After 3 and a half years of 5 different doctors, who would walk out of the room and call other doctors to talk about me and my case, and doctors who would not listen to ME and what I had to say, my fears, my pain, Test on top of test, 3 and a half years of meds being thrown my way that I refused to take because of side affects and NO concrete diagnosis. 70 pounds lighter, could barely walk, could not lift a coffee cup, could not walk 1/2 a block, when I use to walk 3 to 6 miles a day. I had massive migraines that lasted 5 days at a time, almost every other week.
I though I was dying.
I finally ended in the hospital with pneumonia, where they did more test. Spleen swollen, lymph nodes swollen, and now all the cancer test to be taken. I did not have cancer. went home sick... still no answers...story continues, but to shorten this story, I finally had a pet scan and lytic lesions were found throughout my bones. bone biopsy confirmed I had Sarcoidosis of the bone!! NOT RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS!!!!!!!
I was sent to Dr. Gupta in October of 2015, barley able to walk, I hurt every where, hands, feet headaches that were excruciating, so exhausted that I slept every free moment. The first time I stepped foot in his office, he showed respect for me. He had a conversation with another doctor I had seen and stayed in the office so I could hear the conversation. He did not walk out!! He wanted to start me on a specific med, but I was concerned and he took care of my concern, confirmed that it was not an issue in my situation, and I started taking the meds.
In one month, I was able to make Thanksgiving dinner (I had missed the last one), and I was able to dance in my kitchen with my grandkids again! I was able to lift my granddaughter off the floor, when I couldn't lift her as a newborn a year earlier. I had my life back and I no longer thought I was dying. I had hope!
It is true, sometimes it is hard to get a quick appt. but he allows for walk-ins for his patients after 4 on Tues. and Friday at the Sun City office. He has never turned me away, and he even got me into an ortho Dr. the next day for a fractured foot during one of these walk-ins, when I would have had to wait days.
He has a lot of patients that are willing to wait... I am one of these patients.
Oh yeah! I love the office people, they are kind, funny and helpful. I always go to the Sun City office, except for the breathing test that I need every year or so to make sure the Sarcoid has not moved to my lungs, and Mary is just was sweet as the rest of the people at Sun City!
Thank you Dr. Rakesh Gupta for hearing ME and helping keep my Sarcoid at bay and out of my lungs!!!
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