It's been a while... (a slight rant)

Today I found out that the endocrinologist I have been waiting months (and will be waiting yet another month) to see is a DIABETES SPECIALIST. I really, really hope he knows at least a speck about thyroid problems, because I am SICK and TIRED (well, literally and figuratively) of the runaround one has to go through to get healthy with a thyroid problem. It's ridiculous. The more I learn about my condition, the angrier I get that SO many doctors completely IGNORE thyroid symptoms and for no good reason, they like to put off treatment as long as possible. I wouldn't have even found out I had this disease if I hadn't begged them to test me for Hashi's. So many doctors are hung up on TSH being between the antiquated scale of two numbers that they care nothing about how their patients actually feel. What also irritates me is I find out that I have this illness in JUNE, and I do not get to see a doctor until NOVEMBER. Which leaves me completely untreated for FIVE MONTHS. I'm not sure why this is the way it is here. I don't know how many patients they have to see in this giant endocrinologist office that is 3 minutes from my house, but it seems quite strange that it takes so long to get in to see a doctor there.

I'm not trying to be negative here. With everything that I'm reading about thyroid conditions, I'm beginning to realize that if I am not my own advocate for health, I will never feel better ( unless I manage to get one of the few doctors in this country that has actually kept up to date in their knowledge of thyroid diseases). I will approach my doctor with a list of questions and not leave until they have all been answered to my satisfaction. I will ask for the blood tests I know I need to get to know how to best be treated, and if my doctor isn't willing to order them for me, I will order them myself and take the results to another doctor. I will try one kind of medication, and if it does not make me feel better over the span of a few months, I will try another medication. I will do each and every one of these things, because I DESERVE to feel my best. My CHILDREN deserve to have a mother who feels their best. My HUSBAND deserves to have a wife who feels her best.
AND I WILL NOT GIVE UP UNTIL I FEEL BETTER!!!!!!!