Re: Thanks doc...or not!...Also an intro

You have to think about it this way, Matt...........YOU are the customer.
HE is the person supplying a service that YOU are paying for. You have the
right to participate in YOUR care. Perhaps if you persist with it he will
at least refer you if for nothing else, to get you off his case:-)

Carol J


Matt wrote:
> Thanks for the links. There's some good reading there. However, I'm
> not quite sure how my doctor would receive this. I think doctors can
> be very proud people, and may not enjoy a patient trying to teach
> them. This doctor has blown it in the past. When my wife was a
> patient, he didn't really treat her, and wouldn't refer her to a
> infectious disease doctor until her mom got into the act and put a
> lot of pressure on him.
>
> She was having some pretty weird symptoms. Turned out she did have
> some bizarre infection that the specialist finally treated. She would
> have suffered much longer if she didn't get to the specialist. He's a
> great guy...but not sure how good a doctor...he tends to just let
> things go...he doesn't seem to take things seriously enough.
>
> But maybe I'll get up the courage to give him the info. Maybe with
> some pressure, he'd refer me to a rheumy. I feel bad for all the
> other patients who may get the same treatment.


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