Guest guest Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 In a message dated 12/31/2004 10:48:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, poohbear1252@... writes: You know the frustrating part was the audiologist (a woman) REFUSED TO GIVE ME THE DECIBLAL level!! I thougth to myself how rude!! She just dismissed my quesiton like its not any of my business!! That really ticked me off actually!! (sorry I had to let that out!!) , This made me think, second opinion ... new doctor. If you are not getting what you need, if the audi/ENT/whoever is not answering your questions or simply dismissing them without comment, then go find someone else. If the audi explained that a DB level at this point would be misleading, or that it would be wrong because the fluid would not allow a proper reading, then you'd at least have a reason for not having an answer yet. But to dismiss the question as though it is a silly one is unacceptable, in my opinion. You should not be locked into using these people for you health care -- unless they are the only people in town or in your plan. If that's the case, I'd drive out of town to find another doctor (we drive 45 minute to our son's audi). And I'd call the health care/insurance company and request they tell me who else is " in-plan " because you are not getting adequate service from the audi. The audi we use is the 3rd one we saw over the first year of Ian's diagnosis. The first was incompetent (Ian lip read through the glass of the sound proof booth and was misdiagnosed) The second was more interested in Ian's " interesting combination of issues " than in being our audi I felt Ian was about to be the topic of a paper in some journal and I detest anyone treating my son like a lab rat. Writing a paper is fine, but having our son's care be secondary to a professional agenda was unacceptable. So, we were on to audi #3. He is wonderful. Ian likes him, is comfortable with him and he ALWAYS takes the time to explain things. We have often scheduled appointments with extra time because he knew that we were going need to talk about things. Don't be afraid to go for a second opinion. Or to change doctors because the care is just not acceptable. You have to be able to trust what these doctors are telling you. You are making decisions based on the information they are giving you. If it is wrong or confusing, then you can't do your job as a parent. So be stubborn, ask the questions, demand the answers. If the doctor is more worried about messing up their day's appointment schedule by taking the time to answer questions, then that doctor has his/her priorities in the wrong place. Best -- Jill .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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