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just want to thank everyone for the great ideas/suggestions/information.i really appreciate the attention you all have paid to this issue.
so true that the culprit is inflammation...my crp was elevated. don't recall how high. i wish there were a dietary equivalent of the exercise program i'm enrolled in. my eating habits are getting better but i need some kind of ongoing hand-holding support to help with food choices. to call the doc's attention to the newest cholesterol thinking & other current research would most surely not go over. maybe a brand new cardio would be a first step out of the statin dilemma!! but i hate to start a search for someone new...i picked him so i would have access to the hospital he admits to. unbelievably, this hospital does not permit doctor-shopping so i could not switch from the current one. thanks again for all the help! |
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Changing from a current doctor to another—with a clean break (a.k.a. change of care)—is not doctor shopping; the hospital should not object lest you take your business elsewhere. (You may not wish to, but they don't know that! ;)) How to Change Doctors 10 reasons why you need to change doctors 9 Signs You Should Fire Your Doctor How to Change Doctors Doc |
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this hospital has insanely rigid policies.
the last time I tried switching I had to jump thru major hoops...ie, explaining to doc why I was firing her...all messy & extremely cringe-inducing. And because their cardiology dept. is very tiny, a switch is even more unlikely. I think it's either stay put or walk. I have an app't with a new cardio in a new hospital in Jan. Gonna see if he's more flexible. |
is it hospital for special surgery?
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New York State Patients' Bill of Rights - Revised July 2010 I'm thinking items 14 & 17 may apply, but you'd know better than I. Best wishes on finding better care. Doc |
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about 5 years ago i was treated @ hss for a broken wrist and come to think of it, i tried to switch docs at that time but when i showed up for the new doc's app't, he scolded me for not staying with the original one. i was taken aback and wondered why i was not entitled to a second opinion. needless to say, i did not go back to either one. i guess the thinking is that they must unite against an attack by a mutual enemy....the patient! btw, i have not been impressed with hss over the past 30 years (broken ankle, ruptured disk, etc.) and cannot understand the high ratings they garner. |
me either. if my wife had listened to their doctors she would have lost her leg. doctor at Hospital for joint diseases on 17 st saved her leg
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