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I alluded earlier on to the fact that I was having some ongoing health problems.  I had scheduled an appointment for Thursday to see the doctor, which seemed to me like a long time to wait.

Monday morning I was on my way out to meet a client when I decided to call the doctor and see if they had a cancellation in the near future.  I was told there was a cancellation right then if I could come right now.  I quickly called the client and rescheduled and went to the doctor.

Turns out the first doctor misdiagnosed the problem.  The treatment that was prescribed has only been making the problem worse.

I got a new diagnosis and a new form of treatment and after just two days I can already tell a marked difference.  Wow.

I've always had great luck with doctors.  My family doctor was my dad's college roommate, and after he left his general practice to focus on sports medicine, we ended up using a 9-9 clinic near our house where the doctor was wonderful.  I stumbled on a terrific doctor in New York, and ended up using a different doctor when I returned to Oklahoma and he was great, too.

So this misdiagnosis thing came as a surprise.  I've always had great trust in doctors, but I've learned my lesson and I will definitely be speaking up sooner if I think something is wrong.