This is the email I sent to Doctor B’s office, my current primary care physician. So far I haven’t heard anything back.
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Nurse J,
Thank you for calling me back yesterday. I apologize for not being able to take your call; I was at work.
Concerning your message you left, I also thought that I was being referred to the endocrinologist to have the sestamibi scan and CT scan of the head done. I was under the impression that Dr. B was referring me to him for that reason, because Insurance Co. wouldn’t cover the tests otherwise. I assumed Dr. B had told him this.
Instead, when I went in on Wednesday, the doctor didn’t even know who had referred me. He thought Dr. A had. Apparently he’d gone back through my old chart from her office and he just parroted all the same stuff about “anxiety” and “stress” that got me unhappy with Dr. A and led me to come back to Dr. B.
(He literally said “I suffered from anxiety once...first I treated it with alcohol, then I went to a psychiatrist. This guy was a real piece of work and I nearly walked out.)
All the endocrinologist guy did was tell me to quit taking my metoprolol and when I have another episode I’m to do a six hour urine collection. (I asked him if I should wean off the metoprolol and he said “How much are you taking?” I told him 100mg in the morning and 50mg at night and he replied “Oh...I thought you were just taking 25mg.” which was the original dose Dr. A put me on back in February. See? The guy had no clue about me.)
So, no...he didn’t order the sestamibi scan and didn’t address the fact that I have significant blurry vision in my right eye, even though I told him about it.
I haven’t been able to go off the metoprolol or even decrease it down to less than the 100mg/50mg regime without my pressure going up and I notice a worsening of my vision whenever my pressure is up, so weaning off this medication is worrisome to me. I sure don’t want my vision to get worse.
Which is why I called Dr. B. I felt like going to this particular endocrinologist was a complete waste of time, made worse by the fact I waited something like 6 weeks to get in to see him, thinking I’d be getting these tests done and possibly find out what’s really going on.
So the prospect of going to a neurologist and possibly having to repeat this scenario again isn’t what I want to do.
I want Dr. B to help me. Before I lost my hearing in my right ear nine years ago, I knew something was wrong and didn’t push hard enough to have it addressed. I don’t want to make that same mistake again. I don’t want to wait weeks and weeks to go to a neurologist. Dr. B can help me with this.
I will await your reply.
2j
Hopefully that works 2J! Let us know!
Good fer you. I’m sorry you’re having to go through all of this, but keep pushing until they get this figured out.
If he does, then do what you said.
And then get an attorney. I know, I'm a conservative and am not supposed to say that. But when you're getting screwed by the system you need to fight for your rights...and your health.
Just my $0.02.
By Wed., I'm hoping the INR is up so I can stop the shots. I decided I needed to stop being a weenie about it, and learn to give them to myself. When my friend comes tonight, I'll get her to show me how she does it, and then in the morning, I'll have her watch me while I do it. She's going out of town later tomorrow morning and will be gone all day Sunday, so I needed to do it myself, or find someone else. I can do it, I just have to get over myself. ;o)