by inkykiwi » May 02, 2006 6:45 am
That is a very good point Hurlygirl, maybe there is a huge issues of gender issues here, or maybe we choose to be pregnant, and other don't choose to have cancer? Maybe there is a stigma because we 'got ourselves into this mess'? I don't know but it seems very strange to me. I guess there is massive fear over reserched drugs in pregnancy, and doctors are butt covering not prescribing them. Or maybe it's as simple as, it's not that common an illness (HG) and Doctors are just not aware of it enough, or educated on it enough. Yet because of the title they hold, they put on an air of knowing best when reality is they are not informed enough. I don't know, it's a hard one...
Here's a tease, my Midwife back in NZ is in contact with me as we are returning to NZ for the birth, and she is telling me that she can prescribe all the medicines required including Zofran....and yet I'm over here in the UK, struggling on Stemitil, because my doctor is not willing to prescribe anything else, or even up my doseage of Stemitil...which annoys me greatly. But thems the breaks! We will just have to continue to envy those of you living in America.
I agree that you can get it here, you just have to get in with the right doctors, however I live in a small town, so have little options, but I'm surviving, i shoudn't complain, i've found some mineral water that my body tolerates, I don't like it but it works, so I can stay hydrated, so I'm fine really! I know others are not so fortunate.
It is certainly interesting to discuss theories as to why it's like pulling teeth to get doctors to prescribe around the world.
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