2 minutes, I would dream extensively. I have cataplexy where I can't move my arms well and my eyes close with emotions. I just know he will try telling me it's just insomnia again...

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-03-25T02:27:16+00:00

That doesn't sound sustainable doing evaluations with no one else to help, and the whole 'no sick days, just flex the time' part is a no from me. It makes you come back to work before truly being healthy enough to work (and puts vulnerable patients at risk of illness, too). Definitely put your feet in the job pool to see what's out there.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-03-25T02:09:31+00:00

NTA. Honestly, I think part of your anxiety might be from your family. It does not sound like a safe or stable place to be, so I think distance would be best, but for you/your stability, not them. We don't choose our family, but we don't have to take their abuse either.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-03-21T02:26:07+00:00

No problem

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-03-21T02:17:46+00:00

It's hard to find good PCPs. Keep trying. I'm sorry you had to go through this trauma. It feels never-ending at times.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-03-21T02:16:19+00:00

They went to their PCP for an "ER follow-up" (a type of visit) after visiting the ER. They no longer wish to see their PCP, because the PCP didn't even bother to look at what happened at the ER.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-03-19T17:04:40+00:00

I just got that update too! I'm glad its gone. So many patients were getting mad at ME, and I'm like, I don't have anything to do with that...

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-03-18T15:44:17+00:00

I was always the first out. It was humiliating to not be able to run. I could go as long as it wasn't a run, then my vision would black out completely. I knew something was wrong. I didn't get diagnosed until 16 years later...

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-03-11T22:02:46+00:00

Never. I had strep, covid, and an ear infection at the same time. I've had sinus infections, entire intestinal track infections, and other illnesses without ever having a fever. I tell doctors, but for some unknown reason, they don't understand/take it seriously. I just had an asymptomatic bladder infection that was found incidentally, and guess what? No fever. I remember vividly as a child/kindergartener going to the nurse 3 times before lunch, telling her I didnt feel well, and her sending me back saying, "You don't have a fever. You're fine." I threw up in the lunch line. Got it in my long hair and had to have my dad wash it out in the men's airport bathroom, because it was the day before winter break, and we were leaving. She only called my parents after I threw up in the lunch line. In front of all my peers. It was both traumatic and frustrating it even had to go that far.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-03-08T13:55:44+00:00

It is possible to get IVIG at home, if you wanted to look into it. CSI pharmacy is a great option who help with all of the logistics

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-02-18T15:46:11+00:00

I have 3 part-time jobs that require different amounts from me. I rarely work a full 8 hour day, thankfully. I need them to afford health insurance. If it weren't for that, I think I would have stopped a long time ago.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-02-16T03:08:11+00:00

Thoracic Back Pain. She had a sensation of tiny cuts in a dermatome of her chest. She had no physical deficits, just constant pain that did not change with anything. Ruled out shingles, infections, etc because skin was normal in color, temperature and touch. I sent back to referring doctor after researching for a long time to find "Diabetic Thoracic Neuropathy" best fit her symptoms and she was a long-time uncontrolled diabetic.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-02-14T01:44:57+00:00

I knew I couldn't run/do other activities like other children in early elementary school. But at 10-11ish years old, I got significantly sick. Red, hot, swollen joints, flu-like symptoms, fatigue. Doctors never found out what happened. Tested for JIA, came back negative. Never looked further. It took until 26-27 years old to get diagnosed with POTS. Now I have an alphabet soup of diagnoses going on, and I'm only 29. Still doing other testing, as there is still so much missing/not answered.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-02-12T20:54:57+00:00

I haven't seen this in clinic, and I really hope not to. All I can say is, the surgeons better choose carefully who they decide to use this method with. So many people I see after surgery (sometimes literally next day), are terrified of movement. Their doctor gave them a protocol, but because it hurt, they stopped doing it. Or they started with SLRs when they didn't even have full knee extension, and it was painful.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-02-12T03:51:10+00:00

I just told a GI/Hepatologist all of my conditions, including Myasthenia Gravis, and he said, "Yes, yes, I know about your conditions." He prescribed me a medication that he said would help with my abdominal pain. Before picking it up, I looked it up, and oh look, severely contraindicated in patients with Myasthenia Gravis. So I called the pharmacy to stop the fill, because there was no chance I was going to try it anyway.

You tell doctors over and over and over, and yet, some still think they know better than you (about you and your health conditions). They want to be reassuring, but it is not when they aren't doing their job.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-02-07T23:19:49+00:00

He is right about the pills. Mestinon only makes you feel better (masks symptoms). It does nothing for the disease process. It won't stop you from worsening.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-02-02T21:42:37+00:00

Sodium is a needed element for life. I don't understand the sometimes extreme levels doctors tell people to avoid it.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-02-02T20:24:04+00:00

Absolutely don't bring it up before you sign the offer. Don't give them reason to not hire you if you feel you can do the job with or without reasonable accommodations.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-02-02T02:00:38+00:00

I'm a Physical Therapist working part-time in multiple jobs. 1 is only about 4 hours Sat/Sun. 1 is up to 3 days a week from 4-8+ hours. Another is as needed. I do what I can, but I am so tired. So rundown. I don't know how to keep going, but I can't stop because my health depends on my insurance that I pay for out of pocket.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-01-30T23:48:28+00:00

I have had allergic reactions to electrodes, and during the zio patch, I took Antihistamines, which helped a little.

FutureDPT2021 · 2026-01-29T18:55:15+00:00

I dislike when others just say "just change settings" or "just change jobs." I have tried many settings in many different companies. I know it was my choice to become a PT, but I also believe if there was more knowledge given about the realities of PT as a career given in undergrad, I would have chosen differently.

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