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Can anyone recommend a good rhuematologist near Bolton Greater Manchester please

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hi i have recently seen a doctor at a centre of excellence centre near me. I totally feel that she doesnt believe me and over many years have seen a few. Her recommendation for my pains were doing lots of excercising and toning and said i had some hard skin on my feet. And that was it. She sent off for some bloods tests and didnt send me the blood test results just a letter shed sent to my gp saying about my hard skin on foot. She stated my blood tests were unremarkable. I had to ring up and ask for my blood results to be sent out to me. I also had to almost beg to get some bloods done whilst seeing her and to get some answers to why i have had lots of various problems over the years. Im now 52 and this all started 20 years ago. Ive had iritis...continious pain on one side of my body particularly my hip and knee and neck and shoulder. I have hammer toes on both feet and bunions from being 30...I am constantly exhausted. My bloods over the last two years have shown r factor 17, creatinine 88, egfr65, thyroid hormone 5, 1gm 2.05, C4 0.17, C3 0.96, ESR was 9 last time now 5, white blood cells 3.4, heamatocrit 0.36, lymphocytes 0.95. Just some of the blood results Im sharing with you all. I have a small scaley round red patch what pop up at times on my skin in various places... only the odd one or two, not lots. I used to get the large blood blisters in my mouth which I dont know thankfully. Im sick of being fobbed off....and to be told my feet are just because of my age and the best thing to do is tone and excercise is so disappointing. I had to tell her, yes ok for a 52 year old but not when I got them at 30. Im fit for my age dont drink or smoke the right weight for my height and go to the gym. Sorry just feel fed up....and exhausted. I have 3 children to care for and i need some energy and something to help with my pain. Im taking 90mg of duluxetine for depression which also helps with pain and hrt patches. I adopted my 3 children as after having lots of private IVF as couldnt have my own....I sometimes wonder if thats anything to do with any conditions.

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