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I've been "Let Go" from my family doctor (IRONY!!!)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 305508" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Marg, I can see the docs point of you from the way you described it. And trust me, had he let psycho neighbor guy go from his patient load, neighbor would have been at him with a lawyer from the free legal clinic in a heart beat. He's on soooo many hard core medications and he would NEVER do without this dispensing from this doctor. So I can see I was the easiest to dispense of since the worst I said was the "I'm not asking for heroin" comment. </p><p></p><p>Since he's just a family doctor, all I lose out on by using a clinic instead of him, is the pain medications issue. I'm going to explain to my neuro on next appointment that i missed the 3 appointments and was let go (I'll leave out the other b.s. part). The reason the neuro didn't prescribe pain medications, was because i had a local family doctor who could better oversee pain medications via frequent appointments if needed etc. But now that situation has changed. So its time for me to get back in to see him I guess. At this time of year, with weather changing, I'm having more symptoms (after a lovely extended reprieve) so it's a good thing to be seeing him anyhow. </p><p></p><p>The pain management doctor was actually what my family doctor was due to refer me to next time I saw him. I'll have the neuro send me there if he would prefer, since the pain clinic is local to me instead of several hours drive away. Better for more frequent visits.</p><p></p><p>Susiestar, we can go through our local health unit to put our name on a wait list for a new doctor. The list however is so long it takes literally years and years to get a doctor via the list. I'll be posted with S/O via the military long before that happens. So I'm not going to bother.</p><p></p><p>I do have other options as i've mentioned. Not as simple as one doctor, a mile from my house. But I'm not OUT of options. And I do not see myself sucking up to this dufus doctor. I don't trust him to treat my medical issues with the proper care if he has prejudged me on non truths from another patient, particularly a patient with the history psycho guy has. I saw for a long time the difference in my care, and just didn't know WHY. So while doctor won't ever admit it, his listening to this other patient DID taint the quality of care that I recieved. I will NOT see someone who puts my medical condition and needs to the back burner based on **** from someone else. And on a personal level, I'm insulted. This doctor knows me well. He knows my kids well. He knows my entire medical history. He was there for birth of both my children. Through post traumatic stress diagnosis, through anxiety disorder diagnosis, post partum depression. he was there when my sons skull grew deformed and they thought he had a brain tumor. He's treated difficult child for all of his mental health problems when they were a problem, he's treated difficult child for tremors and severe motor skill delays/disability. He's been there through my treatments for early onset cervical cancer. I need to see a doctor again actually becuase symptoms for that are back. If the cancer is back, what if its spread and the treatment is more invasive? I surely don't want a doctor I dont' trust as far as I can throw him to be the person I turn to in hard times. And he's already disregarded serious MS symptoms due to the yokel neighbor. So nope. Not sucking up. Even if I did NOT have other options, I can't see sitting in his office again. </p><p></p><p>I'm kind of over it by today actually. Weird huh? I laughed about it telling my aunt today. The only lingering issue I have is that I don't think a doctor who practices treating his patients with this attitude should be getting away with that. He has a duty to ALL patients. And he's obviously failed me, so I assume I'm nothing special and certainly it is likely I'm not alone as a patient of his who has been very let down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 305508, member: 4264"] Marg, I can see the docs point of you from the way you described it. And trust me, had he let psycho neighbor guy go from his patient load, neighbor would have been at him with a lawyer from the free legal clinic in a heart beat. He's on soooo many hard core medications and he would NEVER do without this dispensing from this doctor. So I can see I was the easiest to dispense of since the worst I said was the "I'm not asking for heroin" comment. Since he's just a family doctor, all I lose out on by using a clinic instead of him, is the pain medications issue. I'm going to explain to my neuro on next appointment that i missed the 3 appointments and was let go (I'll leave out the other b.s. part). The reason the neuro didn't prescribe pain medications, was because i had a local family doctor who could better oversee pain medications via frequent appointments if needed etc. But now that situation has changed. So its time for me to get back in to see him I guess. At this time of year, with weather changing, I'm having more symptoms (after a lovely extended reprieve) so it's a good thing to be seeing him anyhow. The pain management doctor was actually what my family doctor was due to refer me to next time I saw him. I'll have the neuro send me there if he would prefer, since the pain clinic is local to me instead of several hours drive away. Better for more frequent visits. Susiestar, we can go through our local health unit to put our name on a wait list for a new doctor. The list however is so long it takes literally years and years to get a doctor via the list. I'll be posted with S/O via the military long before that happens. So I'm not going to bother. I do have other options as i've mentioned. Not as simple as one doctor, a mile from my house. But I'm not OUT of options. And I do not see myself sucking up to this dufus doctor. I don't trust him to treat my medical issues with the proper care if he has prejudged me on non truths from another patient, particularly a patient with the history psycho guy has. I saw for a long time the difference in my care, and just didn't know WHY. So while doctor won't ever admit it, his listening to this other patient DID taint the quality of care that I recieved. I will NOT see someone who puts my medical condition and needs to the back burner based on **** from someone else. And on a personal level, I'm insulted. This doctor knows me well. He knows my kids well. He knows my entire medical history. He was there for birth of both my children. Through post traumatic stress diagnosis, through anxiety disorder diagnosis, post partum depression. he was there when my sons skull grew deformed and they thought he had a brain tumor. He's treated difficult child for all of his mental health problems when they were a problem, he's treated difficult child for tremors and severe motor skill delays/disability. He's been there through my treatments for early onset cervical cancer. I need to see a doctor again actually becuase symptoms for that are back. If the cancer is back, what if its spread and the treatment is more invasive? I surely don't want a doctor I dont' trust as far as I can throw him to be the person I turn to in hard times. And he's already disregarded serious MS symptoms due to the yokel neighbor. So nope. Not sucking up. Even if I did NOT have other options, I can't see sitting in his office again. I'm kind of over it by today actually. Weird huh? I laughed about it telling my aunt today. The only lingering issue I have is that I don't think a doctor who practices treating his patients with this attitude should be getting away with that. He has a duty to ALL patients. And he's obviously failed me, so I assume I'm nothing special and certainly it is likely I'm not alone as a patient of his who has been very let down. [/QUOTE]
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