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Replies to "I feel as though I've been given a Runaround, as my discouragement has lead for ME..."
@concernodules, I can understand your frustration at getting the runaround with the 2 departments telling you to seek a consult with another. Clearly you would like to be seen by a specialist like an ENT doc, endocrinologist or oncologist. Might you be able to write to the patient relations or patient experience office at CHI Clinic and ask them to mediate?
Hello @concernodules and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Your situation sounds both painful as well as frustrating! You seem to have really worked to get a diagnosis and some help without getting much help.
You mention having seen a regular doctor as well as a clinic doctor. Have you seen any specialists? Since you mention a thyroid problem, have you seen an endocrinologist? What about an ENT specialist?
If you have been seen by specialists, I might recommend that you go to a multi-disciplinary health center like a university medical school or a facility like Mayo Clinic. These types of health care centers have a better handle on difficult-to-diagnose problems because they are generally research-oriented, and they also see a lot of patients with a variety of problems, which smaller hospital systems and general doctors do not see.
Have you been to a center like this?