Sunday, July 15, 2012
So I went and had my blood drawn on Tuesday. Probably could have gone in and had it done Monday except the doctors office never called me to tell me that's what they wanted me to do. I was hoping to get the results by Friday, but I knew it probably wouldn't happen because it usually takes 4-5 days for them to get the results back. I decided I would call Friday morning and just ask. The girl on the phone said she would call the lab and ask if they had run the blood yet and talk to the doctor and see what he wanted to do. Well...no surprise I did not receive a call on Friday. I finally called the doctors office at 11:40 because I knew that they close at 12 on Fridays. I was put on hold for 15 or so minutes and finally I realized they're not answering the phone. They're probably done working for the day. This has been one of the most frustrating experiences of my life. What good is a doctor if you can never get in touch with him? I have just had to pray and trust that I will be ok until I can get someone to help me. If I think about what's going on too much or try to figure out why I'm having these pains I will go crazy!!! Anyways, as soon as I hung up the phone I decided I was going to get a new doctor. I figured it would probably take a month or two to get in (endocrinologists usually have a long waiting list) but in the meantime the primary care doctor had run blood on me and he can handle things for a month or two. I found another doctor (who's actually in the same medical building) and called his office. I told them that I have an endocrinologist but I'm very unhappy with him because I can never reach him or his nurse. They gave me an appointment for Tuesday. Thank-you Lord! I am hopeful this experience will be better than the last. I don't expect a ton from this doctor. I've never had to call and try to talk to a nurse before. Normally if I have some kind of symptom I make a note of it and ask the doctor on my next appointment. This time I was told I cannot wait until August to see the doctor, I need to see him as soon as possible. That was a week and a half ago. All I want is to be sure that when there is a problem my doctor is going to do something about it. So I'm sort of expecting a call from my current endocrinologist tomorrow...sort of. If they keep up the status quo then I won't hear from them tomorrow and I'll just talk to the new doctor on Tuesday. It's been a week and a half. One more day isn't gonna hurt anything. Both of these doctors are in the same medical group (internal medicine associates) so I think it will be easy for the new doc to get all my records and everything. You know what's funny? When I was referred to this doctor by an RE he said "let me know if you don't like him, some people don't and I'll refer you to someone else." At the time I said "I just want the best doctor you know of" but if this is the best that guy knew of we obviously have different opinions of quality of service :/ I'll let y'all know what I find out either tomorrow or Tuesday. And now a question...should I tell the current docs office that I'm leaving and tell them why? I don't want to be mean about it but I really want to tell them that either they're too busy to have me as a patient or they run their office in a way I'm not comfortable with. I'm sure they're not going to miss one patient but I really feel like I should say something...
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3 comments:
There is nothing unethical about being truthful, not ugly or cynical just truthful. Praying you some answers. Let him know you want a second opinion about the radiation and if there is anything else that can be done. Will call and talk to you tomorrow. Love you Momma
I'm so glad that you found a new doctor that is gogn to take you right away! I'm praying this one will be much, much better. Keep us posted.
As per the question, I wouldn't say anything until after you've had your new appointment and you make sure the other office is better.
xoxo
Praying for you girl. Hang in there!!
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