Been a rough month....kinda

[Southern Fried]

My PSA was 5..... which got me the date with the needle gun in the first place. No cancer but a slightly shaded part in the ultrasound. I got a copy and I can't see it. Anyhow, doc suggested another appointment in April.

However.... a couple of weeks ago he closed up his practice and left with no forwarding addy and no note to his patients. So he couldn't have been too dang concerned.

Dunno what it is with me and docs. Every time I use one they either move, go out of business or croak.

 

[Tim]

However.... a couple of weeks ago he closed up his practice and left with no forwarding addy and no note to his patients. So he couldn't have been too dang concerned.

How does one get there medical records in a case like that?

And another question is, wonder what happens to all the medical records in the doctors office when they do close up shop?

 

[Southern Fried]

How does one get there medical records in a case like that?

And another question is, wonder what happens to all the medical records in the doctors office when they do close up shop?

The letter I got from the hospital where his practice was said I'd have to buy them. Dunno how much, but before I left Canada I was told by the doc I used that those records would cost me 5 grand.

 

[DubbleD]

The letter I got from the hospital where his practice was said I'd have to buy them. Dunno how much, but before I left Canada I was told by the doc I used that those records would cost me 5 grand.

That's a lotta trips to the doc.

 

[Southern Fried]

Actually, no....... you could write up all my visits to him on a post-it note. I'm not one of those "run to the doc every time you sneeze" types. Basically a "wake up in the morning, I ain't dead. Everything cool" types.

Hey, I'm getting old. Things are shutting down and someday I'll die. Big Whoops. Not one of those "I wanna live forever" types either.

 

[Fageol]

My PSA was 5..... which got me the date with the needle gun in the first place. No cancer but a slightly shaded part in the ultrasound. I got a copy and I can't see it. Anyhow, doc suggested another appointment in April.

However.... a couple of weeks ago he closed up his practice and left with no forwarding addy and no note to his patients. So he couldn't have been too dang concerned.

Dunno what it is with me and docs. Every time I use one they either move, go out of business or croak.

That happened to my first urologist, Kevin Tomera. He was one smart dude, almost as smart as my math genius buddy in Kiev. Kevin was an MD at age 20 give or take a year. There's a bunch of urologists by the name of Tomera in or around Chicago if I recall my searches correctly. If you're back that way, and he has resumed practice (he's from that area) I encourage you to get him as your urologist. He aint much at bedside manner; but that's not much of a consideration for me -- I don't go to docs for entertainment. But Tomerea was widely respected -- for 20 plus years my daughter was an RN at the largest (about 400 beds) hospital in Anchorage; RNs figure out the best doctors fairly quickly. When Kevin blew up (according to my family physician) he shipped all of his records to some outfit that specializes in medical records. I had to pay about a nickle a sheet to get my records; I thought that I should get 'em for zip as they were my records, but at least I got them. Recently I asked for my medical records from my current urologist. His office did a great job of compiling, indexing, and copying them at no charge. So now you have a paperwork fight in addition to a medical fight. But you can win them.