I fired my doctors
Was I being punished?
You need to express fears
Fear of addiction
Side effects worried me
A gender bias
Costs are a factor
Believe your pain
I went to Seattle, Washington, where they first started doing bone marrow transplantation and consulted with doctors out there and found that the kind of complaint I have is not unusual. When I came back to Lansing, I immediately started interviewing internists and oncologists and fired my old ones. The ones I have now are very helpful. They have no problem whatsoever believing in the pain, treating the pain. I think the fact that they believe in it as well has helped my deal with it so much more.
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