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I'm wondering what events would trigger someone to fire their old PCP and seek a new one? I'm struggling with the answer for myself and could use a good sounding board. For reference my last primary care and I had a wonderful 16 year relationship. I've moved and well....
I'm not happy with current PCP because she yells. I mean she yells a lot. I don't accept yelling, I moved my retirement up a year because my VP was a yeller and I quit after he yelled at me.
As an example she started yelling at me when I told her I had low T(testosterone(I'd been treated for 10 years prior)) and she went off yelling about how "50 years ago male doctors treated female patients with too many female hormones" and she wasn't going to be part of it! She did test my T, said it was okay. A year later, after another depression and T test, I learned she again mis-read the results and told me my numbers were normal; they weren't. I had low T spent a year and half depressed, and feel great after it was treated.
My recent issues with her are around my severe pain due to my cspine. I tried to explain what was done for me in the prior 4 episodes, over 20 years, and she doesn't want to hear it. I did get to hear why she's not comfortable prescribing more than 50% of the prior amounts of medication( her peers, her boss, her medical license, but nothing about my pain[emoji12] ). I guess she's winning, I'm not going to ask for any more hydrocodone. I'm going to finish this event out with krantom! I refuse to beg her for any more pills that she doesn't to prescribe.
When would you seek a new primary care and any tips to go about it?
I'm not happy with current PCP because she yells. I mean she yells a lot. I don't accept yelling, I moved my retirement up a year because my VP was a yeller and I quit after he yelled at me.
As an example she started yelling at me when I told her I had low T(testosterone(I'd been treated for 10 years prior)) and she went off yelling about how "50 years ago male doctors treated female patients with too many female hormones" and she wasn't going to be part of it! She did test my T, said it was okay. A year later, after another depression and T test, I learned she again mis-read the results and told me my numbers were normal; they weren't. I had low T spent a year and half depressed, and feel great after it was treated.
My recent issues with her are around my severe pain due to my cspine. I tried to explain what was done for me in the prior 4 episodes, over 20 years, and she doesn't want to hear it. I did get to hear why she's not comfortable prescribing more than 50% of the prior amounts of medication( her peers, her boss, her medical license, but nothing about my pain[emoji12] ). I guess she's winning, I'm not going to ask for any more hydrocodone. I'm going to finish this event out with krantom! I refuse to beg her for any more pills that she doesn't to prescribe.
When would you seek a new primary care and any tips to go about it?
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