ALL MEMBERS - A suggestion about docs on our board (m)

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I would LOVE to have a DR. that is willing to answer questions for

us; especially for newer members and anyone going through treatment.

However, I do have concerns about people feeling free to express

themselves, including complaints about dr.s, on this board. Even my

RE was very defensive of my OB/GYN when I told him that I would be

switching Dr.'s (i.e., not to send my records back to my old GYN).

I think he felt the need to tell me about things from the dr.'s

perspective.

Even if none of us is being treated by the RE answering questions, I

think it would be strange to have a doc have access to our thoughts

on this board.

Why not start a new e-group - maybe call it Ashermans_RE or something

similar, and use that board to post questions and answers to/from the

RE. I also think it would be helpful to have more than one RE (if we

can more than one that is willing to post). I realize that everyone

would have to join yet another group (Ashermans_RE) for this to work,

but Poly, perhaps you can pass on the responsibility of this new

board to one or two of the other members.

If starting a new board is not agreeable, how about having someone be

responsible for sending questions and responses to/from the RE(s).

This person could also filter out any 'repeated' questions and keep a

Q & A file somewhere - so when someone new comes along and asks a

question, that person can either forward the question to the RE or

refer them to the Q & A document. It might be a good idea to do this,

even if we have a separate board for the RE questions...more work, I

know. But, I think with all of the legal issues going around, too,

it might not be a good idea to give access to any doctor....you never

know who someone's golfing buddy is or who knows who...

Just my 2 cents,