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Originally Posted by MoseyInn
I won't mention any specific Doctors or offices. I have had 3 doctors and been in two facilities. I was very healthy when I came and still am. 3 of the doctors I had left because they were over worked and both facilities I found to really not care about "me" as a person or patient.
I moved from Maine, had the same physician for 25 years and know that can be duplicated but I am just thrown off at the treatment I have received. I was prescribed 5 new medications for something that was just a seasonal allergy - sent to sleep studies - and made to take drug tests for a "controlled" substance, a sleep aid. At home I saw a doctor once a year. When I got here it has been 6 x a year. Right now I don't want to see another physican - it is stressful
I am just confused - is it me or is this the system ?
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Definitely not you ! Myself and MANY others (you just have not found them yet !) are shocked and dazed by this atmosphere (is it "Florida" or just "The Villages" ?) It' s like a mall here, a retail mall, sell, sell, sell, and sell some more. Medicines "suggested" for things you have never had or thought of, tests, everything you said is true. Never in my life or in my family were we taken to the doctor constantly like it is here. Never did ANY of the doctors in my home town (some were better than others of course but...) NONE of them insisted you come in with NOTHING wrong with you just to take tests and "get a base line" ? If you got flu, or got pneumonia, or fell and may have a broken bone, and you called a doctor, they treated you. They did not start suggesting possible "diseases" that never crossed your mind. "Re-flux disease" ? Do you ever "burp", I can give you a Rx for that. Well, not really, but I suppose I have "burped" once, maybe twice, think it was last Christmas. "Oh, okay, we'll get that fixed, and..... on the way out you pick up another Rx".
No, NO, you are NOT alone, you have every reason to be "confused", and be very very careful, you will find a "REAL" doctor in the sense of the kinds of doctors you had previously, but.... believe me it will take time and patience. It may even be in another town, but do not give up ! Hand in there and GUARD your good health or they will have you on at least 5-7 meds, probably more, and a "sleep test", everyone should have one they say. BE CAREFUL, guard your good health.