Re: Doctor Issues - Unbiased Perspective Needed

[Guest guest]

You must find yourself a better family doc. He obviously is not doing

his job. At the very least, he should have referred you to a GI doc

or hepatologist when you got back those test results.

Personally, if I EVER had a nurse or doc tell me that I couldn't ask

my questions, I'd be out the door in no time. That's total BS!!

There are much better docs out there!

[Guest guest]

You must find yourself a better family doc. He obviously is not doing

his job. At the very least, he should have referred you to a GI doc

or hepatologist when you got back those test results.

Personally, if I EVER had a nurse or doc tell me that I couldn't ask

my questions, I'd be out the door in no time. That's total BS!!

There are much better docs out there!

[Guest guest]

You must find yourself a better family doc. He obviously is not doing

his job. At the very least, he should have referred you to a GI doc

or hepatologist when you got back those test results.

Personally, if I EVER had a nurse or doc tell me that I couldn't ask

my questions, I'd be out the door in no time. That's total BS!!

There are much better docs out there!

[Guest guest]

Yep -- and they would have a new and interesting anterior orifice for their

trouble!

Colleen

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>

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> Personally, if I EVER had a nurse or doc tell me that I couldn't ask

> my questions, I'd be out the door in no time. That's total BS!!

[Guest guest]

I am mad at your family doctor just from reading your post. I had one not quite as bad as that and was furious!! I am now seeing Carolyn's family doctor and he has, probably a record setting, two PSC patients! I would find another doctor and go see him or her first before you have your records sent, just to make sure they have time for more than 2 questions! I am an even tempered person that is now furious with your doctor for treating you that way!!!!!!!!!

Bettyann (SC)

[Guest guest]

I am mad at your family doctor just from reading your post. I had one not quite as bad as that and was furious!! I am now seeing Carolyn's family doctor and he has, probably a record setting, two PSC patients! I would find another doctor and go see him or her first before you have your records sent, just to make sure they have time for more than 2 questions! I am an even tempered person that is now furious with your doctor for treating you that way!!!!!!!!!

Bettyann (SC)

[Guest guest]

I am mad at your family doctor just from reading your post. I had one not quite as bad as that and was furious!! I am now seeing Carolyn's family doctor and he has, probably a record setting, two PSC patients! I would find another doctor and go see him or her first before you have your records sent, just to make sure they have time for more than 2 questions! I am an even tempered person that is now furious with your doctor for treating you that way!!!!!!!!!

Bettyann (SC)

[Guest guest]

Darcy,

I'd definitely get a new doctor, but I think you should also consult a lawyer. That doctors action, or more lack of action, sounds criminal. His failure to follow up abnormal test results may have caused adverse effects. His ways should be stopped before his lack of action hurts any other patient.

Ian (52) PSC 89

Hello All,

I need to vent and I need an unbiased perspective on my family doctor issues. My hubby's perspective is a bit tainted.

Here's the history (sorry in advance for the long post) I have had the same family dr. since 2000. Rarely went to see the guy most of my appts were for travel vaccinations/motion sickness medicine. In 2004, I had to have a bunch of tests for life insurance. When the results came back I was penalty rated for elevated GGT. The insurance agent told me that if I could get a test with the GGT in the normal range that I could get the penalty removed. I went to the family dr. and he repeated the labs a month later. GGT and alk phos were elevated. I called the insurance agent and he said that a clean ultrasound could maybe lower the insurance rate so back to the family dr. I go and I get a liver ultrasound. Dr. tells me everything is normal and writes a letter to the life insurance agent stating so. I don't get the penalty removed and after 3 months of fighting about it I give up and pay the penalty thinking that the insurance agency is ripping me off.

In 2005 I have RUQ pain, nausea and a fever. Family dr. thinks I have appendicitis and orders a CT scan. Family dr. says CT scan is normal and that I don't have appendicitis. Gives me some antibiotics and sends me on my way.

In 2006 I jaundiced. Dermatologist noticed it and told me to go to the family dr. Family dr. takes over a week to get me into the office for an appt. He then has me get labs done every week for the three weeks. A month later I am back at the dermatologist and he's freaking out I'm still walking around, losing weight and am even more yellow than before. Dermatologist calls gastro and sends me there.....ERCP, long hospital stay and PSC eventually follows.

