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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / December 2004RD says . . .
called my rd and she said, "get thee to a neurologist" as soon as i can. she suggested one that was in the same building, but only because he's part of the st. francis health system and the only neurologist that is---convenient, in other words. but she said, check around. i'm thinking maybe i should go outside the system and see who else i can find? kate Congratulations on getting started. Now keep going! Gwen > called my rd and she said, "get thee to a neurologist" as soon as i can. > she suggested one that was in the same building, but only because he's part [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.802 / Virus Database: 545 - Release Date: 11/26/2004 thanks, sweetness. i will. kate > Congratulations on getting started. Now keep going! > Gwen [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >> Version: 6.0.802 / Virus Database: 545 - Release Date: 11/26/2004 good job on starting the process! now, check around with any folks you know with back problems and see if they have a neurologist they like. And check with your other docs to see if there's one they've heard good reports of. You can do this and you will feel so much better with treatment!  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare thanks, sweetie. so far, my pcp and rd both named the same neurologist, but both of them are in the same health care system, too. still working on it. kate > good job on starting the process! now, check around with any folks you > know > with back problems and see if they have a neurologist they like. And > check > with your other docs to see if there's one they've heard good reports of. > You can do this and you will feel so much better with treatment! > called my rd and she said, "get thee to a neurologist" as soon as i can. > she suggested one that was in the same building, but only because he's part > of the st. francis health system and the only neurologist that > is---convenient, in other words. but she said, check around. i'm thinking > maybe i should go outside the system and see who else i can find? There is an advantage to having several doctors associated with the same system, they can usually share files and info a lot easier. Most of the doctors my father and I go to are associated with the same hospital. When dad was in the hospital they (or their partners) made rounds there and were able to check up on him. It helps keep all of my doctors "on the same page", and means that I don't have any trouble making sure that all of our doctors know which meds we are taking and how and what we are being treated for and with. The only reason I'd go to a doctor associated elsewhere is if I don't like or trust the ones our PCP suggests, and then I'd discuss it with him. >> called my rd and she said, "get thee to a neurologist" as soon as i can. >> she suggested one that was in the same building, but only because he's [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > like or trust the ones our PCP suggests, and then I'd discuss it with > him. uhhh . . . i'm glad that works for you and your father, norman. however, my rd and pcp are even in the same building, as well as belong to the same health care system. the blood and xray lab are in the same building as both of them, too. guess what? i still have to make sure my doctors each get copies of what's going on, with labs, xrays and each other. it might not be a bad thing to try out this dr. wendt/neurologist in the same system/building, if he's a good diagnostician (though i'm not sure how i'd find that out). but if i have to undergo surgery, i don't think being arbitrary about which surgeon does it is a good idea. been there, done that at kaiser in my twenties----and it was definitely NOT a good idea. kate ((((((((Kate))))))))) I just read that last post. I am sorry that you're going through this. I'm so glad that you called your RD. You need to find some answers as to what is causing all of this agony. You are in my thoughts and prayers Kate!! Hugs, Carol > ((((((((Kate))))))))) I just read that last post. I am sorry that > you're going through this. I'm so glad that you called your RD. You > need to find some answers as to what is causing all of this agony. > You are in my thoughts and prayers Kate!! > Hugs, > Carol thank you, hon. i whine a lot about it on asa, but at home i just kind of accept what's been happening, out of habit, i think. i hope i'm really not a complainer, except on here cuz it's kinda acceptable.LOL but, i think i'm getting whinier on asa, lately. i'm gonna try to get some answers. i didn't know anybody here who goes to a neurologist, until i just now called my chiropracter. she said she sent her son to a neurologist who she believes is a great diagnostician, not too far from here, in another town. offhand, she even said this neurologist is one of the few in this area to have ever diagnosed post polio syndrome. w0w. i didn't mention that possibility. thing is, she said he's so booked it might be weeks even months out for an appointment date. (but then, i guess it would be weeks or months out if i didn't have an appmt. at all.LOL) she did say that he hasn't much of a pleasant bedside manner with patients. is brusk, all business and a tad absorbed by the body puzzle in front of him, but she said she'd rather have his brains than his smile in situations like mine.LOL i trust her, so i think i'll give his office a call for an appmt. kate > she said she sent her son to a neurologist who she believes is a great > diagnostician, not too far from here, in another town. offhand, she even > said this neurologist is one of the few in this area to have ever diagnosed > post polio syndrome. w0w. i didn't mention that possibility. sounds great! > thing is, she said he's so booked it might be weeks even months out for an > appointment date. (but then, i guess it would be weeks or months out if i > didn't have an appmt. at all.LOL) well, call and see what they say. And you can always ask about the infamous cancellation list. Do what you can to describe your symptoms (hopefully the gatekeepers will let you!). Your current situation sounds to me like one that just might get a priority star. she did say that he hasn't much of a > pleasant bedside manner with patients. is brusk, all business and a tad > absorbed by the body puzzle in front of him, but she said she'd rather have > his brains than his smile in situations like mine.LOL i trust her, so i > think i'll give his office a call for an appmt. you can sacrifice bedside manner for true competence, but it is nice to be warned ahead of time! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare |
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