:thats great. I love my pcp also.She isnt just focused on my ms,she is more focused on my overall health.

I find this hard to believe. A doctor who listens? Maybe you were hallucinating. Do you have proof? Video?

That's wonderful news - I'm so glad you found someone that you can feel confident in! I personally get great comfort from feeling my doctor is really taking care of me. I hope that you will, too.

WOOHOO

That is great news!!

It's nice to have someone who actually cares for you as a person AND as a patient

That is how I found out I have MS. I had to change MDs when we moved to a new state. I was skeptical and well, ready for a fight. this guy was awesome! all have made me feel like I am a real person, and not just a whiner.

I love it when that happens.

Nancy, I gave you a *Thanks!* because it's cool when people have something good to say about docs and say it!

I'm SO happy for you!

I picked an *old school* doc who did not go to the same college as every other doc around here. I worried "He's old, he's probably sick of people" but I figured his first name was that of my fave uncle - that had to be a sign, right?

Well, he didn't have to ask what I was there for - he TOLD me!



"Why you so tired? You off balance. Too young to feel like that. We gonna fix that. You'll see!"



He's sharper than I have ever been on my best day, and ten times nicer.

He knows all the things his grandma did when you were sick, (and a lot of them worked) and he keeps up on all the latest medical news too.

He takes his time too. And when I leave, he says "You need anything, anything at all, you call me, okay?"



You feel like everything is going to be okay just knowing somebody is there to take care of you, don't you?

I had to pinch myself while walking back to my car, that's for sure!

Ya know, I really think it's because he's such a young doctor. (Doesn't look a day over 22, but he must be near 30, since he's finished his residency.) He apparently hasn't yet seen so many patients that he's bored of the recitation of symptoms--he hasn't yet "heard it all," doesn't yet have a dismiss-the-anxious-female speech memorized so well he could say it in his sleep.

And he seems far too young to tell someone old enough to be his mother that she needs to chill out and "let it go." That's what I'm counting on, anyway!

I also think it helped that I brought no notes (either mine or other doctors') except my internist's last two years of notes, which have NOTHING except metabolic stuff; a list of my medications and the reason I'm taking them; and a copy of my audiogram showing my hearing loss.

And they didn't give me a history form to fill out--he just asked me some questions and typed them into the computer. Thus, the topic of neurological symptoms never came up. I did say I'd seen a neurologist, but only in the context of discussing my dizziness and hearing loss, so the word "MS" was never mentioned. Perhaps that helped him to not see me as the stereotypical Deluded Woman Who's Convinced She Has MS [sigh]. He just took everything very nicely in stride. I was really impressed with him.

The last time I had a very young family practice doctor (when all my symptoms started), she was interested, sent me for referrals--but she turned out to be a bit of an airhead, and lacked coherence and confidence. This guy has both.

BGB--wow! You lucked out with your doctor, too! Just goes to show that stereotyping doesn't work (i.e., not all old docs are behind the times and cynical.) Wunderbar! (Although sorry to hear your neuro appt. today wasn't all that great...bleah.)

THANKS to everyone who replied. It's so nice that people here understand exactly how this stuff makes you crazy.

Nancy T.

I am so glad you found a good dr. It really does make a difference.

I am in the industry and I am ashamed of those that do not care.
FYY D.Os (Osteopaths) sometimes are better at this because they are trained differently.
I am hoping that those of you that had problems reported the problems to ther person, office manager, Human Resouce, and or health plan. We as health care customers have to take care to eliminate this from happening.

I have fired a physician from my case before and I would do it again if I had to.