Three weeks ago I went to a 6 month follow-up with family dr. that he scheduled because he wants to monitor me. Hubby is fired up that I have some little medical issues that I ignore and makes me sit down with him and make a list of questions. I take my trusty list and go to the appt. Nurse sees the list and takes it from me. Says that I have a 15 minute appt and that 6 questions are too many and tells me I only get 2 questions and she picks them. I'm steaming but I'm feeling kind of crappy so I just don't argue. Family dr. comes in and answers the 2 questions the nurse chose. I try to ask the others and get ignored. Never takes my temp or examines me. Sends me out the door with a bill marked with a diagnosis code of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, close but not quite PSC. Now I'm really ticked and I still feel weird. I get to work and have a fever. At first I figured that I was so mad at the family dr. that my blood was boiling. Unfortunatley that wasn't the case. I was having a cholangitis issue and I end up at the gastro and it took a couple weeks worth of antibiotics to knock it out.

Last week as I'm feeling better I call the family dr. and ask for a copy of my chart. I think I want to change dr's but since current dr. is writing the wrong illnesses in my chart I want to edit it before I give it to a new person. I pick up the chart on Friday and sit down on Monday to look at it. Turns out my 2004 ultrasound is not normal. It says abnormality of common bile duct requiring further investigation. My 2005 CT scan says multiple areas of stricture and dilatation throughout the intrahepatic biliary system. I also have a copy of all my labs and at a minimum my alk phos and GGT are elevated every time he checked them from 2004 to now. To top it off, he never told my gastro about any of this not even during the weeks I was hospitalized.

I know that it can be hard to diagnosis PSC but come on. Couldn't he have put two and two together with the labs, CT and ultrasound and at a minimum sent me to the gastro. I feel like he just ignored things and repeatedly told me everything was fine. The worst part is that I believed him and ignored how I felt. I don't trust myself when I don't feel well because I come from a long line of hypochondriacs. I'm always afraid to push an issue for fear that I'm just being nutty like the rest of my family especially since most psychosomatic illnesses center around the abdomen.

I'm even angrier that he had this info in my file when I jaundiced and still basically ignored me. I know that hindsight is always 20/20 and I'm looking back with all the details filled in but I'm incredibly ticked. (I am making an effort not to swear) Am I being unreasonable? Am I expecting more than what I should from a dr? Is this kind of experience typical when trying to get a PSC diagnosis? Am I right to feel like the dr. ignored me and to not trust him anymore or am I just being irrational?

I'm thinking that I really need a new family doctor. Plus, a handful of my labs in the last 4 years seem weird to me. How in the heck can I have elevated platelet counts and a low mean platelet volume, high white blood cell counts and low red blood cell counts. I know I'm not a dr. and these could be completely normal for someone with PSC. I guess I'm just concerned that my family dr. may have ignored something else. Either that or my genetic predisposition to being a hypochondriac is now in full swing. I don't know. Thanks for letting me vent. Is this the kind of experience other people have had with their family dr?

Darcy

-- Ian Cribb former P.Eng. (resigned in good standing)

[Guest guest]

Darcy,

I'd definitely get a new doctor, but I think you should also consult a lawyer. That doctors action, or more lack of action, sounds criminal. His failure to follow up abnormal test results may have caused adverse effects. His ways should be stopped before his lack of action hurts any other patient.

Ian (52) PSC 89

Hello All,

I need to vent and I need an unbiased perspective on my family doctor issues. My hubby's perspective is a bit tainted.

Here's the history (sorry in advance for the long post) I have had the same family dr. since 2000. Rarely went to see the guy most of my appts were for travel vaccinations/motion sickness medicine. In 2004, I had to have a bunch of tests for life insurance. When the results came back I was penalty rated for elevated GGT. The insurance agent told me that if I could get a test with the GGT in the normal range that I could get the penalty removed. I went to the family dr. and he repeated the labs a month later. GGT and alk phos were elevated. I called the insurance agent and he said that a clean ultrasound could maybe lower the insurance rate so back to the family dr. I go and I get a liver ultrasound. Dr. tells me everything is normal and writes a letter to the life insurance agent stating so. I don't get the penalty removed and after 3 months of fighting about it I give up and pay the penalty thinking that the insurance agency is ripping me off.

In 2005 I have RUQ pain, nausea and a fever. Family dr. thinks I have appendicitis and orders a CT scan. Family dr. says CT scan is normal and that I don't have appendicitis. Gives me some antibiotics and sends me on my way.

