I am sorry bout that Roni, I am kinda in the same unfortunate circumstance as u are though...I used to have my pick of the litter so to speak of Docs when we had private health ins., after we couldn't afford to keep it, w/ fam. of 5 it was going UP & UP, so my kids hae NJ fam Care, Thank God, but they will no accept adults over 18, doesn't do me & my hubby any good, :( So we now have Charity Care at a hospital by us, where I can go to the Adult Med. Clinic, there is a Nurse Practitioner who takes care of us, she is so nice, but also is limited in what she can do, she can send us to "medically deemed" necessary specialists in THAT hospital, as she did with my current Cardiologist fro my heart problems & high BP, but there is NO Rheumy in the hospital, and that is who I need to treat this "Mysterious Autimmune illness" I suffer with everyday! My skin isn't a problem, so I can't even go to a Dermatologist which they do have there! So I have to go thru THE WHOLE BALL GAME again, of getting Charity Care thu a hospital further from us who as a Rheumatologist I can see, but, I was sent for hand xrays & lumbar spine xrays by the clinic, and bloodwork was done too, which is good, cause at least I can go w/ some tests done already, but it just stinks cause after I do get the charity care then I will prob. have to wait 2-3 monts or an appt. since Rheumys are PACKED with patients, HMM, wonder y? LOL...Maybe cause we are in an epidemic type problem & noone realizes it! SO That is my next move, and I therefore suffer till then,, so I am with you 100% with the docotr issue, so sorry you are having the same issue by you.... I only advised u cause I feel if u are not happy w/ th doc u are seeing then move on till u are happy, I do the same I have been the past 15 yrs or so, to many many docs! But I moved too, so that is y I stopped going to them too...This disease is so mysterious I personally believe the docs r BAFFLED as much, if not MORE than us! It sounds to me u may be having Discoid Lupus issues as u have described, discoid & psoriasis is so closely related with the symptoms, almost mirror like. So u need a biopsy of the affected skn unfortunatley to get the correct diagnosis, my Mom did & that is what showed the lupus cells, never a Pos. ANA for he, but she did have elevated Sed Rate and maybe some other antibodies too, but I was so young, I am not 100% sure! Although to be honest my Mom always went to a Dermatologist to treat the Discoid, so u have tried that too right? She also had joint pain, I remeber her fingers, resembled sausages, she had short stubby hands to begin with, she was a cute lil Italian woman,LOL, but they (her fingers) did swell and hurt her. Hell, I think she hurt more than she let anyone know. She was like SUPERMOM, really, she never stopped, whatta woman & MOM overall! THE BEST! :) xoxo I miss her more everyday she is gone, the older I get, the sicker I feel, the harder it becomes, cause I have so many questions I want to ask her. Nothing is like a Good Momma! And sadly u do not realize that till u lose them...U love them, but don't realize the vital importance they have in ur life! I was 14 wen she died (it was all from complications of Lupus mixed with combos of toxic meds, mixed together, that they do not even use toay it was sudden, she passed over a 2 month period, from getting BADLY ILL) she became vain cause pple stared at her, from her scarring, on hr arms & face & hair (she wore longsleeves during summer cause of it) so she took whatever they offered her, She became their guinea pig & suffered the worst consequence due to that! So, do not be a Guinea Pig, research what u can, be a big part of ur treatment, ask questions! OK,well that was a long reply, and see last night u thought you weren't part of the crowd here, well, now u are prob. like OK, enough talking, LOL!!! Hope all goes well & I will pray you find someone to listen to you help you & you are also comfortable with.....Good Luck! Fingers Crossed 4 ya! {{HUGS}} Suzie :0)