This is so true! If you dont have the confidence and support of your doc you need to move on.... I've had some awful experiences in the past where conditions have been dismissed as nothing - and then ended up in the hospital on several occasions due to the first docs neglect.... Those docs I would never have gone back again to - except one...

He was a resident - and I had called him after taking a routine decongestant - called him when I started feeling strange after taking it - and he reassured me I was just fine - I had just had a physcial.... however, kept feeling worse - finally went to Urgent Care later in the day - and found they thought I was in heart failure (bradychardia - heart rate was 29 BPM and holding there)... they tossed me straight into an ambulance and ended up in CCU in the hospital.... the doc came to me next day - apologized, thanked me for teaching him a very important lesson "listen to your patients".... and I truly believe he meant it.... (oh, as soon as the med wore off - I was ok - but it was taken off the market eventually as it was killing people because it caused heart complications)....

So yes, follow your gut - a doc who is compassionate, willing to listen, especially to patients like us with multiple chronic condtions, are gems.....