Semi retired doctors---BEWARE

• Unfortunately the shortage has led to some doctors treating their patients like crap!! Over the last 2 years I went to the same semi-retired doctor complaining of shortness of breadth and chest pains--this he diagnosed as stress. Turns out I have asthma!!!! Diagnosis was in the hospital emergency on Monday. On Thursday I saw my family doctor and gave him all the documents/test results and told him I'm now on inhalers. He had the gaul to get mad at me for taking inhalers and saying I had asthma. He listened to my lungs and said "YOU DON'T HAVE ASTHMA. THE AIR IS GOING THRU PERFECTLY FINE!!!" Well, for 2 years I wasn't able to take a deep breadth and fill my lungs, and for the first time on Monday I was finally able to breathe. I also had a recurring yeast infection for over 5 months for which I made repeated visits to his office, which he could not diagnose. He referred me to my gyno who within ONE minute diagnosed yeast infection, and the proper course of treatment. Also, I'm severely anemic and he told me the blood results are normal. I finally went to a hospital emerg and they ran a ton of blood test and ECG. Based on an abnormal ECG reading, enlarged heart and the left side working much harder than normal, and my blood tests being abnormal in so many areas I went back to him and presented him with all the info. He looked me straight in the eye and told me not to ask any questions, he is he doctor and there is nothing wrong with me beside the fact I am MORBIDLY OBESE. I would be the first to acknowledge I am not skinny, but a size 16/18 on a 5'8" frame does not render me morbidly obese. He refused to answer any questions and was beligerent, pompous and beyond rude. Needless to say I immediately called all the doctors in the yellowpages close to my area, based on tel# and found one. Upon examination of the test results from the hospital, he confirmed that I am not well and definitely in need of additional tests, which should have been done a long time ago.

  Donna 14 Aug 2007, 08:29 - Report

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