Author Archives: Steve

This pain that I’ve had for at least the last nineteen years is worsening, becoming more debilitating. I can not find a doctor in Sydney who will take the trouble to determine the cause of my long-term health problems. Every … Continue reading →

I went to see Dr M, the GP recommeded by Dr L. He didn’t offer me any chinese medicines. After listening to all of the symptoms and history and asking a few questions, he tells me that the problem is … Continue reading →

I’ve just been to see my GP, Dr L, again to ask him yet again to find me someone who will take the time and trouble to find the cause of my health problems. I explained again that I don’t … Continue reading →

In the medical profession, a Consultant is a senior, experienced doctor who is available to give advice to less experienced doctors. However, from my forty years experience in dealing with the medical profession, it seems that all doctors have fallen … Continue reading →

I’ve just been to see my GP, Dr L, about the intermittent pain that I’ve been getting in my right knee for the last ten or fifteen years. The last xray in 2002 showed what might be a small loose … Continue reading →

Result of the third biopsy of my thyroid: “The smears consist of admixed blood and histiocytes with scattered small aggregates of morphologically unremarkable follicular epithelial cells as well as a small amount of thick colloid. The overall appearances are in … Continue reading →

After seventeen years of consultations with my GP, Dr L, he asked me if I had ever had a Glucose Tolerance Test. I had to remind him that he had sent me for three GTTs and that all had returned … Continue reading →

Today I’ve had the third biopsy of my thyroid nodules. I hope that we get some result, one way or the other, this time.  

After two weeks of no phone call from my GP, Dr L, I gave up waiting and went to see him. His response? “Go and have the repeat biopsy.” That’s all, nothing else. All of ten seconds and he was … Continue reading →

It’s now been over two weeks since the thyroid biopsy that was reported as “atypica of undetermined significance … suggest repeat FNB”. My GP, Dr L, said that he would followup with the radiologist who took the biopsy and the … Continue reading →