Re: in Wisconsin--docs are a nightmare/Janie

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Hi, Janie...yes, it is SO frustrating...I do not presently have a

doctor. Even knowing what to ask/look for, it was tough.

I can send in my (full) account of the ' doc experience, but

will have to somehow get my account " unbounced, " somehow. Can't

find where to reset and have not received any mail for a couple of

hours...it's in the archives, though...

, Wisconsin

>

> , I was aghast at your doctor experience. Granted, it's not

the

> first time we have heard of all this idiocy, but it's still

profound

> to read it again. Disgusting.

>

> As Zappa once said " Scientists tell us hydrogen is the most

> common thing in the universe....but stupidity is much more

> prevalent. "

>

> Janie

>

>

> > I agree with Sandy about some of the doctors on the top doc list

> and perhaps some of the recommended ' doctors.

> >

> > I went to one from the about.com list; she had rave

reviews...ALL

> on the same date, which I didn't notice and someone pointed out.

> She DID prescribe Armour, so it wasn't all bad. She's more of a

> bariatric doctor, though, and prescribed scads of appetite

> suppressants, which I did NOT need as I was unable to eat,

> anyway...prescribed metformin; when I told her that it made me ill

> and tired, diarrhea, etc., her reaction was to triple the dose and

> prescribe glyset, as well. I did not fill all of the

prescriptions;

> it became easier to just take them and not argue.

> >

> > She's a fanatic about labwork; would NOT give me the results at

> any time until I was in for an appointment (had to wait a month

each

> time for results). She wanted me to come in every month.

> >

> > She also did not do the ferritin test, despite my asking on

three

> separate occasions; she finally said, " Well, we don't need to

worry

> about that. " My ferritin was 9; I asked the gynecologist about

> getting the test, which she agreed to do.

> >

> > As for the " ' doc, " well, he was the absolute worst doctor

> I've ever been to. Wanted to know why I'd want to be on Armour,

> insisted that all of my problems were due to allergies, wanted to

> order lots of very expensive tests, despite the fact that I'd

> recently had testing done and had brought the results in to

> him...threw a fit about my going to another doctor FIRST: " Why

did

> you go to HER and not to ME...!? "

> >

> > I did call the Foundation to report my experience and sent an e-

> mail to them. Doctors apparently can get onto their list just by

> asking...

> >

> > , Wisconsin