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darkoosh
After many, many problems with my primary cardiologist, today was a milestone.
After a fairly short conversation with my first card, I successfully fired him. He would tell you that he fired me (for being non-compliant and second guessing his decisions) but that, I suppose, comes with the territory of the 'informed'.
My battle has been to link up with a doctor who recognized that I was in fact symptomatic and chose NOT to wait for symptoms (such as irreversible heart damage) before moving on to surgery.
I'll make a long story short and spare you the details....the second opinion cardiologist jumped right in, accepted me as a patient, got the existing echo and cath records, made a referral to Dr. Oury in Montana AND got things set up for a consultation with him in 9 days (August 27).
For those of you new to this saga, I have battled for 5 months to get the type of care I wanted with lots of false starts. In 3 short hours, with a 'good' cardiologist, I got records switched, support that I needed, referrals made, and a date set.
It just goes to show that it's worth being persistant and demanding to be heard when it comes to taking care of ourselves. Being informed and vocal about ones wishes it is not necessarily a blessing when you are in a small, political community.
The net effect of this is that none of us should settle for less than the best when it comes to our own care. This group helps us know what questions to ask and what type to care to except. Hopefully, we will learn to be persistant and keep searching until we find the answers we want, need and expect.
It's your life. You are entitled to the best. Go for it.
Deb
After a fairly short conversation with my first card, I successfully fired him. He would tell you that he fired me (for being non-compliant and second guessing his decisions) but that, I suppose, comes with the territory of the 'informed'.
My battle has been to link up with a doctor who recognized that I was in fact symptomatic and chose NOT to wait for symptoms (such as irreversible heart damage) before moving on to surgery.
I'll make a long story short and spare you the details....the second opinion cardiologist jumped right in, accepted me as a patient, got the existing echo and cath records, made a referral to Dr. Oury in Montana AND got things set up for a consultation with him in 9 days (August 27).
For those of you new to this saga, I have battled for 5 months to get the type of care I wanted with lots of false starts. In 3 short hours, with a 'good' cardiologist, I got records switched, support that I needed, referrals made, and a date set.
It just goes to show that it's worth being persistant and demanding to be heard when it comes to taking care of ourselves. Being informed and vocal about ones wishes it is not necessarily a blessing when you are in a small, political community.
The net effect of this is that none of us should settle for less than the best when it comes to our own care. This group helps us know what questions to ask and what type to care to except. Hopefully, we will learn to be persistant and keep searching until we find the answers we want, need and expect.
It's your life. You are entitled to the best. Go for it.
Deb