Doctors can be idiots!

I went with John to his follow-up procedure the other day. Well the pain is gone but he is having pain in other parts of the body and he still gets sick, so now what? The doctor says great you feel better (uh still sick). Then the IDIOT tells us that his labs showed high triglycerides and that could be a serious problem causing the pancreatitis. DUH!!!! We told him the last time we saw him that John had pancreatitis even though the levels that they test for it were normal. He said at that time that there was no way that he could have had pancreatitis. He knows of only 1 person in his 12 years of practice (yes PRACTICE) that had pancreatitis without the lab levels being elevated. Now this visit he is saying that the high triglycerides could cause pancreatitis and that John needs to watch what he eats and take medicines to control them! DUH!! We have been there, done that! A few years ago John developed these bumps that kind of looked like pimples on his elbow and knees, were very tender to touch, and could not be popped like a pimple (he tried many times). It turns out that his body was trying to get rid of the excess triglycerides in his system by creating these "pimples." Well once we got them down to a reasonable level the bumps vanished, left scars, but no bumps, and not tender any more. So we have used those as determinations if John is getting sick again....yes, they have come back but now not for a few years but still the pancreatitis comes back.

So now we are in limbo of what to do, doctors are done with what they wanted to accomplish but John is still getting sick, it is enough that he does not think that he could hold down a job yet, so the trouble continues......UGGHHHHH!!!!!