Next Monday I will be sitting at John Hopkins, filling out more paperwork and telling my story one more time asking for help.  I hope I get someone to understand where I am coming from.  The last doctor I saw seemed very interested in what I had to say and was excited to help me and when I saw her the second time she had no idea who I was.  She flubbed her was through my chart.  I am a nurse, I have experience working in a doctor's office and I have pulled his a-- out of hot water when he had no idea what was going on and I knew she was lost.

Strike one:  She spent 10 minutes explaining how I could have broken my ankle in the accident by preparing my self for impact (which she demonstrated beautifully) until I told her the accident was 2 years ago.

Strike two:  When she asked if I took the flexeril q6hrs as ordered I explained to her that I only take the flexeril and the percocet after I had tried everything else for a headache (dark room, ice, heating pad) and she said " maybe they are migraines"  I about blew up.  I have been treated for migraines for two years and that is why I have the appt. at John Hopkins at the Headache Clinic this month.  ****but I didn't say anything.

Strike three:  I asked her if I could increase my lyrica and she said she thought 300mg was the maximum dose.  I knew this was wrong.  Then she picked up the drug book, looked up lyrica and said "yes that is the maximum dose for what we are giving it to you for".  This I knew was out of date information because I had just went to a drug seminar on lyrica and the standard dose was 450mg to 600mg.

Strike four:  She only had part of my labs there and did not review any of them and did not know how much vitamin B12 I was getting or how my dose was being adjusted because she didn't have or look for the labwork

Strike five:  She told me that I needed to return to physical therapy and the one I had been going to was closed.  I told her I had just been there in Jan. and she said no it had been closed for six months or more.  Okay, where did I go from Oct through Jan???????  And by the way, they are still open for business and operating daily at two locations.

I never corrected her.  I just smiled and said thought to myself---- 

Can you say--------New doctor!!!!!!!!!!!