PCOS Messages for April, 2001: Re: how to find a doctor...who cares and knows something

Re: how to find a doctor...who cares and knows something

From: Zowie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:48:12 -0500 (CDT)

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Oh Sonnet, do _I_ know where you are coming from! I was surprised to have a Derm. tell me to get my stomach stapled! They keep throwing your weight in your face! UGH! >:( I got a question for you though. What about us women who are military? We really don't have any choice when it comes to Dr's, since all of our health care is "managed" through Tricare (essentially, a HoRrIbLe HMO). You always go to your "primary care" clinic for your medical needs, and if they can't help you, you have to get a referral---and boy can THAT be hard. THEN, you have to call Tricare the next day and try to make an appt. on that referral within 30 days at a MTF (military treatment facility). If there are no appts. available, they "refer you out to the network" of civilian Dr's. This does give you some choice, but you end up paying a fee for this---even though it was NOT your fault that there were not appts. with an MTF in the first place. (You can always choose to see a civilian provider for a fee if you CHOOSE, but referrals or other appts. that CAN'T be made with the MTF should be FREE). This is why it's taken me 2 years just to try to take 1 step FORWARD with my PCOS....and because of this wait (thanks to the military Dr's), my PCOS got so severe that I can't even be treated right now! So what are we military women supposed to do? UGH! I wish I had an answer because I really would like one! I cannot explain to you how frustrating this all is for me.....and my poor husband as well. He's thinking of leaving the Navy because of all this! Well, thanks for letting me vent (yet AGAIN, I know). I just get so frustrated that I don't know WHAT to do. But I keep on hangin in there!

At Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Sonnet wrote: >
>Okay for starters don't go back to this doctor!!! I am so sorry that she
>treated you with such a lack of compassion! What an awful experience to
>go through - you're vulnerable at the doctor's anyway and it sounds like
>she went absolutely out of her way to scare you. I don't know your
>personal medical situation but if PCOS is all you are dealing with then
>I can't imagine needing a hyster to deal with it! That's very rare and
>very extreme. There are meds to help your body cope with the insulin
>issues of PCOS and rebalance your hormones a bit. You can make soe
>changes in your diet and excercise and thigns will start to heal. Don't
>let someone who obvioulsy doesn't know her butt from her elbow to tell
>you such things!
>
>Finding a knowledgeable doctor is quite the adventure. It takes a lot
>of courgae and determination! If you aren't getting the health care you
>need from one doctor, you've got to move on. It works sometimes to
>bring in medical journal articles off the internet and show them. Or
>contact your local PCOSA chapter and ask for recommendations. Or do
>what I do usually and just go through the list of doctors on your
>insurance until you hit one who listens!
>
>I went to an OBGYN a few months ago for a simple pap smear and she
>insisted that I have my stomach stapled. I kinda know where you're
>coming from! :)

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Good luck! -- Zowie :)

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