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Re: A GOOD Doctor?
From: Melissa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Oct 19 13:06:01 2004
>From my experience look for a gyno who studied in Canada and works in
the US. If you have a physician make sure he/she is an internist they
are more specialized in pin pointing problems and studied diseases
longer.
At Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Erin wrote:
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>Not to make light of your frustration, but I think sometimes that
>finding a good doctor is just as hard as finding the right selection of
>hairstyling products for my curly hair.
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>I found the doctor I've been seeing by doing a web search. I am
>fortunate that we live in Ann Arbor, because UMich has an enormous
>teaching hospital, and this seems to make the doctors more aware of the
>latest and greatest information. This doctor is so nice, I almost feel
>guilty complaining to him, but he has taken me very, very seriously --
>it's easy to understand why it can take up to 6 weeks to get an
>appointment with him. However, when I called to complain recently of
>pelvic pain, I was squeezed in to see him immediately.
>
>Try searching for location and specialty (eg, endometriosis and
>maryland/virgnia/dc).
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>If a web search does not work for you, I'd also try asking every woman
>you know or meet. I belong to Mothers and More, and we are constantly
>pinging each other for doctor recommendations. Word of mouth is very
>powerful. And, too, you might be surprised how many women you know who
>have had similar experiences, and it helps.
>
>--
>Erin P.
>
>At Sun, 17 Oct 2004, Leighann wrote:
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>>Help!
>>Ok here it is I live in maryland and I am will to make a 1-2 hr. Drive
>>just to see a good doctor. You know one that will actully listen to
>>what is going on. Just in Sept. 2003 I had Liproscopic Surgery
>>(finally), and they found a few adhesions. Three months after this
>>surgery, I slowly started feeling bad again. The responce is that there
>>is nothing else they can do but change my birthcontroll. Now because
>>the dr. did not actully remove the adhesion to find out what it was
>>(she just cut it so it would not pull my organs together), and in the
>>op. report she didn't call it endo, she said it was endo in my post op.
>>at her office, the last doctor I tried says that I don't have it. Any
>>way my point finaly is I am fustrated and would like to know if there is
>>any way to find a Good Dr. That would do something other than nod their
>>heads with their ears closed and write a presciption for yet another
>>Brithcontroll, for no other reason than "it's different than the last
>>one"
>>Thank you for letting me vent! grrrr I was charged $200 at my last
>>consultation for the Dr. to do that and I waited 3 hr.s to see him and
>>he spent 5min. with me, and didn't have one new thing to say. Ahhh
>
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Melissa
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