Yeah, the older she has gotten (in her eighties) the less mature she has gotten.

@itsmedammit A lesson to us all.

That would be helpful if I knew anyone.

@itsmedammit Do you belong to any organizations? If so then probably that would be a good place to start. If not, do you know anyone who has said they have a good doctor? If you are really brave, it does not matter what position the worker has, janitors and clean up staff know way more than thought. Lawyers are a group who may have a thought on this, as would anyone else. It is against moral code to talk about the qualifications of a medical person, but if you are straight forward you might get somewhere. Give it a try, ask questions, your life may depend on it. You could call a doctor and talk to the receptionist asking about getting a second opinion. The tone of the receptionist may give a clue.

@dalefvictor I know how to go about getting a new doctor, but the bottom line will always be how I get along with the doc once I see him or her, so it will just be a matter of taking the time to check out a few. I have found that what works for others often does not work for me.

@itsmedammit I just got an Idea. Go to a library and ask the people there how to find a good doctor using the library resources. Anything you do to move in any direction will start the world to change so that help comes to you, all you have to do is avail yourself to it. Sounds really Woo Woo, it is from a quote by Goethe. One of the sayings I tried to get out of really bad depression. I have no idea how or why it works by it seemed to for me. In reality we no little as to how the Universe works, I have been trying for the past twenty years to get somewhere, I am finding little but I am learning. I know what works for me may not work for you, but all I can do is offer help. Thank you for allowing me to do that.

@dalefvictor I meant that the doctor that someone likes might not be one I like. It is a very personal choice, so the only way to know is to go and visit the doctors. I can research all I want but it doesn't matter till I get in to doc's office.

I actually already had, but in a fluke complicated situation, had to default back to her for the time being. I hate the search for a new doc.

@itsmedammit I just found a doctor in NY -asked a friend for a recommendation and I love her!!!!

@sassygirl3869 Good for you! Always great when you find one that works for you.

@itsmedammit This line of posts gives a resource. It is about creating a network of people that can help you. Asking for help also is a great thing to do, that way the person asked is helping not protecting someone who might be bad. Just a thought.

As it probably should be, but I have been seeing her for years and over time we came to discuss many off topic things. The hydoxychloroquine was the last straw.

@MissKathleen I think if it had just happened suddenly or with a new doctor, I would have. This is someone I have seen for many many years and had actually thought of as a good clinician, and liked.

Oh please, nothing subservient here. Over the years we have talked about a number of things that were off topic. Only in recent years has she gone rogue. She is in her eighties and I suspect her age has a lot to do with it. I had already left her, but , in a complicated situation, defaulted back to her. I explained it below to Lorajy, if you are interested.

I had been seeing her for a number of years and liked her. I did believe her to be a competent clinician. There are many good things about her. But I ain't taking hydroxychloriquine.

Thanks!

Thank you for understanding. I actually had left her for about a year or so but was unhappy with my new doc. I wound up going back to her for complicated reasons (as explained to Lorajay below), but the comfort of going someplace where I was known was definitely a factor. This last visit WAS the last straw.

I hate looking for a new doc. I actually did leave for a year or so but was not happy with the new doc. Then I developed some GI issues that I didn't trust him to figure out and I was unable to get into the GI guy (it was around the holidays), so I defaulted back to her. I knew she would at least order the appropriate tests, to get the ball rolling, which she did. Coincidentally, when I saw her for the GI stuff, I had a serious respiratory thing going on, with a high fever despite being on Naproxen. She zeroed in on that and was concerned about the congestion and prescribed some antibiotics , including azithromycin. The amount of antibiotics seemed unusual but I was too sick to ask at the time. Well, I see now it was lucky that was before covid was on the radar. A month or two later and she would have tried pushing hydroxychloroquine on me!

That was my feeling yesterday.

Is msg working ??? Any time I send u one , after I click it disappears and doesn’t show . Is yours working ??

hmmmmmm.......No wonder I have not heard from you in a really long time..... I'll send you one now - see if you get it

Yup.

Currently it is legal, just not recommended.

It's not just this drug that it happens with. It's common that physician's prescribe "off label" - for a purpose other than the approved medical use of the drug. The doctor is presumed to be monitoring the patient's condition.

Sigh, yea, not looking forward to the search.

@itsmedammit call your insurance provider, they have lists of doctors by area that are taking new patients. Get a few names, some get filled up instantly. Also talk to friends, the local medical association, social groups like the Senior center. My doctor of over 30 years retired (how dare he?!) I got another, then had to trash-can him for cause(s). Now finally happy!

@AnneWimsey Yeah, I've done all that and actually had left the doc for another that I wasn't too happy with. Obviously I gotta filter by insurance acceptance, but beyond that, you really don't know how you will get along until you have seen the new one a time or two. Very time consuming, and I am not that fond of docs in the first place.

Glad you found one you like, It is so important.

Thanks. I don't know that she is not giving her covid patients EKGs, but she did say they were not in hospital. I wonder if Trump is being monitored?

Talking politics could be ok as long as she isn't trying to influence with her positioin. I have been going to her for many years and we often talked off topi. I is just in recent years that it has gotten inappropriate.

Yup, just a pain to look.

Lol.