Mr. Wiz can't stand him, because of the over-testing. He used to be his doctor too, but Mr. Wiz lost patience with him. He'd be glad if I switched. Then again, he knows that he can be good during bad times.

Mr. Wiz's doctor is in Elburn, which is about 12 miles or so, and the hospital he'd go to would be a 40 minute drive. I don't know how comfortable I'd be with that in case of an emergency, but the better doctors are concentrated there.

If DeKalb could just attract some more talent and actually keep them here it would be great.

That's why I'm still with this doctor. When he does retire I have to figure out who will be my PCP. If I go with one of the DeKalb doctors, chances are if I find a good one (and younger one) they aren't going to stay here. If I want to drive to St. Charles or Elburn for appts. there's a better group to choose from and they'll most likely stay there as well. If I want to see my doctor at the ER for some reason, it can be a treacherous drive in the winter.

I guess it depends on what style you are more comfortable with.

Personally I want every single test on the books with the exception of a prostate exam, lol. For me, whenever I get a wonky blood value etc. I've already gone to the worse case scenario in my mind anyway so the Doc isn't scaring me and I'd really rather turn over every rock stat than play catch-up later. Just my two cents though.

Good luck!

My pcp is up for every test in the book too - and he's one of the old school guys too, like yours.

Can you talk to him? Really talk?

I will tell my doc, if my gut says this isn't anything serious, can we just wait and see? And he'll just go with that usually.

That's the rock and the hard place. With the older ones, you have to back them off a little. With the younger ones, I feel like I'm gonna have to wait for Dr. G, Medical Examiner to figure me out.

Howdy Wiz, definitely a catch 22, i can totally relate with the worry part of it, at first I went through a lot of test and got my mind to thinking(yeah I know scary thought), and of course for some reason I go to worse case scenarios first and it doesnt help stress levels, but like you said you, were glad he was there when you needed him, and he is thorough, so you are pretty safely being watched,

Yeah, I just went through that with my doc recently too, Ewizabeth . . . but when they find something, you are glad they are so thorough!

I get monitored closely for diabetes (had gestational diabetes), cholesterol (had high levels for a few years before LDN), and pap smear results (cause I had cervical cancer before). He watches me closely because he cares, and because he knows this disease, the lack of exercise and/or the meds we use can mess with us fairly quickly.

Next time you see him, give a big fat kiss for me, won't you?

Cherie

well wiz,

most drs have certain quirks. this may not be a bad one. especially if your dr is conscientious and knowledgeable. men don't have as much patience anyway.

time enuf to change when you have to.
and since mr wiz already has a pcp you could probably get in with his group.

Cherie, I think he'd probably pass out his face would get so red!

I think part of my problem is having to make so many trips to the clinic. Ok, so I'll get re-tested and just be thankful I have a PCP I can count on, even though he goes overboard with the tests.