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

[Guest guest]

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,

[Guest guest]

Call the doctor and leave a message that says that you'll be in his

area in a couple hours and you'll stop by to see him and discuss your

situation.

If that doesn't work, you may have to through and actually go to his

office.

Good luck,

-stan