I agree with Sally. Getting a good doctor is a crap shoot. For me, I liked my first one best and she was female. I could talk to her better. But then I moved far away. My new doc is a guy....has the personality of a stone....but seems to know his stuff. The other thing is I really like my new doc's office staff and nurse. That can be a huge plus too. I can call or fax them any time with questions and needs and they respond quickly and cheerfully.

I totally agree with this!! The staff and nurses, especially, are who I interact with much more than the doctor. And I've found that the nurses often know more than the doctors and have a better bedside manner! You just can't ignore the relationship with your doctors nurse because she is probably the one who you will see the most.

Is there a MS support group in Springfield? If so, you could contact them or go to one of their meetings to see if anyone has a recommendation.

Thanks everyone!

Springfield does have an ms group.. however, they all see the same specialist that I first saw. The group is small and im the youngest by far. They are all about pharm drugs. When I went to 1 they were all telling me I need to take baclofen, adderrall, etc. Im not into drugs. Granted I would possibly be going through less suffering, the horribly terrifying experiences I've had on the ones I've tried have kind of ruined me on the pharm drugs.

I do not approve of that specialist nor his nurses.

I went to one of the dinners a while back.. he and his nurse showed up bout 20 minutes late. I had brought my bf with me.was thinkin to myself 'wow, these two look higher than a kite' gigglin like little school girls. When we got in the car my bf said he didn't like my doctor/nurse and that its disrespectful to show up late and high to a dinner for your patients.

Gosh, bringing that memory up really makes me happy I don't see him anymore.

Well hopefully, ill get super lucky and find a doctor and nurse system that rock my socks off!

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