Gotta Go.....Doctor

TIP has heard reports of patients really not liking their doctors. For example, a doctor in Ottawa, told a member who once lived there (from way across his doctor’s office, and as he wrote in the chart) that the member had herpes. The doc barely looked up as he said this. While he’d taken a look at a possible herpes lesion, the physician never did any tests. It was only years later, when informing a BC nurse about this diagnosis, when this member even learned that only if a lesion is active can a culture from it make any definitive diagnosis. In another instance, this same doctor started telling the member what symptoms he was experiencing (when diagnosed with giardiasis), instead of listening to the member’s own experience. Perhaps it’s time for a new doctor? You need to work well with the doctor because if you don’t, the paths and directions that you choose to follow, or not – will affect your health outcomes. Horror stories seem to abound. What have been your experiences?