Hello there Molly and Mig...

Thanks again for the great advice..
I'd like to say Molly, the GP has NO clue what's wrong in any way.. He's only taking his information from the CT. He has from what I've heard him say and seen him do.. NO idea of any Rheumy information whatsoever.! I told him that I disliked the Rheumy I saw in Newmarket and told him why. I asked him for the referral to Toronto as I wanted to get it figured out, but as far as I can tell, he's quite happy to do NOTHING and simply state to me that is arthritis, and it happens as you age.. Thats basically ALL that ive gotten from him. The woman on the phone would be going by HIS direction in stating the OA DX. I'm assuming that he didn't put much effort at all into making the request and I know for a fact that he wouldn't have said ANYTHING about AS because when I've tried to speak of it he has no clue what Im talking about. So its ME who has put this all together in my search for answers as I was getting so little from the GP.. In fact less than none from him. He doesn't seem interested to even see me when I do show up, let alone figure out whats wrong.!!
I am going to HAVE to go see my doc in Toronto and re iterate the whole crummy story over the last year to her and tell her what I think... and I say this bcause sorry to be so blunt, but I've now got blood in my stool and I won't go to this guy in any way for that, especially now that I've had such frustratting time with him.

I may actually look into the other options you gave me as well Mig, thank you... I'm so tired of trying to figure this out on my own it seems. It should be that my doc is fighting to help me get my life back, and yet he seems to be totally disinterested...and as Im sure so many have felt, it's heartbreaking!
I don't have close family, nor a partner for support or backup.. and I can't tell you how nice it feels inside to know that I can come in here when I need to talk..or ask questions.. or even just to vent... cause theres just no one else to do it with...
Thanks all
*big warm hugs*
Tracy

~ Hope sees the invisible, Feels the intangible, and Achieves the Impossible ~ Author Unknown

Single, working mom blessed with 6 biological children and one that just "belonged" with us!

Still struggling to be diagnosed...Dealing with a doc who just doesn't seem to understand what it's like each day!

*HUGS*