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Originally Posted by hope4thebest
Dennis!
I am certain so many people regard the doctor's (feckless) word as doctrine, and leave, helpless...Is there such a thing as medical advocates, somewhat like a watch dog social worker to look out for people who don't know how to navigate the medical system? (especially frail seniors) That is something I would really like to do!
I was the 'one' for my father when he had metastatic cancer, and now for my mother who is 97. I fought like a she-wolf when my father was given shoddy treatment, and will do the same for my mother, if need be..
OK, I'd better calm myself..... 
I hope your treatment with Dr. jasmin brings you relief and optimism!!
Hope4thebest |
There is something all of us with "resources" can do - report these guys to the state medical board!
If its clearly appropriate and if you can document the doctor's reporting deficiencies, then I think it should be done to protect others from being hurt by these shoddy practictioners. Every state has a team of professionals that investigates complaints against doctors.
I did it with a anethesiologist in RI. His written report was a MESS, as if he copied and pasted parts of another patient's boiler plate into mine. He talked about reviewing "systems" of my body, such as the urinogenital (sp?), that we never, ever discussed. And he had the gall to provide an atrocious list of "provisional diagnosis," none of them RSD, that were a joke! He hadn't discussed any of the related symptoms, and under the cirsumstances, had no right to diagnose me, even provisionally, with any of them. Needless to say, WC was in heaven with his report!! At the end of my 2nd and last visist with him, he handed me a business card for the RSD Support Group of RI and encouraged me to join it. He then wrote in his report that he thought I did NOT have RSD. I later discover that he did the same thing to someone else!!
Those of us that have the ability to report instances such as these to the proper authorities should do so. If anything, just to prevent these practictioners from doing the same thing again and again and again!!
Take care, XOXOX Sandy