Re: When you don't trust your primary?

These, taken together, were wonderful suggestions -- thank you.

In thinking about it, I am surprised that I don't know the questions to
ask -- or many of the questions. I would love to hear suggestions.

I tend to talk a bit about my history on the phone but then go in as
patient, not, as you wrote, interviewing them - though I know after
I'll think about whether or not it will work out. But you are
absolutely right about the change in thought process. How could I not
have thought of that!

OldGoat - were you talking about asking questions on the phone or in
person?

the info I have from my HMO is: education, residency, board
certification, languages spoken and gender. When it's a specialist (or
someone I'm sent to by an agency, like SSDI or No Fault), my husband
looks up court history before we go :-).

Yes, what other questions?

Re: referrals: The one whose PA walked out on me was recommended by
someone I trust *a lot*, my former gynecologist. I suppose dr's don't
have to deal with his entire staff of people under 25 yrs old for a
couple hours before seeing him? Who knows. Someone else I know thinks
he's brilliant too, but I never got to see him because the PA decided I
was "rude" while I was trying to tell her my history then they mailed
me my paperwork back. Imagine what it feels like to get rejected by a
25 year old gum-chewing PA?

One or two others were recommended by drs from my old town, but I left
that town for a reason... (I'm sure I'll be deleting this post in a few
days; I think I'm writing too much)

The dr I have an appt with in Nov comes recommeded actually by my real
estate agent, who believes he saved her life; no one would have found
what she has if not for him. He also was ranked "physician of the year"
last year, by patient vote, of drs affiliated w/this hospital.

Others I have found through the HMO's website.

I guess I feel such a sense of urgency since I got my MRI results --
like, I was ready to take them to the rehab clinic when they came in
and cancelled the appt waiting the new results. But, now, do I go? Or
do I want other doctor opinions? And if so, after a primary, comes an
orthopedist, etc. Waiting months for a primary feels like I'm delaying
treatment and favoring my neck now, making it feel tighter; I got leery
of my old exercise routine....

I guess I wrote a lot. I apologize. But, yes, if anyone has suggestions
about when and which questions are important, I'd love to see. (When
you said, how many patinets, what is a good/bad answer and why?) Meds
I'm not concerned about. I respond very poorly to medication and it
takes a lot to get me on it; I'm the patient they get frustrated with
for not being able to tolerate medication.

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