Multiple Dr's?

**Dirty Don** · 01-26-2014, 05:12 AM

You're no more a mess than the rest of us...just maybe a more interesting puzzle...hehe.

**Tom** · 01-26-2014, 01:10 PM

I fall right there with Nikki minus the NEUROLIGIST. I have a primary for things like if I get an injury otherwise known as the family Dr and an internist who is also the Dr on my team is a Nephroligist as well as she now regulates my insulin and is the point person when the other Drs make a change to my treatment. I guess you could call her the team captain. I also have a cardiology check up every 6 months. Im sick of Dr's and sick of pills.

**MikeG-2012** · 01-28-2014, 09:48 AM

I'll chime in too. Rheumatologist, who has become my PCP. ENT for sinus, pulminologist for lungs, and a PA in the surgery department at the clinic who also has wegs (I call him not very frequently, unless I have to)

**marylz** · 01-28-2014, 03:37 PM

I have a rheumatogist, a team of nephrologists, 2 separate pulmonologists, a neurologist, a cardiologist, an ent, a opthomologist and a primary care doc, (oh and now I have a orthopedist, since I broke my leg!)

**drz** · 01-28-2014, 05:30 PM

I hate to even try think about how many doctors and clinics I try help support. I know I see several doctors at five different clinics. It is not the best way to coordinate my care but to find experts I like and trust for my care it was necessary to do so. I try get as much care as I can close to home to minimize my driving and medical travels. So my local internist prescribes most of my meds I get at local Walgreens. My treating doctor for prescribing my Weg treatment is rhumatology (200 miles), his consultant at Mayo (275 miles) that I see is pulmonary. At the clinic I go to see my Wegs doctor I also see urology, hematology, endocrinology, and ENT when they or I think it is needed. Closer to home at a local clinic (2 blocks) or at two other clinics an hour (60 miles) awayI also see doctors for urology, endocrinology, oncology, 2 dermatologists, podiatrists, two ophthalmologists, mental health as needed, ENT, pulmonary, and probably others I can't recall. At my local clinic and hospital I have also used pulmonary rehab, respiratory, and vestibular rehab therapists and I see the respiratory therapist monthly for pentamadine nebulizer treatment which I had today.

It is a rare week when I don't have one or two medical appointments. I often feel like an antique classic car that spends as much time in the garage as it does on the road although I do drive thousands of miles each year for my medical appointments. When people ask me what i do now after retirement I tell them I became a full time health care consumer trying to help support a dozen plus doctors at five clinics. I am one of the best customers at pharmacy and usually see them weekly for some refill.

Some times I find my health care routine rather tiring but I know it beats being inpatient at any hospital or nursing home so I am glad I can still do it and hope to keep it up for many more years.

**Pete** · 01-29-2014, 02:09 AM

Drz,

I think us weggies have a duty to keep the economy stimulated through consumption of medical services. :-)

**Alysia** · 01-29-2014, 04:29 AM

Originally Posted by marylz

oh and now I have a orthopedist, since I broke my leg!)

Hi Mary, I am sorry for you. I hope you will recover soon. hugs

my list of docs:
some of them I visit at the clinics of my health service, and to some I am going on a private basis and paying good price.
GP (at my health service)
Rheumy - wg doc (private, but since I am rare case, he doesnt take much relativley from me), another rheumy on private basis - to prepare my case for getting disablilty.
lung doc (at my health service)
Ent -2 : 1. local (at my health service, for "small things", "everyday" issues). he doesnt understand much. 2. expert - private - once a year, I need to travel away to him and to pay him very well.
eye doc: 1. local at my health service. 2. private, expert, once a year, again, I need to travel and pay.
neurologist: at my health service.
gastro doc (since I have colon involvement): one private. about 3 times a year. the gastro docs at the health service were both arrogant and ignorant.