In 2006 I jaundiced. Dermatologist noticed it and told me to go to the family dr. Family dr. takes over a week to get me into the office for an appt. He then has me get labs done every week for the three weeks. A month later I am back at the dermatologist and he's freaking out I'm still walking around, losing weight and am even more yellow than before. Dermatologist calls gastro and sends me there.....ERCP, long hospital stay and PSC eventually follows.

Three weeks ago I went to a 6 month follow-up with family dr. that he scheduled because he wants to monitor me. Hubby is fired up that I have some little medical issues that I ignore and makes me sit down with him and make a list of questions. I take my trusty list and go to the appt. Nurse sees the list and takes it from me. Says that I have a 15 minute appt and that 6 questions are too many and tells me I only get 2 questions and she picks them. I'm steaming but I'm feeling kind of crappy so I just don't argue. Family dr. comes in and answers the 2 questions the nurse chose. I try to ask the others and get ignored. Never takes my temp or examines me. Sends me out the door with a bill marked with a diagnosis code of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, close but not quite PSC. Now I'm really ticked and I still feel weird. I get to work and have a fever. At first I figured that I was so mad at the family dr. that my blood was boiling. Unfortunatley that wasn't the case. I was having a cholangitis issue and I end up at the gastro and it took a couple weeks worth of antibiotics to knock it out.

Last week as I'm feeling better I call the family dr. and ask for a copy of my chart. I think I want to change dr's but since current dr. is writing the wrong illnesses in my chart I want to edit it before I give it to a new person. I pick up the chart on Friday and sit down on Monday to look at it. Turns out my 2004 ultrasound is not normal. It says abnormality of common bile duct requiring further investigation. My 2005 CT scan says multiple areas of stricture and dilatation throughout the intrahepatic biliary system. I also have a copy of all my labs and at a minimum my alk phos and GGT are elevated every time he checked them from 2004 to now. To top it off, he never told my gastro about any of this not even during the weeks I was hospitalized.

I know that it can be hard to diagnosis PSC but come on. Couldn't he have put two and two together with the labs, CT and ultrasound and at a minimum sent me to the gastro. I feel like he just ignored things and repeatedly told me everything was fine. The worst part is that I believed him and ignored how I felt. I don't trust myself when I don't feel well because I come from a long line of hypochondriacs. I'm always afraid to push an issue for fear that I'm just being nutty like the rest of my family especially since most psychosomatic illnesses center around the abdomen.

I'm even angrier that he had this info in my file when I jaundiced and still basically ignored me. I know that hindsight is always 20/20 and I'm looking back with all the details filled in but I'm incredibly ticked. (I am making an effort not to swear) Am I being unreasonable? Am I expecting more than what I should from a dr? Is this kind of experience typical when trying to get a PSC diagnosis? Am I right to feel like the dr. ignored me and to not trust him anymore or am I just being irrational?

I'm thinking that I really need a new family doctor. Plus, a handful of my labs in the last 4 years seem weird to me. How in the heck can I have elevated platelet counts and a low mean platelet volume, high white blood cell counts and low red blood cell counts. I know I'm not a dr. and these could be completely normal for someone with PSC. I guess I'm just concerned that my family dr. may have ignored something else. Either that or my genetic predisposition to being a hypochondriac is now in full swing. I don't know. Thanks for letting me vent. Is this the kind of experience other people have had with their family dr?

Darcy

-- Ian Cribb former P.Eng. (resigned in good standing)

[Guest guest]

Darcy,

I'd definitely get a new doctor, but I think you should also consult a lawyer. That doctors action, or more lack of action, sounds criminal. His failure to follow up abnormal test results may have caused adverse effects. His ways should be stopped before his lack of action hurts any other patient.

Ian (52) PSC 89

Hello All,

I need to vent and I need an unbiased perspective on my family doctor issues. My hubby's perspective is a bit tainted.

Here's the history (sorry in advance for the long post) I have had the same family dr. since 2000. Rarely went to see the guy most of my appts were for travel vaccinations/motion sickness medicine. In 2004, I had to have a bunch of tests for life insurance. When the results came back I was penalty rated for elevated GGT. The insurance agent told me that if I could get a test with the GGT in the normal range that I could get the penalty removed. I went to the family dr. and he repeated the labs a month later. GGT and alk phos were elevated. I called the insurance agent and he said that a clean ultrasound could maybe lower the insurance rate so back to the family dr. I go and I get a liver ultrasound. Dr. tells me everything is normal and writes a letter to the life insurance agent stating so. I don't get the penalty removed and after 3 months of fighting about it I give up and pay the penalty thinking that the insurance agency is ripping me off.

