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Dejibo · 04-12-2012, 06:55 AM

Sit with them MD and remind him that YOUR out of pocket expenses for such tests are considerable. Is there a change from one to another? Can he gain information from the new one that he couldnt from the old? Is there a way to limit your out of pocket expenses such as 2x a year vs free wheeling it? Ask him to explain the process as its lost on you and now you are worried about money on top of disease.

Good luck.

new2net98 · 04-12-2012, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dejibo

Sit with them MD and remind him that YOUR out of pocket expenses for such tests are considerable. Is there a change from one to another? Can he gain information from the new one that he couldnt from the old? Is there a way to limit your out of pocket expenses such as 2x a year vs free wheeling it? Ask him to explain the process as its lost on you and now you are worried about money on top of disease.

Good luck.

Does everyone here stick with the same Neuro & for how long? When would a second opinion be a valid option? Will be seeing this guy again in June (after the May repeat brain MRI). I'm calling my PC tomorrow to see what my options are.

EddieF · 04-13-2012, 11:41 AM

I'm on neuro # 4 since 2006.

SallyC · 04-13-2012, 12:39 PM

I stuck with my Neuro from 1992 until she retired, in 2002. She was the Partner of the Neuro who DXed me, 17 yrs prior. For those 17 yrs of remission, I didn't see a Neuro.

I saw the Neuro who took her patients, until about 2008, when I dropped him, because I had become SPMS and he couldn't help me. I may have stayed, if he would have written my LDN script, but he scoffed at me.

See ya later Doc..

I only see my PCP once a year now. I love him.

Who needs a condecending Neuro/God, anymore?

Snoopy · 04-13-2012, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by new2net98

Does everyone here stick with the same Neuro & for how long?

I have had the same neuro for 26 years, he is the one who diagnosed me.
I am really going to hate it when he finally decides to retire

I tried a neuro (3 visits) who was closer but I was not happy with him freaking out over my c-spine MRI and telling I should NOt even be able to walk. I AM still walking

Natalie8 · 04-13-2012, 08:30 PM

I'm on neuro #4 which doesn't include the jerkwad (just learned this new word from Dejibo--it's so apropos for terrible doctors/nurses!) at the Mayo Clinic who told me my brain looked like Swiss cheese.

But.....I LOVE my current neuro! I went through all of them in the space of about 2.5 years. If you don't like the treatment or the doc please go find someone else. There is a doc out there that is perfect for you . You deserve it!! You just have to keep pushing on until you find him/her.

Lynn · 04-13-2012, 10:44 PM

I have been with the same neuro who diagnosed me since 2001. He has been pretty good (apart from the fact he waited for six months to tell me that I had an unruptured brain aneurysm).

I have never caused him any hassle though - quick and easy textbook diagnosis and not too many dramas since.

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