-- Kris >Hi, > >In the past year I have been through 6 doctors. Really, since we have >moved to Texas I have never met such incompetent doctors. Actually, 4 >out of 6 of the doctors don't want to deal with me because of adhesions. >Has anyone else come across this? One had a memory problem and the >other, tried to force a spinal inplant stimulator. > >Why is it so hard to find a doctor who has knowledge and will treat me? >The last doctor I went to got seemed like she would work out until she >read my records. (My records indicate that I comply with doctor orders, >am of sound mind but have a really screwed up abdominal/pelvic area.) >Our first visit was fine. She wanted me to see a gastro even though >that had been ruled out. The second visit she was different. She said >this was a condition I was going to have to live with. Inbetween I had >made a few phone calls, never were they returned. The third visit I saw >a PA. Never did she prescribe anything to me. Then the letter came >stating that my problems were more than she could handle and could I >find another doctor. Really I don't know what to do about it. Do I let >it go? Do I write a letter in response? It really bugs me. > >I do see a new gyno on Tuesday. My neighbor sees her and she is being >treated for endo. I am keeping my fingers crossed she is strong enough >to take me on. I was trying to stay with a doctor in my area because I >don't like to drive to much anymore. I just hope I don't have to go to >Dallas, which would be a 90 minute drive. I have to concur with someone >who wrote they walk around like a 80 year old lady, I am the same way. I >can pull it together when I need to, but it takes a lot out of me. > >Has anyone noticed that doctors are not prescribing meds that much >anymore? I was informed that in Texas the DEA are cracking down on >doctors watching the amount of narcartics they are prescribing? A friend >that is a nurse at a doctors office mentioned the doctor has cut way >back after receiving a warning on a cancer patient. > >Thanks for listening >Alta