Recently reported good news from a doctor downstate and it was good news...BUT...I have to wonder if the medical profession is completely falling apart. Case 1: Got a copy of an entry my regular doc put in my chart that contained some completely INACCURATE info. It took me two written requests, three phone calls and almost two months before he dictated a ONE SENTENCE CORRECTION. Case 2: Nine years ago I had a several thousand dollar eval for something potential scary. Turned out to be no problem. One year ago I was advised to go through the whole eval thing again for the same thing and did. Cha-ching. Once again, no problem. Shortly after the 2nd eval I went downstate to get some unrelated surgery. Gave the surgeons office copies of everything and wrote a summary/cover letter including my history with the potentially scary thing that was evaluated in 2005 and, again, in 2013. He expressed concern that my doctors in Marquette should have done more by way of evaluation. Worried the crap out of me so, several months after getting the unrelated surgery. I followed his advice, went to Detroit, had a very expensive test and a couple of days later met with him. During the last couple of minutes of the meeting it came to light that the Detroit doc hadnt really familiarized himself with my history (which I personally had provided to him verbally and in writing and with copies of pertinent reports) regarding the potentially scary thing. He thought we were looking at something that hadnt been discovered until last year. His response once he realized his head was way up his butt? Something to the effect of, Oh, in that case, it shouldnt be anything to worry about. THIS SHIT DRIVES ME CRAZY...Thank you for the opportunity to rant. I suppose could have made this easier on all of us and just posted a picture of my breakfast or something...
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:20:53 +0000