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The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

Aging Well | Last Active: Apr 25 10:32am | Replies (50)
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@glinda47

I do the same. My primary care always tells me, "Oh that's not in my knowledge base, you need a specialist." So I just skip her now and go to her for pill refills and blood work and whatever silly exams they say I need for Medicare. I am truly thinking about a concierge doc but I'll be checking them inside and out before I go. Just because they're boutique doesn't mean they're good. Best of luck to you. Sounds like pretty much the same story from sea to shining sea. Take care.

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vic83 | @vic83 | Apr 19 1:08pm

Thanks and good luck to you too.
I value the honesty of my primary care doctor when he says he doesn't know. I use him to review certain test results since Specialists frequently don't tell you about other things found in tests like CT scans when it is outside their own area. And having several specialists, I am trying now to organize my blood work schedule to be sure nothing falls through the cracks.
One really has to take responsibility ...on several occasions I have been given drugs that impact other drugs...not the nurse not the pharmacy said a word ...but I always check the interaction between drugs

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