Guest guest Posted October 20, 2001 Report Share Posted October 20, 2001 The only group I've heard about in San Francisco is Amen.Com. Amen is a Dr. My friend drives there every week with her son. Says it's a great group. Jana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hi Marie. Thank you for the kind words. and Yes! I am ready for a new doc. This one is stupid, sorry to say. Fortunately, the gastro doc called her and wanted to know why my bloodwork was so old. HAHAHAHA! They made me come in the next day to have my blood drawn. I couldn't have smiled bigger when the nurse told me. I won't see the specialist till Nov 22., but I know he made her feel stupid! I am switching doctors. This is crazy, she doesn't seem to know much about medicine at all. Especially hep. I talked to the office manager of the clinic and she is getting me in to see a new doc that is a little farther away, but she specialized in puclic health, so they think she may understand a bit more about my condition. Thank goodness. Her office won't open for another week or two, so I just gotta be paitent. I can't wait to get the results of the lab work though. This doc office won't give me copies of my records without an outrageous fee. So I want to be sure that I have all my labs back before I get them. When I ask her for results, it's an argument to get her to give them to me. I'm soooo ready for the new doc. Thanks for the support. Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hello Stacey, You are most welcome, I have been in your exact shoes and I know just how helpless and frustrated one can get. It really saddens me the way our medical society is lacking these days, and it seems to be continually worse. It seems none of them remember the oath they once took, and they loose sight of their empathy and compassion - they also forget that without their patients they would be out of a job, however, they still get away with treating us poorly. I have found that hospital care is even worse, the nurses are usually understaffed and underpaid leaving us, the patients to suffer. The whole thing just frustrates me. And I am one of those people that is pretty outspoken and will stick up for myself whenever need be, I will always as questions, even if it angers them, and if I have to I remind them that they are working for us, the patients and we are paying them - therefore that does give us rights. As far as them giving you results or records, unfortunately they have the right, 'to take their time" and put a fee on them - sometimes I think that they make it expensive just so we won't be able to afford them or will have to wait. But always remember that you as a patient have the right under any circumstance to have access to your records, rather they like it or not. I am so glad Stacey that you are getting out of that Doctors office, not all doctors as as bad as you have experienced, every once and awhile we come across one that still remembers why he got into medicine in the first place and truly cares about his patients. I will be praying for you Girl - keep me informed ok. May God continue to bless you and yours Love, hugs, and prayers Marie -- Re: need new doc Hi Marie. Thank you for the kind words. and Yes! I am ready for a new doc. This one is stupid, sorry to say. Fortunately, the gastro doc called her and wanted to know why my bloodwork was so old. HAHAHAHA! They made me come in the next day to have my blood drawn. I couldn't have smiled bigger when the nurse told me. I won't see the specialist till Nov 22., but I know he made her feel stupid! I am switching doctors. This is crazy, she doesn't seem to know much about medicine at all. Especially hep. I talked to the office manager of the clinic and she is getting me in to see a new doc that is a little farther away, but she specialized in puclic health, so they think she may understand a bit more about my condition. Thank goodness. Her office won't open for another week or two, so I just gotta be paitent. I can't wait to get the results of the lab work though. This doc office won't give me copies of my records without an outrageous fee. So I want to be sure that I have all my labs back before I get them. When I ask her for results, it's an argument to get her to give them to me. I'm soooo ready for the new doc. Thanks for the support.Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hello Stacey, You are most welcome, I have been in your exact shoes and I know just how helpless and frustrated one can get. It really saddens me the way our medical society is lacking these days, and it seems to be continually worse. It seems none of them remember the oath they once took, and they loose sight of their empathy and compassion - they also forget that without their patients they would be out of a job, however, they still get away with treating us poorly. I have found that hospital care is even worse, the nurses are usually understaffed and underpaid leaving us, the patients to suffer. The whole thing just frustrates me. And I am one of those people that is pretty outspoken and will stick up for myself whenever need be, I will always as questions, even if it angers them, and if I have to I remind them that they are working for us, the patients and we are paying them - therefore that does give us rights. As far as them giving you results or records, unfortunately they have the right, 'to take their time" and put a fee on them - sometimes I think that they make it expensive just so we won't be able to afford them or will have to wait. But always remember that you as a patient have the right under any circumstance to have access to your records, rather they like it or not. I am so glad Stacey that you are getting out of that Doctors office, not all doctors as as bad as you have experienced, every once and awhile we come across one that still remembers why he got into medicine in the first place and truly cares about his patients. I will be praying for you Girl - keep me informed ok. May God continue to bless you and yours Love, hugs, and prayers Marie -- Re: need new doc Hi Marie. Thank you for the kind words. and Yes! I am ready for a new doc. This one is stupid, sorry to say. Fortunately, the gastro doc called her and wanted to know why my bloodwork was so old. HAHAHAHA! They made me come in the next day to have my blood drawn. I couldn't have smiled bigger when the nurse told me. I won't see the specialist till Nov 22., but I know he made her feel stupid! I am switching doctors. This is crazy, she doesn't seem to know much about medicine at all. Especially hep. I talked to the office manager of the clinic and she is getting me in to see a new doc that is a little farther away, but she specialized in puclic health, so they think she may understand a bit more about my condition. Thank goodness. Her office won't open for another week or two, so I just gotta be paitent. I can't wait to get the results of the lab work though. This doc office won't give me copies of my records without an outrageous fee. So I want to be sure that I have all my labs back before I get them. When I ask her for results, it's an argument to get her to give them to me. I'm soooo ready for the new doc. Thanks for the support.Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Does anyone know of a doctor either in NJ or who works by phone who works progressively with thyroid and also does BHRT? I don't have insurance so I'm trying to find one doc to prescribe all meds. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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