In 2005 I have RUQ pain, nausea and a fever. Family dr. thinks I have appendicitis and orders a CT scan. Family dr. says CT scan is normal and that I don't have appendicitis. Gives me some antibiotics and sends me on my way.

In 2006 I jaundiced. Dermatologist noticed it and told me to go to the family dr. Family dr. takes over a week to get me into the office for an appt. He then has me get labs done every week for the three weeks. A month later I am back at the dermatologist and he's freaking out I'm still walking around, losing weight and am even more yellow than before. Dermatologist calls gastro and sends me there.....ERCP, long hospital stay and PSC eventually follows.

Three weeks ago I went to a 6 month follow-up with family dr. that he scheduled because he wants to monitor me. Hubby is fired up that I have some little medical issues that I ignore and makes me sit down with him and make a list of questions. I take my trusty list and go to the appt. Nurse sees the list and takes it from me. Says that I have a 15 minute appt and that 6 questions are too many and tells me I only get 2 questions and she picks them. I'm steaming but I'm feeling kind of crappy so I just don't argue. Family dr. comes in and answers the 2 questions the nurse chose. I try to ask the others and get ignored. Never takes my temp or examines me. Sends me out the door with a bill marked with a diagnosis code of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, close but not quite PSC. Now I'm really ticked and I still feel weird. I get to work and have a fever. At first I figured that I was so mad at the family dr. that my blood was boiling. Unfortunatley that wasn't the case. I was having a cholangitis issue and I end up at the gastro and it took a couple weeks worth of antibiotics to knock it out.

Last week as I'm feeling better I call the family dr. and ask for a copy of my chart. I think I want to change dr's but since current dr. is writing the wrong illnesses in my chart I want to edit it before I give it to a new person. I pick up the chart on Friday and sit down on Monday to look at it. Turns out my 2004 ultrasound is not normal. It says abnormality of common bile duct requiring further investigation. My 2005 CT scan says multiple areas of stricture and dilatation throughout the intrahepatic biliary system. I also have a copy of all my labs and at a minimum my alk phos and GGT are elevated every time he checked them from 2004 to now. To top it off, he never told my gastro about any of this not even during the weeks I was hospitalized.

I know that it can be hard to diagnosis PSC but come on. Couldn't he have put two and two together with the labs, CT and ultrasound and at a minimum sent me to the gastro. I feel like he just ignored things and repeatedly told me everything was fine. The worst part is that I believed him and ignored how I felt. I don't trust myself when I don't feel well because I come from a long line of hypochondriacs. I'm always afraid to push an issue for fear that I'm just being nutty like the rest of my family especially since most psychosomatic illnesses center around the abdomen.

I'm even angrier that he had this info in my file when I jaundiced and still basically ignored me. I know that hindsight is always 20/20 and I'm looking back with all the details filled in but I'm incredibly ticked. (I am making an effort not to swear) Am I being unreasonable? Am I expecting more than what I should from a dr? Is this kind of experience typical when trying to get a PSC diagnosis? Am I right to feel like the dr. ignored me and to not trust him anymore or am I just being irrational?

I'm thinking that I really need a new family doctor. Plus, a handful of my labs in the last 4 years seem weird to me. How in the heck can I have elevated platelet counts and a low mean platelet volume, high white blood cell counts and low red blood cell counts. I know I'm not a dr. and these could be completely normal for someone with PSC. I guess I'm just concerned that my family dr. may have ignored something else. Either that or my genetic predisposition to being a hypochondriac is now in full swing. I don't know. Thanks for letting me vent. Is this the kind of experience other people have had with their family dr?

Darcy

-- Ian Cribb former P.Eng. (resigned in good standing)

[Guest guest]

Ian

I thought about advising that as well, but malpractice is one of the hardest

legal cases to

win. My sister-in-law had a failed BCIR a number of years ago and now has barely

enough

small intestine to keep her going. She spent 10 months in the hospital and

nearly died

three times. They never should have operated on her -- she'd been on mega doses

of

prednisone for a couple years prior. She and my brother met with a malpractice

atty and

were told that there was no way to prove malpractice in her case. It seems that

unless a

surgical device is accidentally left behind or the wrong limb is amputated,

there is no

hope. The best Darcy could likely hope for is to get this guy fired by giving

the info to the

head of whatever hospital he practices at. Sad but true.

