Good doctor in the MD/DC/VA area?

[Guest guest]

I'm currently going to my internist but he admits he know little or nothing

about hypothyroid issues, and while he has been very accommodating about working

with me on what I read and find on support boards, he's too slow. A visit can

take over 2 hrs. just to get in to see him. The final straw his office

" re-scheduled " my morning appointment that I made over 2 months ago to an

afternoon, which is useless for me since I can't take meds before blood work and

I'm not going with out my thyroid meds until after 3 pm or later in the day. I

would be truly sick by then not to mention what waiting that long would do the

actual lab results.

I've called several of the dr.s listed on Shomon's good dr.s list for the

VA/MD/DC area and they're mostly (a)out of network benefits that means I have to

pay upfront all charges each visit then try to get the money back from my health

insurance by filing the correct forms? ( I have to get my own lab work done

and pay extra for a copy of the result © one dr. charged by time for seeing

the dr. ie. $$100 for 15 minutes, $150 for 30 minutes, $300 for an

hour!©aren't taking new patients.

I'm feeling pretty frustrated and defeated right now.

Judy