Re: Bad Dr. Appt - doc complaints

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Hi Holly -

Yes, there is - right here:

http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/kbml/

There is a section that says " filing complaints " - middle of

second row.

Best Wishes,

Chris

> I think I've calmed down enough to post this.

>

> I finally got my mother to go back to an endocrinologist and she

ended up

> crying the whole way home. She had RAI three times about 20 years

ago, and

> has been a physical and emotional wreck ever since. She has

unbearable pain

> every day, and supposedly has fibromyalgia. She's " morbidly

obese " . She

> suffers from depression. I've been talking to her about everything

I've

> learned since I've been on this list, and she finally made an

appointment

> with an endo. She's just been monitored by her GP for years now.

>

> Anyway, she goes armed with information. I'm convinced she's been

hypo for

> years, and that's the cause of her problems. Well, this doctor

tells her

> that there is no way that her thyroid could be the cause of her

pain. (Duh!

> one of the first things my doc asks me is if I've had any muscle

cramps or

> pain, since that's one of the best markers of hypothyroidism). He

says she

> needs to see a rheumatologist. Well, she's been to umpteen

rheumatologists,

> and they tell her there's nothing they can do for her--that she

doesn't have

> rheumatoid arthritis. Then she asks about adding T3 to her

synthroid. He

> tells her he would never give anyone T3 because all it does is

raise your

> heart rate. So, she says she thinks she might have a problem

converting T4

> to T3. He tells her he's never heard of such a thing. HE HAS NEVER

HEARD OF

> SUCH A THING??? And this doctor is a practicing physician at the

University

> of Kentucky!

>

> Is there anything I can do? This man has no business practicing

medicine.

> Is there a place to report doctors who obviously have no idea what

they are

> doing??? I mean, this man is an endocrinologist! And besides

giving

> completely false information, he talked down to her and basically

told her

> to shut up several times, that he knew what he was doing. He

wanted to know

> where she got all this foolish information.

>

> Aaargh! Now I'm all worked up again. I can't let this man get

away with

> doing this. What can I do?? My mom has really given up, now. I

told her to

> make sure and tell her GP what happened so he won't refer anyone

else to

> this man.

>

> Holly

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