Jennifer, do you have any control over which doctors you see? I was very lucky I knew the reputation of the practice of the surgeon on call. If I hadn’t wanted him to do the surgery I had the option to get someone else, not that that would have been easy under the circumstances.
I'm not sure. Do you mean for a surgery or just for general care?
For general care you can choose any doctor you like. In a hospital setting i'm not sure. I've only been in the hospital once. And they sent me to the hospital that specialized in the field I needed.
It's actually sort of weird because this was when i had a migraine and the clinic would not believe me and give me the medication. The hospital was across the street. But instead of seeing me there they took me in an ambulance way across town. I believe it was because that was where they had a neurology department.
it makes sense they wanted you seen by a specialist. is that now on your record for approved medication. i have a friend who occasionally needs to go to emergency for a shot of pain killer to stop a migraine. she now knows which hospital carries the pain med she likes. it is odd the other hospital near her doesn't carry it.
it sounds as if in a situation like mine you would be sent to an orthopedic hospital. wherever you ended up for the surgery would you have an option to request a different surgeon?
there are insurance plans here that don't give you options. remember when elmore couldn't switch from the idiot doctor? if i don't use one in my plan i pay more for the services.
I've only had 2 migraines in my life. And i haven't had one since i has the hospital episode (around 10 years ago).
I don't really understand why the clinic would not give me the meds. Frankly i should have gone back to them after and had a few words with them. Because apparently the final diagnosis was that was what i had had.
I was throwing up and i had pain in my head. I told the doctor that i had had a migraine before. But i could not find the pills from the time before.
Instead of giving me the meds (i knew the name) he sent me across the street.
re: your question about your situation. I guess it depends if it's a surgery that you have to have right away. I don't know if you have the option of requesting a different surgeon. If there is one at the hospital you are at who can do the surgery why would you want a different surgeon? I guess if you knew specifically of a different surgeon and they were available then you could ask.
