Lightrail:

your story and your info has been helpful to me for sure...thank you very much...

and it is good to know there are health care professionals out there that know what to do and how to do it and most importantly: they care...

of the dozens of care givers i have encountered since my injury (possibly 100's?) i have met 5 or 6 that understood what happened, and actually seemed compassionate and caring.

one of which is a truly fabulous vestibular therapist...she is the best of the best when it comes to knowledge, experience, understanding and compassion...and she is not part of my HMO and my HMO has denied any payments for care from her...

all the while, the vestibular therapist at my HMO nearly killed me...she set me back tremendously by completely over-prescribing ocular exercises that sent me into a tailspin...on follow up appointments, she would berate me (slightly, but seemingly endlessly) for not doing the exercises...i believe what she did borders on malpractice and i have not ruled out obtaining legal advice on the issue...

i have yet to meet anyone at my HMO that knows much about my injury or cares enough to offer more than dart and a dart board..."let's see, which med are we gonna try today? let's play darts! let's throw the dart and see where it lands...oh wow! today it's xxx! now go stand over there in line with everyone else and get your meds...no time for questions...trust me, i know how to help you...i saw this on 60 minutes 3 years ago, so i know what you are going thru...time is up...NEXT!"

the chemistry experiment inside my body is a delicate ecosystem, yet nearly every appt ends with a new drug taken from the dart board...

is it allowable for me to name this HMO and where i am in the hopes that someone here has met anyone helpful? i am obviously disgusted with them and will be leaving them soon, let the great Obamacare experiment begin!

Brainstemmed