What strategies do you use when Dr not listening or taking serious?

@rashida
cardiac electrophysiologist
Especially elderly women. I'd be lost if I couldn't change doctors.

@rashida electrophysiologist, sorry for the abbreviation.

@mbixler my experience here in that respect is the doctors stick up for each other! They will believe what the other doctor has written in your charts. In any case, it is not easy to switch doctors - never mind find one! When we moved to a new city it took us a whole year to find a doctor - and we were the lucky ones! There were people who had been living here much longer than we, and they were still looking! Our new doctor - fresh out of medical school - stopped taking new patients two weeks after we registered with her!

Yes, they believe what others say, even if you show them different. I was taken by ambulance, started crashing right before we got to the hospital. Er Dr, said serious, sent me to a so called cardiologist. He was the worst. Didn't even see me till next morning, never even stepped in my room, ran a couple of tests, ( not the ones I needed) and sent me home, said I OD on caffeine. It took 2yr to find a dr to listen and run the right tests. Then the hospital fired her because she spent to much time with her patients. She did manage to send me to a good cardiac surgeon. He did my ablation. Good dr that listen are rare.and when I find one they never last. It's exhausting and frustrating to find a good one. Their oath means nothing only $$$

@rashida agree, we're still considered ignorant and drama queens. I hate it, it's not the stone ages. Though I will say it's not only that. My dad spent years arguing with his PCP. Dr wanted to refer him to a shrink ( Dad's word not mine) he got so bad before he found a real dr. Had tests, couple weeks later had open heart for 5 bypasses. They are not held accountable anymore. I tried to sue the Dr that nearly killed me . ( Not for $$ to stop him)I couldn't get a attorney to take it, because I was one person and they have insurance with lots of $$$

@sing26 true thst! Here you have to sign a waiver before getting any surgery or procedure, so if you need to sue the doctor if something goes wrong you are the only one who loses money!

The only way to sue is a class action. It's wrong, they should be held accountable. Drug companies are being held accountable. But Dr isn't. Healthcare is getting worse.

@sing26 I found a good electrophysiologist by signing on with and waiting to be seen by a renowned guy at a major teaching hospital in a large city. He brings so much money (rainmaker) into the hospital that they give him everything he needs to run a high quality operation. He has the money to hire the staff required to supply excellent care and follow-through, filled with only the most accomplished fellows and other intelligent staff committed to excellence. Even communication is prompt and thorough.
I hope seeking help from a similarly highly reputed electrophysiologist may work for you too.

@rashida Have you tried a DO?

@clj9821 what’s a DO? I am terrible with acronyms!