Good for you, Sandy. I can't speak for everyone but I'm tired of doctors feeling like they "own" you and can dictate what treatments you can and can't have.

I hope you find a new doctor that listens to you and works with you to keep you healthy.

Sandy, every state has an online Medical Board. You can search for your new Dr's name there. It will list any disciplanary actions if any.

Here is a link to every state:
http://www.fsmb.org/directory_smb.html

Thanks! I looked him up last year and nothing was posted. I just looked it up again and found this.

Malpractice Settlements: 08/30/2007 $1,000,000 DEKALB IL

Disciplinary action: 07/31/2008 Reprimand (w/Monitoring) Unprofessional conduct in failure to identify renal failure and bladder cancer and failure to maintain sufficient records.



What really makes me mad is we have talked about when Jim went through kidney failure and how it was missed. I didn't know he also did the same thing. We fired Jim's doctor for missing his kidney failure and reported him. He was demoted to ms research only. I think he's allowed to see ms research patients once a week now.

The new doctor has no legal or disciplinary actions against him. Whew. My first visit with the new doctor will be for meds only and chit chat.