To Re: HELP!! HOW DO I GET MY NEW DOCTOR TO CALL ME???

[Guest guest]

Hi : Thanks for the suggestions....my doctor IS on the

list you just provided, Dr. Akerman (he's the one that Dr.

Lehman recommended for me) My first appt went VERY well with him

and he even said during that appt that he would be more than happy

to fill out the paperwork for the disability retirement if I was to

go to 8 wks post procedure and not be getting any better. Well,

yesterday makes 8 weeks..and I'm not better. But for some ungodly

reason Dr. A is NOT even returning my phone calls at this point.

I'm gingerly trying to walk around that totally unsat. behavior

because of the above mentioned dis. retirement papers and needing

him to sign off on them...but this is just ridiculous!! We're now on

day 4 of this....I just don't know what to do!!!Unfortunately some

of the other docs you listed are in the same practice as Dr. A.!!!

I have JUST GOT TO get this nausea under control...it's taking over

my whole life!! I even said that in my voicemails to Dr. A that it

is doing that and that nothing is helping and that I'm virtually non-

functional because of it. I also mentioned the fact that I've been

unable to get to two appts w/him because of it and am having trouble

on some mornings getting my 8 yr old out to the school bus!! And to

let you know how pathetic that is...the bus stops right in front of

our house!! The solution to that is that we are putting his clothes

out the night before and getting him to do as much as he can with

respect to what he needs to bring, etc., the night before when my

husband is home!! My husband has to be to work long before Matt's

bus comes so there's no way he can stay and supervise that whole

operation!! I sure hope that this isn't going to be the same thing

when I leave him with the dis. retirement papers to fill out!! I

need to get those in pronto because I haven't brought home a real

paycheck since June!!Do you think Dr. Lehman (being so far away

would help out with those??) or is that unreasonable to expect him

to do it and bigger question would the fact that he initiated them

not be acceptable?? I just don't know....anyway, thanks

for trying to help me in this almost desperate situation!!

love

>

> Before I read the last part of your letter, not wanting to P him

> off, I was going to suggest you call Dr Lehman, and tell him you

are

> in dire straits, that your GI he recommended hasn't been able to

> return your calls for some reason, and you are severely nauseated

> and this procedure is not working.

>

> He might ask you to come back to see him, or be able to chase this

> doctor up or recommend a new doctor. You could put it that as the

> other GI has obviously been unavoidably detained with emergencies,

> you needed some advice and help with the nausea, and your local

PCP

> feels it is out of his league. I would also be asking your PCP to

> refer you to a pain specialist, and ask if they could get you in

> immediately as you are violently ill with pain and nausea. Perhaps

> if you go to the ER, they could call Dr Lehman if they can't get

> hold of your new GI doctor?

>

> Unfortunately, sometimes it takes acting all innocent and polite

for

> it to pass over so as not to show that you are p'd off with a

doctor

> when you need him for some reason, such as your retirement package

> deal.

>

> In the meantime, I have found a list of the top doctors in Rhode

> Island (guessing that RI is abbreviated for that..i've been living

> in the states for over 4 years, but still not familiar with some

of

> the abbreviated states).

>

> Gastroenterologists and the hospital they work at

>

> Christy Dibble [WI]

> Califano [RIH/RW]

> Philip Trupiano [KENT]

> Akerman [RIH/RW]

> Pamela Connors [WST]

> Neil Greenspan [MIR/MEM]

> Theodore Palumbo [RIH/RW]

>

>

> Endocrinologists

>

> [MIR/RIH]

> Kahn [RIH/MIR]

> Ortiz [FTM]

>

>

> Pain Management Doctors

>

> Frederick Burgess [RIH]

> Minn [WST]

> Baziotis [MEM]

> Gerhard Friehs [RIH/MIR]

>

> Hospital Abbreviations

>

> Kent : Kent Memorial Hospital...Warwick

> MIR : Miriam Hospital in Providence

> RIH : Rhode Island Hospital Providence

> WI : Women and Infant's Hospital Providence

> WST : The Westerly Hospital Westerly

> MEM : Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket

> FTM : Our Lady of Fatima, North Providence

>

>

> Just get their phone numbers from Directories at your local Phone

> company, and give one of them a call, telling them what's

happening

> and how urgent it is. Another thing might be to ask them if you go

> to the ER, could you ask for one of them to be called and you have

> your initial consult there just before they treat you. I have done

> this before, had my initial consult and ER consult all in one.

>

> Hope some of this is of help to you,

>