That thought gives me the willies but not for me. My sister really needs her doctors and needs them to be plugged into her entire history. Her life depends on it. Her primary is minimally good but all her specialists are old enough to begin retiring. I cannot imagine replacing her cardiologist.At some point he will disappear and I will be stuck with someone new, soon.
I have had my PCP for 27 years. The only issue is he is 10 years older than me (61). At some point he will disappear and I will be stuck with someone new, soon.
I remember the first time I had real back pain after a hard day of landscape work. Then I knew what the patients had been talking about.I once read a great piece of advice that said you should get a doctor a little older than you so they will have had personal experience with your problems. They'll be able to relate to you. For young people, that's great advice.
For people my age, we really don't need to seek medical care from corpses.
Great advise.On the long-time Doc avenue, I’ve got a buddy in CO that has a mystery neurological disease. It presents like MS, but it definitely is NOT MS and has been dealing with very experienced, very specialized doctors for about 18 months now trying to diagnose it.
His recommendation to everyone is that if people should be talking to their doctors about succession planning for the doc. Nobody plans on getting hit by a bus, but doctors are just as susceptible as anyone else.
Every one of his new specialists have said If I can’t see you, here’s who to go see, and in some cases it can mean traveling more than just across town.
I once read a great piece of advice that said you should get a doctor a little older than you so they will have had personal experience with your problems. They'll be able to relate to you. For young people, that's great advice.
For people my age, we really don't need to seek medical care from corpses.
I remember the first time I had real back pain after a hard day of landscape work. Then I knew what the patients had been talking about.
I am grateful to the Lord that I have not had those kind of back spasms for some years now. Those suckers will grab you with no warning and just knock the breath out of you.That's not real back pain.
Real back pain is a muscle spasm out of the blue that makes you black out. When you feel like your body is balanced on the tip of a needle and any movement that takes you off the tip of that needle causes you to cry.
I've been dealing with the chronic pain in my lower back for over 40 years. Now I fear I have problems in my T spine.
I am grateful to the Lord that I have not had those kind of back spasms for some years now. Those suckers will grab you with no warning and just knock the breath out of you.