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LeftyMom

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55. You're long past the age where those routine tests are necessary.

Reply to Trailrider1951 (Original post)

Wed Sep 2, 2015, 06:47 PM

Sep 2015

If you just want somebody to write you a prescription for antibiotics without doing the basic tests and preventative care for a person your age, then go to a doc in the box or the ER.

Your doctor is a professional, let her do her damn job.

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I have some questions about medical practice these days after a frustrating morning with a new docto [View all] Trailrider1951 Sep 2015 OP

I've gone through a similar series of tests with a new doc this summer. My old doc retired. Shrike47 Sep 2015 #1

I would agree with your new Doc on the blood tests. leftofcool Sep 2015 #2

Find another doc and do not go back to Dr. D mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #3

THANK YOU. I feel the same as you do about some of those tests. nt raccoon Sep 2015 #29

She's following "protocols" zipplewrath Sep 2015 #4

I think she is just being thorough. femmocrat Sep 2015 #5

Thank you for your thoughts Trailrider1951 Sep 2015 #9

Agreed. WillowTree Sep 2015 #14

She was coercive and abusive tavalon Sep 2015 #52

I don't think it is unreasonable for a doctor to want to know the health of a new patient Skittles Sep 2015 #6

IMO, Dr D asking you to provide blood for a baseline blood workup is pretty Nay Sep 2015 #7

Right, and having a baseline EKG after 55-60 is probably a good idea Warpy Sep 2015 #13

EKG is a very simple test. It's not invasive. How is it over the line for someone with high blood LisaL Sep 2015 #20

Well, only in the sense that the doc has yet to see her transferred med Nay Sep 2015 #25

I don't find anything unusual in what doctor wanted to do. LisaL Sep 2015 #51

You are conflating TWO different appointments. There were two, not one. pnwmom Sep 2015 #61

The doctor told her during the spider bite appointment that she would need to get blood work, tammywammy Sep 2015 #68

The doctor said that AFTER the woman agreed that she would be her primary care doctor -- pnwmom Sep 2015 #75

Completely agree with you. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2015 #86

You didn't read the post - she was coming in for BP medication. Yo_Mama Sep 2015 #84

You need routine tests REP Sep 2015 #8

I agree with everything but the clindamycin. Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #31

Clindamycin isn't always enough REP Sep 2015 #35

That's the excuse for giving me clindamycin (penicillin allergy). Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #70

Yup, I got C diff! TexasBushwhacker Sep 2015 #72

Generally, though, they are not testing to determine Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #80

I'd post photos of my leg wounds but I don't want a hide for graphic content! REP Sep 2015 #85

Since my daughter was treated numerous times for cellulitis, Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #88

colonoscopy's and mammogram are done routinely and repeated periodically Lil Missy Sep 2015 #10

They are also covered under ACA regulations mcar Sep 2015 #30

Please don't propagate the MDiety problem tavalon Sep 2015 #54

I dumped my "primary" doctor 5 or 6 years ago tularetom Sep 2015 #11

Just to squeeze a few more bucks - these tests are jwirr Sep 2015 #47

My doctor retired and I needed a new one. My new doc did a very thorough physical and history Tess49 Sep 2015 #12

IMO, you're in the wrong. Yo_Mama Sep 2015 #15

I agree TexasBushwhacker Sep 2015 #73

Thanks everyone for your thoughts Trailrider1951 Sep 2015 #16

I was just put on the pink ones, they 840high Sep 2015 #19

She probably wanted to see your CURRENT bloodwork, so your old bloodwork pnwmom Sep 2015 #23

Likely for liability reasons Lurks Often Sep 2015 #27

Or, perhaps Dr. D. cares about her patients. Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #34

Prove it zipplewrath Sep 2015 #38

It's a shitload cheaper to treat high blood pressure before your kidneys fail. Yo_Mama Sep 2015 #42

Maybe zipplewrath Sep 2015 #44

It makes no sense to prescribe blood pressure medication without finding out why pnwmom Sep 2015 #63

Or both Lurks Often Sep 2015 #39

At least a year - Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #71

Copies of your medical records should supplement, Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #33

don't put off the lab work KT2000 Sep 2015 #17

You're a patient, elleng Sep 2015 #18

Regarding the mammogram, phylny Sep 2015 #21

Most good doctors will want their new, regular patients to have standard screening tests pnwmom Sep 2015 #22

Dr D sounds like a good doctor tammywammy Sep 2015 #24

Writing scripts and providing care without a baseline of tests Lee-Lee Sep 2015 #26

I truly hate to say this, but the ACA, it seems to me, requires much more doctor control and WinkyDink Sep 2015 #28

Question: these networks are not part of ACA - what jwirr Sep 2015 #48

Bloodwork needs to be current, particularly for chronic conditions - and high blood pressure is a yellowcanine Sep 2015 #32

As a new patient, she likely needs to have an overall physical/checkup with you Cal Carpenter Sep 2015 #36

Some doctors treat "patients," others treat "customers." Vinca Sep 2015 #37

There is nothing in the OP to suggest that she was being treated as a customer. pnwmom Sep 2015 #65

Doctor #2 had no interest in getting records from Doctor #1 which might avoid some testing. Vinca Sep 2015 #81

Not true. Her new doctor wouldn't accept the old records as a SUBSTITUTE pnwmom Sep 2015 #83

just logged on to mention...turmeric J_J_ Sep 2015 #40

I eat turmeric every day since we eat predominantly Indian food. CBGLuthier Sep 2015 #82

also for the spider bite infection J_J_ Sep 2015 #41

This all sounds acceptable and normal to me n/t PasadenaTrudy Sep 2015 #43

One of the issues you are facing is that ACA no longer jwirr Sep 2015 #45

blood tests shanti Sep 2015 #46

You may also want to get some bug spray and spray for spiders. cbdo2007 Sep 2015 #49

No, you just got a crap doctor tavalon Sep 2015 #50

It sounds more like the old doctor was a crap doctor pnwmom Sep 2015 #58

If you're older you need checkups, and follow chronic illnesses Gloria Sep 2015 #53

You're long past the age where those routine tests are necessary. LeftyMom Sep 2015 #55

There are two ways of reading your subject line. pnwmom Sep 2015 #59

Call your healthcare network abelenkpe Sep 2015 #56

And say what? That the new doctor followed standard care guidelines pnwmom Sep 2015 #64

No they need to stop recommending that particular abelenkpe Sep 2015 #66

You didn't read the whole thing. On her SECOND appointment she went for high blood pressure. pnwmom Sep 2015 #67

She needed her prescription refilled abelenkpe Sep 2015 #69

No, she doesn't say she was off her medication. She said she was running low, which is when most pnwmom Sep 2015 #74

The patient is also responsible for half of that relationship TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2015 #87

A few years back I had to take my daughter to see a Nuerologist for a sleep study she was ... SummerSnow Sep 2015 #57

Medical Malpractice for along proper care of a patient Codeine Sep 2015 #60

the new doctor is probably happy you're leaving taught_me_patience Sep 2015 #62

My doctor is terrific. Had him for 15 years. cheapdate Sep 2015 #76

The new Doc was right and you were wrong dem in texas Sep 2015 #77

There is a big shift in how doctors are paid, to "outcome based" bananas Sep 2015 #78

Obama Signs Medicare Bill Encouraging Outcome-Based Compensation bananas Sep 2015 #79