Colleen

>

> I'd definitely get a new doctor, but I think you should also consult a

> lawyer. That doctors action, or more lack of action, sounds criminal. His

> failure to follow up abnormal test results may have caused adverse effects.

> His ways should be stopped before his lack of action hurts any other

> patient.

[Guest guest]

-----Original

Message-----

I thought about advising that as well

Since there is no

known cure for PSC, the doc would just argue he did no harm (the law doesn’t

punish people who are dumb as spit.) The best thing to do,

is just never see him again. He ain’t

worth the trouble and aggravation. Stress

really does cause a lot of unnecessary problems, why put yourself in a position

to cause yourself more? Yo, forgetaboutem.

Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight.... Whatever it

Takes!

Son Ken (34) Fisherman, poker player, canine lover,

& thankful liver recipient.

UC 91, PSC 99 - Tx 6/21 & 6/30/07 @ Baylor in Dallas

[Guest guest]

You REALLY need a new family doctor. You ARE the customer.

The best doctors (and the hardest to find) are those that recognize their limitations - period.

Arne

57 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000

Alive and well in Minnesota

________________________________

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Darcy Melzer

....I'm thinking that I really need a new family doctor...

Darcy

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much to everyone who responded. I have been so angry with my dr. that I was afraid my anger was clouding my judgement. I don't want to be irrational and have unrealistic expectations but I also don't want to be mistreated or ignored. I appreciate everyone's honesty and suggestions. I definitely will ask my dermatologist for a referral to someone else. I didn't think of asking him before. Probably because my temper was in control and my brain was on autopilot. I just wish I had been this angry in his office and given him and his nurse a piece of my mind. I don't think I should pursue anything against my family dr. My health insurance company is affiliated with and owned by one local hospital foundation. While in the last 10 years the network has expanded to add a few more smaller hospitals they are not in

the area where I live or work. I don't think it would be a good idea to get rep as a troublemaker patient when any doctor I would need to see is based out of one hospital. Its a small enough area that I know the dr.'s would talk. I think that switching quietly would be better in the long run. I do like the idea of having a team approach and I think that when I figure out a new family dr. that I will bring that up in my first appt. Thank you for putting my mind at ease. I do appreciate it. Darcy

[Guest guest]

Find a different doctor! We are in the same situation as Colleen.

's GI has become his GP. There is seriously no reason to have

anyone else. He will do chest x-rays or what have you. He has seen

him for everything from a sniffle to hospitalizing him for weeks at a

time before transplant in order to basically keep him alive. We love

's GI. He calls to check on him and he sent him flowers

while he was in Vanderbilt. In 1999 was seeing his GP who was

convinced he was having Galbladder issues and sent him to a surgeon.

Well, a year later we discovered the PSC and UC. This same GP was my

brother's doctor as well and treated him for a cold for over a week.

When he finally went to a different hospital to the ER, a blood test

was run (the first in this whole situation) and he was quickly

diagnosed with Leukemia. Needless to say, our family does not care for

this GP and any one of us would love to tell him so.

wife of

PSC & UC 2000 J pouch 2004 Tx 11-18-06 rPSC 5-08

[Guest guest]

Hello Darcy, I agree with you that I would not pursue any action against the family doctor. But I would, personally, make an appointment with that wacko, and at least confront him. I can't help but wonder if there are other patients that he has that are being neglected. Darcy Melzer wrote: Hello All, I need to vent and I need an unbiased perspective on my family doctor issues. My hubby's

perspective is a bit tainted. Here's the history (sorry in advance for the long post) I have had the same family dr. since 2000. Rarely went to see the guy most of my appts were for travel vaccinations/motion sickness medicine. In 2004, I had to have a bunch of tests for life insurance. When the results came back I was penalty rated for elevated GGT. The insurance agent told me that if I could get a test with the GGT in the normal range that I could get the penalty removed. I went to the family dr. and he repeated the labs a month later. GGT and alk phos were elevated. I called the insurance agent and he said that a clean ultrasound could maybe lower the insurance rate so back to the family dr. I go and I get a liver ultrasound. Dr. tells me everything is normal and writes a letter to the life insurance agent stating so. I don't get the penalty removed and after 3

