| My Doctor won't listen to me or order tests for my Chronic Diverticulitis?
I have never been sick in my life until 2005 when I went to the Emergency room buckled over in pain in my abdomin. The idiot Dr. I had then ordered a colonoscopy and found the 14 diverticulie in my colon. The second time I colapsed at work and changing primary Drs., the New Dr. was a Godsend. She and my gastro Dr. ordered emergency surgery and removed 18" of my colon as one of the Diverticulie had burst and I was eating anti-biotics and vicodin like candy to handle the situation. The surgeon told me I may get up 5 years out of the surgery as my disease is spread throughout my colon. My gastro Dr. whom I just saw wants to remove the rest of my colon. I told my New primary and he said "NO" and to keep dealing with my condition. Well after a year and over 3 years I have the same symptoms and feel like death again with the pain and paralyzing nausea to where I just want to sleep. This Doc. is only going by my words and not even looking at my old med. records nor ordering any new tests. He just throws pills at me and they do nothing for me. He says I am just depressed and pushes all anti-depressents and I refuse to take any of them as they wig me out and high as a kite. I am not depressed!!!! What the hell is it with Drs. and these things??? They must get a huge kickback from the manufacturers of these horrible pills. I do need my xanax and my pain medication to work. My Dr. I loved before she quit was so caring and wonderful. She wanted to put me on S.S.Disabilaty. I did not want this and could work, but not like I was and I happen to find a very good job and much less physical from my old job that made my illness excellerate to the point of collapse and emergency surgery. I need my meds, but also want to know why he hasn't ordered my records from my other 2 primary Drs. and why he won't order any new tests after begging for new ones?? I feel like I live in the Twighligt Zone here for the last 4-5 years. Yes I am scared to were a perm. colostomy, but being deathly sick everyday is not living to me and I have been a hermit and lost friends. I may be a little depressed, but that is from the pain and nausea on a daily basis. Thank you
Thank you so much for your replies. It is very helpful to me. I don't want to seem like I am "Doctor Shopping", but in essence I am. I am so frustrated and tired of being so ill. If I have to have the rest of colon taken out I will. I have had it. Thank you again for your help!! | 
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