HA!!! My sleep doctor fired ME!!!!

tangents wrote:

....."You've come far, Pilgrim"......

Were it worth the trouble?

Heh? What trouble?

Love that movie, Gerald, and am tickled pink at the comparison. Thanks!

Slinky, you're probably right that I should have omitted the threat of complaint, but I really don't think he would have sent me the data without it. He's that arrogant, IMHO.

I had drafted a letter to my primary care doctor, which Wulfman very kindly proof-read for me. Now, since sleep doc CC'd him on my "pink slip", I'll have to revisit that letter! Thanks so much for your help, Den. I've certainly learned what NOT to do!

I hope you got your copy of your script too. Jim

tangents wrote:Sometimes life is just too funny.

When my sleep doctor verbally refused to give my a copy of my sleep study data, I sent him a registered letter stating my legal right to my medical records and gave him 30 days before a complaint would be filed with the Ohio Medical Board.

So yesterday, I receive my data , also by registered mail, along with a cover letter suggesting that I find another sleep medicine doctor! I'm tempted to write back, "But why? We were just starting to understand each other!"

Anyway, I finally got my data! [insert animated happy dance character here]

Thanks for all your help and advice to get me to this point.
Cathy

Good for you !!!

Also it is great that you appear able to handle his put down by shrugging it off.

I think some of the other posts here have described his behaviour quite well (4 letter word starts j ends k)

DSM

Good riddance! If he doesn't want you to be active in your own care you should be looking for another Dr. anyway.

I had drafted a letter to my primary care doctor, which Wulfman very kindly proof-read for me. Now, since sleep doc CC'd him on my "pink slip", I'll have to revisit that letter!

If your primary care doctor is bothered by this, perhaps you need to find a better primary care doctor. (I'm not saying that he would be, but in case he is).

I have an extremely good GP and it makes a world of difference. This guy is bright and he listens as well. My health has improved in several ways since I've been seeing him. The others just shrugged and handed me a pill. Some of those pills had wicked side effects, too.

Because I have one good doctor, I've been motivated to get other good ones. For instance, I heard of an allergy doc who is an hour's drive away and I went to see her. She did live up to her reputation at least in the first visit. She listened and seemed quite knowledgeable.

I also drove three hours recently because I was put on a medication that my doctors here had no experience with. This guy had published about the side effects, some of which I was having. He also spent a lot of time talking and listening.

There are good doctors out there. The trick is to find them and to do a lot of work in advance. I have read more than some of the local doctors about some of the health problems I have. I want to see a doctor who knows more than I do about them.

I do have a good health insurance plan and this helps considerably. However, it doesn't cover a new mask every six months, I'm told.

Tangent, having "your" equipment delivered to "his" office just kind of "smells" to me. I don't know that it is illegal or bordering the edge but I'd be inclined to ask that question of the state licensing board. Who knows? That might turn out to be your "parting present" to him. Its an innocent enough question and I don't know who else you would ask to be sure it would be someone "in the know" providing the answer.