My Thoughts on What Dr.Drew Said on His Radio Show~



   I need to speak my mind on this whole Dr. Drew ordeal which happened last week, on his radio talk show Love Line. When I first heard the very words that came out of his mouth, I was flabbergasted and disgusted, that a psychologist, someone who is supposes to help people, would not think before he spoke. When you’re a therapist, you need to be even more aware of what you say, how you say and make sure that the info and advice and resources you dish out you can back up with solid facts.
   I have Interstitial Cystitis and fibromyalgia and I need to be tested for endometriosis went 10 long years before I got my IC diagnosis. Dr drew had not leg to stand on when it comes to giving advice about IC and fibro, he not a Urologist or a gynecologist. Many women who have IC also have fibro, not all, but a lot. They are often misdiagnosed as each other. They are very REAL and very deli bating diseases with proven pathology to back these up. THEY ARE NOT in our heads.
    It’s tough enough as it is to get doctors to take these very real diseases seriously; there are GOOD doctors out there that know their stuff and are doing what they can to help us. BUT when a person like Dr.Drew   speaks out on his talk show about this, with very little compassion in his voice and his co-host .Its counterproductive to our cause to our efforts to SPEAK truth, to get our voices heard loud and clear that IC alone affects 4 to 12 million people worldwide, and that doesn’t even include those who are still looking for answers and haven’t been diagnosed yet, And the many many woman who have endometriosis and the many who have fibromyalgia.
    I then just heard his so called apology on his talk show and it doesn’t really get better. He went back on some of what he said, in the original show he said that these diseases have no pathology to back them up, he can’t psychoanalyze us all and say its all in our heads, he then back peddled and said that he never said that, that they are very real, his co-host kept laughing in the back round which disgusts me, his co-host says.. “its not my fault that  all this uproar is going on and people are so upset  were not doing the show the way they want us to do” his co host was very smuck in the way he spoke, no compassion whatsoever.
   Now as angry as I am, I know that being nasty or  swearing or making threats, wont help our cause either, I know my IC family the IC community and fibromyalgia and endo communities are livid, and hurt and we feel like weve been punched in the heart. We need to use this ordeal to motivate us EVEN MORE to speak out, but we need to be speaking out as much as we can all along. We are being heard. So lets use this as our stage so to say to get more awareness about these horrific diseases, don’t stand by waiting for others to speak out, if you have already wonderful, if you haven’t, find a way to get your VOICES heard, Lets not wait until the next celebrity or psychologist try to speak out on this giving just another uneducated segment on these diseases on a talk show or radio talk show
   I’m in pain 24/7, I’m just as angry as the next person. But we need to press on. Yes my heart is breaking, we can be outraged without being downright nasty like I said that won’t help…..no doctor no matter what letters are behind their name, should try to speak on a topic they aren’t specialized in, pure and simple. How would dr. drew feel if someone that he loved was diagnosed with one of thse terrible diseases, god forbid, maybe he would of thought twice before he spoke, so he said im sorry, but he did go back on things he said, and the damage is done, this false info a is out there now to all his listeners, to family and friends of those who suffer day in and day out, now they doubt those who are trying to get them to believe their pain is real. No one chose this life, this pain, BUT let’s get this message out there loud and clear, we aren’t going to silent any longer. I’ve been trying to do all I can and I know there are many of my IC family  fibro sisters that are doing all they can to raise awareness. This has just revamped that purpose, its driving me to do MORE, not be silenced because of fear, to give our pain and our lives faces.MY  VOICE is going to be heard, how many of you are joining the FIGHT!!!!!

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