Does anyone else have problems with their Doctor?
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That's a damn shame, but I feel you.  I had back and stomach pain for over a year (back in 1989) and I saw orthopedists and rheumatologists and they couldn't find anything wrong with me.  Finally, they did a Hida scan and found my gallbladder was full of stones.  They opened me up to take it out and finally found the REAL problem.  My colon had ruptured from diverticulitis and was leaking poison into my abdomen.  I would have died.  But 23 year olds don't normally get diverticulitis, so they never thought to check it out.  \n\nTalk to your friends.  Ask them who they go to and if they like them.  That's the best way-word of mouth-to find a good doctor.  There are so many, you have to keep trying.  Tell them about your past experiences and what you need from them.  Time and respect.  That's not too much to ask for.  I bet you'd settle for someone who was at least a great diagnostician even if their bedside manner wasn't all that, huh?
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See another physician for a second opinion... Second of all, if you feel that dr did not do there job, file a complaint with the state health department.
495209
my husband went through this a few years ago. he paid 5 dollars to each doctor for COPIES of his records. and one doctor eventually figured out what was wrong - mineers (don't think i spelled that right) dis ease.\nhe went to several different docs for about 10 years before ONE figured it out.\nthis is YOUR life and YOUR health. don't leave it in the hands of a doc who is not doing YOU right. PLEASE.
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I don't think you have a thing to worry about as I know other people that has had baby's that have it and the baby's were fine. If you and your husband are not happy with what the doctor said about it, I think that I would go to another doctor for a second opinion.
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I too went to one who actually ripped it off without any anestetics.  I screamed and told him I couldn't believe he did that.  I've since been to 3 other ones and never had that problem again.  The first one was sadistic.  FIND another doctor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  You and I just hit a bad one.
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Could be allergies get your doctor to check it out.
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Yes. I would enquire. He could be the one who is right. Or he could the one who is totally in the wrong. For your own state of mind, go further and ask him why he disagrees and reasons. Tell him what the other doctors said and present everything to him. He should be able to defend his opinion and explain why.\nDo not discount the "odd one out". He could be the one who did not get it.............\nBut he could be the one with the right diagnostic also (have read the most recent articles, have kept up to date etc, experience counts also.).\nI have been in that situation but not with so many doctors though. The one who disagreed just happened to be the one who was right.
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I wonder what the doctor said..\n\nMaybe you should fine another doctor.  One the specialize in that.\n\nGood luck.
867677
Have you seen a doctor about it?
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Is it a problem that doctors don’t pursue questions regarding diseases and treatments?\n\nYes, it is a big problem and it can lead to a misdiagnoses.  Doctors used to have the time to talk with and examine their patients.  With the institution of the HMO system doctors are budgeted to only 15-20 minutes.  The don’t even have time to check your vitals, a nurse does that before you see the doctor.  Now days the doctors have to work fast to make their quotas.\n\nHMOs have made health care cheaper, but nowhere cheap enough, and at a great cost.  Patients just don’t get enough time with their doctors to insure that they get adequate treatment, and by seeing so many patients in a day they start to blur together.\n\nI belong to the world’s largest HMO organization; the Veterans Administration, handling patients in all 50 states and world wide (care can be provided at any base with the proper facilities).  The US Military has to run its health care like an HMO as well.  It is the only way that they can provide care to all active duty members and their families for free (most of the time—some family members can be charged some fees).  Currently I am seeing 5 clinics in a major facility so I know about HMOs  I have also seen the rushed practices of HMOs percolate down into the private practice.  Doctors in private practice have to keep costs low and see a lot of patients so they can compete.\n\nAmericans are burdened with the “Puritan Ethic” a product of our ancestors who came over on the Mayflower.  Very few Americans are descended from those early colonists, but they have all been influenced by it.  This ethic says that adults must work hard all their lives, be proper religious folk, take only the minimum of time off, and yet somehow raise a family.  Getting sick is just not an option.\n\nMy parents were first generation immigrants; my grandparents all immigrated to America.  They lived in the North East where this ethic thrived and was expected of all immigrants.  My Grandfather died in his 40s, probably from a heart attack.  He never went to see a doctor so I will never know.  My father was a long time smoker and he probably died of lung complications induced by smoking.  Despite feeling weak, despite having to wheeze he didn’t want to go to the doctor.  So he died in his 70s.\n\nIllness was never an excuse in our family.  According to my mother, “If it isn’t broke and bleeding then there is nothing wrong.”  I came down with an ear infection so bad that I couldn’t sleep.  It turned out to be a double ear infection, but it took my mother several days before she was willing to take me to the doctor.  My dad had a good job with full health coverage so money wasn’t a problem.  She didn’t want to admit that I was sick and trying to “pull one over on her” by ditching school.  So it was no surprise that my father didn’t go to the doctor.\n\nWhen she gave birth to her last two children she was at work in the morning and in the hospital that afternoon.  A little thing like being pregnant didn’t keep her down, or put her into bed for long.\n\nCombine the Puritan Ethic with a short doctor visit and few patients get a proper visit.  They don’t want to admit they are sick and the doctor doesn’t have time to pry it out of them.  Often they will have waited until a major problem has grown to the point where it can’t be ignored.  They only go to the doctor when it is absolutely necessary.\n\nI have a disabling illness that prevents me from working.  But, in the early days I was accused of faking it.  Once even a doctor called my boss to tell him I was faking it.  A few years later my illness became a recognized illness and after a long struggle I have won disability from the Veterans Administration and from Social Security.  I need it because I simply cannot work.  I tried for years, I won’t go into the boring (and depressing details), but before I won my disability awards I was investigated thoroughly, I
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Get a new doctor.\n\nCoach
270001
Its time to go see another Dr. who does believe you.\nyou know you body better than any Dr.
959485
See your Doctor again !!
753118
Try talking to your doctor.
407264
My doctor does this, too.  You can ask them to leave, but I usually don't, unless I have embarrassing issues or issues that require me to get naked.  But they never seem offended if I ask nicely to speak with my doctor alone.
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mine is horrible, i have had the same health complaint for years and they never take me seriously, they had never run proper tests and don't seem to care. i have now switched doctors and am waiting for a check up.
999264
You should find a new doctor, and report that one!