Hi Bluesfan,

I appreciate the sentiments expressed in your post.

I had made my point about the lack of time to get new doctors oriented to my case, etc. When a doctor knows a case well, a lot can happen in six months.

The attending had extended my appointment time while I was there.

He has also instructed the intern to schedule me for every 2 months and a 40-60 minute visit. The intern had really needed the attending's okay to make these changes anyway. He'd also clearly told the intern to be sure to return any call I made to his office. The attending was responding to my concerns about a long history about lack of responses from the department in the past.
He could clearly see the lengthy and chronic delays in my chart.

(This particular neurology department has some very reputable doctors/researchers practicing there. The department has never been efficient, and every so often, many doctors leave, seemingly, all at once. Attending doctors are also researchers and work hard to bring research monies to the university medical school/hospital. Many of them report they are not allowed enough time to see their patients. Just recently, and suddenly, there is no MD for people with MS, even though this is an MS center? Possibly the politics of a teaching hospital?)

I am fortunate to have the neuromuscular specialist I now have and I hope he stays. He was trained at an outstanding neuromuscular institute.

I am also fortunate to have this new attending. He has come from an outstanding neurological institute. This is why he'd immediately recognized CRPS signs/symptoms.

I am feeling very fortunate, all things considered.


DejaVu