months of fighting about it I give up and pay the penalty thinking that the insurance agency is ripping me off. In 2005 I have RUQ pain, nausea and a fever. Family dr. thinks I have appendicitis and orders a CT scan. Family dr. says CT scan is normal and that I don't have appendicitis. Gives me some antibiotics and sends me on my way. In 2006 I jaundiced. Dermatologist noticed it and told me to go to the family dr. Family dr. takes over a week to get me into the office for an appt. He then has me get labs done every week for the three weeks. A month later I am back at the dermatologist and he's freaking out I'm still walking around, losing weight and am even more yellow than before. Dermatologist calls gastro and sends me there.....ERCP, long hospital stay and PSC eventually follows. Three weeks ago I

went to a 6 month follow-up with family dr. that he scheduled because he wants to monitor me. Hubby is fired up that I have some little medical issues that I ignore and makes me sit down with him and make a list of questions. I take my trusty list and go to the appt. Nurse sees the list and takes it from me. Says that I have a 15 minute appt and that 6 questions are too many and tells me I only get 2 questions and she picks them. I'm steaming but I'm feeling kind of crappy so I just don't argue. Family dr. comes in and answers the 2 questions the nurse chose. I try to ask the others and get ignored. Never takes my temp or examines me. Sends me out the door with a bill marked with a diagnosis code of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, close but not quite PSC. Now I'm really ticked and I still feel weird. I get to work and have a fever. At first I figured that I was so mad at the family dr. that my

blood was boiling. Unfortunatley that wasn't the case. I was having a cholangitis issue and I end up at the gastro and it took a couple weeks worth of antibiotics to knock it out. Last week as I'm feeling better I call the family dr. and ask for a copy of my chart. I think I want to change dr's but since current dr. is writing the wrong illnesses in my chart I want to edit it before I give it to a new person. I pick up the chart on Friday and sit down on Monday to look at it. Turns out my 2004 ultrasound is not normal. It says abnormality of common bile duct requiring further investigation. My 2005 CT scan says multiple areas of stricture and dilatation throughout the intrahepatic biliary system. I also have a copy of all my labs and at a minimum my alk phos and GGT are elevated every time he checked them from 2004 to now. To top it off, he never

told my gastro about any of this not even during the weeks I was hospitalized. I know that it can be hard to diagnosis PSC but come on. Couldn't he have put two and two together with the labs, CT and ultrasound and at a minimum sent me to the gastro. I feel like he just ignored things and repeatedly told me everything was fine. The worst part is that I believed him and ignored how I felt. I don't trust myself when I don't feel well because I come from a long line of hypochondriacs. I'm always afraid to push an issue for fear that I'm just being nutty like the rest of my family especially since most psychosomatic illnesses center around the abdomen. I'm even angrier that he had this info in my file when I jaundiced and still basically ignored me. I know that hindsight is always 20/20 and I'm looking back with all the

details filled in but I'm incredibly ticked. (I am making an effort not to swear) Am I being unreasonable? Am I expecting more than what I should from a dr? Is this kind of experience typical when trying to get a PSC diagnosis? Am I right to feel like the dr. ignored me and to not trust him anymore or am I just being irrational? I'm thinking that I really need a new family doctor. Plus, a handful of my labs in the last 4 years seem weird to me. How in the heck can I have elevated platelet counts and a low mean platelet volume, high white blood cell counts and low red blood cell counts. I know I'm not a dr. and these could be completely normal for someone with PSC. I guess I'm just concerned that my family dr. may have ignored something else. Either that or my genetic predisposition to being a hypochondriac is now in full swing. I

don't know. Thanks for letting me vent. Is this the kind of experience other people have had with their family dr? Darcy

[Guest guest]

Hi Darcy

Here in New Zealand we have a Government Authority The Health

Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. Cmplaints about a registered

health practitioner can be made to the Health and Disability

Commissioner.

The practitioners range from Chiropractors Medical Practitioners

Optometrists Dentists, Medical Laboratory Technicians, Medical

Practitioners. Optometrists Medical Laboratory Scientists,

Osteopaths, Dental Therapists, Medical Radiation Technologists,

Pharmacists, Dental Hygienists Midwives Physiotherapists,

Psychologists Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, Podiatrists

Dispensing Opticians etc.

If your experience was in New Zealand this is where you would start.

Do you have an authority like this in America?

Best wishes

[Guest guest]

Hi , I know we have the American Medical Association but I'm not actually sure what they do or if they take complaints. I'm just not comfortable complaining because I don't want to have a reputation in the area as a difficult patient since it is a pretty small geographic area. Thanks for the suggestion, Darcy Do you have an authority like this in America?