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What strategies do you use when Dr not listening or taking serious?
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@sing26 Bottom line up front: If you don't think your doctor is listening, get a new doctor.
I started searching on the internet for a new cardio doctor and for other cardio institutions that I could go to for procedures.
For a little background, I live in a rural part of SW Colorado and my options for cardio care are limitied. When I was diagnosed with AFib the doctor I saw (was given to) didn't seem to listen and didn't want to be very proactive in care opportunities. My primary care provider was great and she got me on all of the meds I needed to control the AFib. I needed a great cardio team so I contacted University Health in Aurora, CO and they did a telehealth appointment and told me I was a candicate for pulse field ablation. Had to fly to Denver, but everything worked out. I now have two great cardio teams both of which are remote, but are able to provide the care that I need. This coupled with my primary care provider has me on the right path to controling my AFib.
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@suerte Having a Physician that truly cares about you, as a patient, who listens to what you have to say, and who respects you enough, to treat you as a fellow human being, in need of advice and professional medical help, is of prime importance! A Doctor who takes the time, even under administrative time restraints, to show interest in helping you solve your symptom and signs concerns, is a keeper, in my opinion! I have had medical professionals be apathetic with me, and have, unfortunately, been dismissive of my comments! In those instances, I have, if possible, put in place, a plan to change to another medical professional! That can be risky, for several reasons! However, over the last 80 years, the best experiences that have benefited my health the most, is when I have researched and been seen by the best qualified medical professionals, that I have chosen as providing my medical care!