#reactive arthritis

Sometimes we hear stories about the really crazy things docs say to people. We thought we would share some of these, and ask you for yours. Because sometimes all you can do is shake your head and laugh…. And then find a new doctor! ~~

“You can’t have AS because in all my years practicing, I’ve never diagnosed anyone with AS.”
“My Mom is having a bad time right now. I asked her Dr. If it could be AS. He said she doesn’t have the bamboo back so she doesn’t have AS.” - (posted on our page just today)
OBGYN: “Obviously I can’t have anyone in my practice with spondylitis….”
Rheum to just diagnosed patient: “You have AS. There is nothing you can do except take medication and accept that it will probably get worse.”
“Doctor: You have pink-eye. Me: It doesn’t feel like pink-eye, it feels like someone is stabbing my eye with a hat pin. Doctor: it’s pink eye - I know what I’m talking about, I’m a doctor. (Hint: it wasn’t pink eye - anyone with AS knows what it was)”
#Truestory