Edited April 2014 from letter dated March 2011. Good afternoon, doctors. I am sending you three this letter and diagram in a last ditch attempt to explain my health issues from my perspective. I feel that I am failing in properly describing my symptoms to you and I hope this chart will help a bit […]
Help Me, Doc. I Still Feel Like Crap!
Edited April 2014 from letter dated April 2010 Good Afternoon Doctor. I wanted to take a quick moment to update you on my current health situation. It’s been well over a year since I saw you last and I thought it would be helpful to provide you with some recent news on my situation. On […]
Hey Doc, Here’s My Impression of an Hypochondriac
Edited April 2014 from letter dated September 2007 Good morning Dr. I am writing you this letter to provide a detailed update on my seemingly never-ending medical issues. I find that during appointments, with the limited timeframe, I inevitably forget to mention a certain symptom or cannot fully explain a certain experience. Hopefully this format […]
Doc, These Glasses Aren’t Helping
Edited April 2014 from facsimile transmission dated July 2007 Good afternoon Dr. It’s now been a few months since you examined my eyes and prescribed a new pair of glasses in hopes of correcting the headaches/eye pain issues I’ve been dealing with since March 2006. You contacted me soon after my examination to check up […]
Doctor, My Eyes
Edited April 2014 from facsimile transmission dated May 2006 Good morning Doctor. As per your request from my previous appointment, here is the name of the optometrist I use. I have made another appointment with the optometrist to get another exam and discuss the evolving symptoms I shared with you. I also wanted to update […]
Eye Pain Begets MRI Fun
This was edited April 2014 from its original first published as part of my March/May 2006 letter. Nothing in my life is ever simple. I began this fight with “the man” over these useless computer monitors we have that don’t allow us to use the software properly. Long story short, about two months ago I […]