Posted by JohnL on July 1, 2000, at 3:30:29
In reply to Do your docs communicate?, posted by harry b. on June 30, 2000, at 14:18:38
My various doctors and/or counselors have consulted over the year. The reasons were either: my request; to get another opinion on my history and diagnosis; to confirm what has already been tried and what the results were. I don't think any teamwork collaboration ever took place though. It was mainly a comparing notes kind of thing.
The only doctor who really impressed me with his professional consultation was Dr Jensen. After the one hour-long phone consultation with me, he faxed my local doctor his diagnosis, reasons for the diagnosis, a review of drugs already tried and what their responses meant about my chemistry, drugs to try, exactly why those drugs should be tried, what chronolocial order the drugs should be tried, and what to do in case of adverse reactions. Prior to the consultation, he called my local doc personally to get his side of the picture before talking with me. The whole thing was pretty darn impressive. But in my experience it was also pretty darn rare.
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