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Hi Everyone!
I reside in NC and was wondering if anyone knew of any good facilities in my area. I am very close to Charlotte. I am currently under the care of UNC
Chapel Hill, NC. However, they are a teaching hospital with only a handful of doctors who actually are experienced that were available to see me. I am also close to Duke University but they too are a teaching hospital and I don’t know that I would fair any better. My current pulmonologist is lacking in his bed side manner. I have had a continuous fever for a year now, literally almost every day/ and he gets very irritated every time I mention. He thinks there is something else other than my lungs causing that and quite frankly doesn’t want to hear it or deal with it. I have had every test that my primary can think of and he (pulmonary) also did additional tests before putting me on the Big 3. I reached out to an infectious disease doctor locally and after reading my records…. Refused to see me! I’m guessing there wasn’t any other testing to be done. Very Frustrating!!
Thanks!Dee
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I live in Wilmington, NC and would really like to go to NJH for evaluations and treatment plan. I have not submitted an application because of travel concerns and need for airway clearance while traveling. I have copious amounts of mucus daily for the past 3 years.
I see a doctor at the Pulmonary Specialty clinic at UNC - Chapel Hill, NC approximately every 6 months She is very responsive to my questions and requests on "My Chart." However she is assigned to the Pediatric Unit about 1/2 of the time or more, so does not have that much availability. (Working with pediatric patients one week and then to working with geriatric patients the next week.)
I also see a pulmonologist in Wilmington (PRN) , however he said he did not want to manage the bronchiectasis and recommended, that I see him when needed and can't get an appointment with UNC-CH.
SO: MY QUESTION IS: How do you manage the trip to Denver from North Carolina with the need for airway clearance? (Fly? Drive?).
I live in NC and see Dr Mary Leigh Ann Daniels at UNC and she is an expert in Bronchiectasis and MAC. I would highly recommend her to anyone. I have also been to National Jewish twice and have seen both Dr Huitt and Dr Griffith. Save yourself the trip to Denver you won't be disappointed.
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Dr Kenneth Olivier formerly of NIH is now in NC
Website says he is accepting patients