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Your Tips on How to Get Off to the Best Start with a New Specialist
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I like to listen to everything the doctor says, answer their questions, then ask my questions. I expect to be treated with the same respect I afford them. I always like to make sure that they know I am not questioning their abilities, just asking for information or clarification. But if they are dismissive, I will usually move on to another doctor. We pay so much for medical care that I feel I should be able to feel comfortable that my questions are answered. Because I have been my husbands caregiver and we have been at Mayo for extended times, I understand how it should be.
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@auntioakley During years with my disorders I have seen my fair share of specialists. Definitely there have been some that I did not want to return back to. There have been some who started out okay but things seem to change and I had to talk to them very frankly. My primary care doctor was bad at keeping me waiting. One time it was over an hour and a half for him, it appears he was in a meeting. So I am very frankly told him either he had time for his patients or he had time for meetings but apparently he didn't have time for both and he needed to make a decision, as he was in charge of new interns at the medical center. I guess that's what it took; after that he was much better. My nephrologist and my hematologist-oncologist are aces in their field and they have teamed together to work with my situation. I can only hope that my new specialists in my new town will be the same.
Ginger