Sunday, September 9, 2012

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

I  have been suffering from ARTHRITIS for the last 2 years. Yeah, I diagnosed myself  and made a confirmatory working diagnosis of GOUTY ARTHRITIS. With 31 years of experience treating patients, I could say that I gave myself the best medical care there is. I followed the proper protocol of RHEUMATOLOGISTS and treated myself with the same medications that they usually give to patients like me and more. The same as all arthritic patients have experienced, no treatment last for long. There is no treatment really. Medications only give pain alleviations and nothing more. They do not stop the pathological process all along.And so, patients are left fending for themselves for  the rest of their lives and mine. Most patients ( and me included) substitute medications one from the other in order to get a pain free morning. And I am consulted by many patients seeking for more potent medications for joint pains. As advised, I went to the gym almost everyday for 2 years  to prevent arthritic attacks. Nothing to it. I had joint pains most of the time and they were getting worst.When I stopped going to the gym everyday and did it once a week, the daily arthritic pains disappeared and  I get them every now and then ( and I lowered my CREATININE clearance). Most drugs alleviate pain for a the next 3 to 5 days and that's it. They become useless. I needed to shift to another pain relievers to have pain free mornings.
Because of this personal experience, I have given my patients better medical protocol .

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