Re: Nervous - Advice? Thoughts?
From: Nikki (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Nov 27 19:40:15 2008
I don't know if other states have it, but in NY you can look up lawsuits
concerning all physicians that practice in NY. It's "The New York State
Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct." You should
see if California has something similiar, and check out to see if there
were any medical malpractice cases (most doctors realistically have one
or two lawsuits in their pasts).
A good doctor always listens to their patients concerns. The doctor may
be blunt, or have an attitude, but the doctor should always listen to
their patient. A doctor that's not willing to discuss
concerns/risks/worries is fishy in my opinion.
It's important that you trust your doctor, that you feel comfortable
with your doctor, and that your doctor treats you with respect.
You can always meet with this doctor, and see how you feel about her. If
you like her great :) If you don't, you can talk with other doctors and
see if there are other options.
Goodluck with everything!
--
Nikki
At Wed, 26 Nov 2008, anonymous wrote:
>
>I am going in for my second opinion next week and I'm nervous. I did a
>bit of research and found some reviews of this new doc and in short, it
>said she was basically brash and abrupt but knew what she was doing. I
>found her by calling my insurance company and asking for an
>endometriosis specialist in my area. WEll, every search i do on her it
>says that she specializes in fertility. I want to have excision surgery
>and I am open to have a hysterectomy/partial hyst. if necessary, I do
>not want children. I guess I'm just nervous b/c my first doctor that
>gave me the lap told me that having a baby would cure the pain. I
>checked out her website and it does mention lap surgeries too, so its
>not just fertility. I'm sorry to bug you guys with this...but you all
>know what I'm going through and i wanted the thoughts of someone who
>knew. My friends love me, but they dont understand the complications,
>etc. Here is her website, what do you think?
>
>http://www.tinakoopmd.com/
>
>Here are the reviews:
>
>http://www.ratemds.com/filecache/doctor-ratings.jsp?did=13361
>
>I also just found out from reading this forum that most specialist dont
>use lupron and I've been on it for the past few months. (sooooo angry
>about that by the way). Its totally messed me up and i want to go on
>medical leave, can i ask her for that the first time i go see her? I
>have ppo insurance; does anyone know of any other specialists in the LA
>area in case this turns out to be horrible?
>
>Sorry this was so long. :(
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