Boston Doctors

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Lia, and any other Boston-area-residents,

Has anyone seen Dr. Beresford (in Newton, outside of Boston)?

I saw him for about a year--he was the first Dr. to diagnose my

vestibulitis. His main treatment was Estrace, which did help me, to a

point. I left him when I heard about Dr. , mostly because I

wanted a female doctor, and I also felt like he didn't listen all

that well. (always felt rushed).

Anyway, sometimes I wish my insurance would cover seeing two

specialists at one time, so that I could always be getting a second

opinion--like you do when you consider surgery or something major.

But, I think it would be helpful for the less drastic treatment

choices too.

Anyway, just wondered if anyone had an opinion on Dr. Beresford.

-Kellie

> I know they say if you can't say something nice don't... you know.

But I feel

> the need to add my 2 cents. I saw Dr. for 5 months. I

have read her

> book and appreciate what she's done to open lines of communication

about this

> problem, but I was very dissatisified with her as a physician.

Nothing

> glaring. Just a frustrating number of benign mistakes that, to me,

reflected a

> lack of committment to patient care. I feel this is a general

problem with

> this condition. I feel like the doctors i've seen who are really

interested in

> vulvar conditions fall miserably short in the care/compassion

department. And

> with a condition that's as emotionally devastating as this, that's

a real

> problem. My most fervent hope, long term, is that doctors (like

) who

> care enough to dedicate their professional life to vulvar disorders

will make

> training other doctors a priority. I feel like I've seen 3 big

deal vulvar

> specialists who interacted with me like they were fixing a car.

I've also seen

> many very compassionate physicians who cared a lot but had no idea

how to

> help. And whatever anyone thinks of Dr. Glazer, I give him

enormous credit for

> making training other practitioners a priority. That's my rant.

Hope this

> doesn't get me in trouble! Finally what I'm saying ties into the

> recent " spread the word " post.

>

> Best, Lia