With the COPD diagnosis on January 11th,2007,I went to my Dr.,and asked him to test me for it,and without any tests at all,he just said to me that I do have it,and that I have for many years,ever since he diagnosed me with Chronic Bronchitis when I was about 23-24 yrs.old,now I'm 1 month away from being 34 yrs.old.So he basically told me I've had it for about 10 years but he's never treated me for it,he just gave me the inhalers I needed for my Asthma,he said that Asthma,and Chronic bronchitis is the same thing as COPD,that chronic bronchitis is a stage of COPD,and that the next stage is Emphesema,and that if I don't quit smoking I might just get it,and it will kill me! But he said he thought I already knew I had it! I asked him why he never told me over all these years,he just said he never really thought about it,he just assumed I knew.
So he never ran any tests,even when I was diagnosed with chronic bronchitis,it was a chest x-ray that was done to diagnose that,and the fact that it would'nt go away,even with anti-biotics,I only get pneumonia,never just bronchitis.I get pneumonia about 3-4 times a year!

Many people have chronic bronchitis. It's probably not even as chronic as you think. My kid has chronic coughing,bronchitis,asthma, and I assure you there is no COPD.

Those symptoms are more common than you think,especially in people with asthma. I think you need to get yourself properly evaluated by a pulmonologist in relation to all this. I also think you should not smoke anymore, and stay away from 2nd hand smoke too.

I don't beleive this doctor has evaluated you nor tested you in order to hand down this diagnosis. And worst off he was irresponsible because he is not treating you or managing your care. Why would he assume you have this illness and not speak to you about it? Very responsible of him!!

Please go see a specialist.

That's what my best friend told me,before she moved to Colorado. She was a Doctor in the same clinic as mine,but since we were friends they wouldn't let her be my Doctor. But while my Dr. was out of town for a month, they did assign her to me,so she got to look over my chart,and medical history. She told me to question the COPD, but in so many words that couldn't get her in trouble,that's when I asked him to test me for it,and he just said he already knew I had it! So,before she quit and moved just recently, she told me to get to a pulmonologist also! At my appt with my Dr. in May I noticed he changed some things in my chart,and now it say's I have a diagnoses of COPD,when it didn't say that before,it just said chronic bronchitis. He dummied up the chart.After that appt when I questioned him.
2 days ago, my Psychiatrist questioned me about my MedDoc diagnosing me with my fevers being unexplained,he asked if he tested me for any of the auto immune disorders,or lupus,or ran any tests other than just blood tests,and he didn't! He just did bloodwork! When my PsychDoc knows the fevers have been going on for about 5 months! Now he's suspicous of him now to!
My MedDoc used to be the best Dr. I'd ever had,and he was so attentive.He ran tests all the time to make sure he had the right diagnoses,and got me the right medicine to take care of it. He was such a caring and great Doc,he even spent time asking how things were in life other than just my body,he was a friend to! I found out his marriage failed and it affected his work,and he just got burnt out,and now he just doesn't pay much attention to anything,he's not the same. It's hurts to see him like that,when I know there is a good man inside of him,and a good Dr.,it's just going to waste.
But I will get him to refer me to a pulmonologist, if he has nothing to hide,he won't have a problem with it. If he won't refer me, my PsychDoc might be able to! I'll have to check. With my insurance, all specialists need referrals from my primary care Dr.in order for my insurance to cover the visit!

I'm going to be pretty ****** off if he lied to me, just to save time,and keep him from having to order extra tests, and do extra paperwork. Just to find out he was just trying to give me an excuse for why I'm so sick, because he didn't want to spend the time finding out the real reason! His Malpractice insurance will go up so high, he'll be forced to quit!

He already lost (they died) a few patients in the last few months, that were right around my age 33-35 yrs.old because of his not paying attention, so he's already in constant battles with his boss over ****! And his attorneys!