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@kappaking good morning. I’m so sorry you got all this information on vacation! I’m glad you...
after I read my lab results in the patient ... but I wanted to develop a trusted relationship ... He often remembers details of my doctor
Posted: Mar 9 8:26am
I have been with a pain management doctor for 13 years. He wasn't the first ,...
I have been with a pain management doctor ... #39;t the first , second, or third doctor ... doctor and begged him to take me off ... asking me to be his patient! ... We have a close relationship and he
kristie2, I am nervous about Reclast, but I was about Evenity, too. And, that has gone...
A few years ago, I had a doctor who ... incredibly well informed and had a great relationship ... with her patients. ... My current lackadaisical doctor said
Posted: Jan 29 6:44am
Hi Sharron. Yeah, it sucks. It's so hard. I went through a five year patch during...
that can happen to about 1-1.5% of patients ... are on them, work closely with your doctor ... It takes time to build a relationship ... You have to be patient, but once you ... she understands the dynamic of my relationship
Support Group: Loss & Grief
Posted: Jun 5 1:02pm
Hi, Louise (louise@lou) I have just the opposite: low arch, or more correctly: no arch, and...
for several years, we've created relationships ... interested in me, not as a nameless patient ... makes an added effort to consider a patient ... I regard this doctor as my "lead ... " doctor.
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 28, 2023
Yes, I agree. Because I live in a big Canadian city, I was assigned to our...
institute) when I've needed it, and a patient-support ... , it doesn't all depend on one relationship ... with one doctor — you're part of
Discussion: New oncologist
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Jun 29 9:55am
It's okay to move on from your surgeon if you feel more comfortable with another doctor...
feel more comfortable with another doctor ... and good reviews but was much more patient ... If you aren't happy with the patient-doctor ... relationship, then you should move
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 17, 2023
Hi @ccarpenter I found an archived article on WebMD https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20081023/50percent-of-doctors-give-fake-prescriptions Here’s an excerpt from the article...
relationship, and result in medical ... The AMA policy says doctors should explain ... If the patient agrees to this, the doctor ... which medicine is fake, nor does the doctor ... questioning a medication from your doctor
Support Group: Aging Well
Posted: Sep 19, 2022
Thanks for sharing @edwardh. I also think the best case is having a primary care doctor/team...
best case is having a primary care doctor ... /team that listens and where the patient ... search=doctor%20patient%20relationship ... focus at Mayo Clinic to improve the patient ... /doctor relationship.
Posted: Aug 5 7:31am
@gammie8, I want to comment both of you for building a relationship with the liver care...
comment both of you for building a relationship ... am so lucky because I have so many doctors ... I worked hard, and followed doctors ... My doctors said the exact same thing ... couple of discussions where transplant patients
Support Group: Transplants
Posted: Jun 11, 2022
My fatigue is constant. It is not just prior to my next infusion, it never abates....
fatigue before and do question about its relationship ... have been trying to find a new PCP doctor ... Cannot find any whom are accepting new patients
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 28, 2023
Doctors dismiss what isn't "in the literature." I wish they would at least note these symptoms...
Doctors dismiss what isn't " ... else, they could tell you that other patients ... similar, no one has established a direct relationship
@rsfcowgirl Hi, this is an interesting issue, and one many of us face from time to...
I too have had to change doctors within ... practice to get it done, and chose my new doctor ... practice to see who is taking new patients ... say something like "I am a new patient ... I know what a good working relationship
Support Group: Just Want to Talk
Posted: Nov 28, 2022
Hi there, I was diagnosed with osteoporosis when I was in my early 60's, with a...
in terms of putting the welfare of patients ... top of its list of priorities, and doctors ... sometimes be compromised by their relationship
@ab6540183 Dear Alfred, Hello and welcome to Connect. I am a spine surgery patient and can...
I am a spine surgery patient and can ... because they didn't understand the relationship ... He took me as a patient, and I was right ... Patients always hope for a miracle cure ... Doctors sometimes need to see failed
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Dec 27, 2022
Please step back and realize that not every surgeon is like your most recent one! Also,...
Also, please set aside your awe with doctors ... Sometimes the best thing you, as a patient ... can do, is to cultivate a strong relationship ... with a member of the doctor's staff
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Dec 30, 2021
@rexan20, @gingerw, and all...Hello, and I add my welcome to Ginger. I live in Jacksonville and...
have been seeing a variety of Mayo doctors ... I didn't choose a doctor, but the ... Any time you see a new doctor's ... see a picture and begin a positive relationship ... The patient portal is your best friend
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Nov 10, 2021
@mpflood7- Good morning and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Wow, what a fantastic question! And one...
The difference between hospitals and patient ... ad hoc care doesn't work with patients ... surgeon (who, because of our long term relationship ... when insurance companies took over patient ... and that I could be an out of state patient
@mazeppabob if doctors usually don't know what to do they take the easy route. I was...
@mazeppabob if doctors usually don&#39 ... I was fortunate to have a doctor with ... He was respectful of patients emotional ... The youngest crop of doctors have supposedly ... dinner in a restaurant early in our relationship
Support Group: Mental Health
Posted: Oct 3, 2020