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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
To the OP:
I hope you have been following all this. If so, it should be clear that this site really won't help much. Non-professionals tend to see everything through the lens of their own or family's personal experience. Note how 3 or 4 posters state they have identical symptoms to you, but each have a different condition. Your physician will have a much broader perspective on the possible diagnoses and how to test for them. If you have the mobility, it's fine to go to Shands or Mayo. But what people don't realize is that Shands and Mayo are just buildings, and unfortunately they assume that every doctor there is a top expert. Far, far from the case. And at Shands, since it is a teaching hospital, you are likely to first be seen by a medical student or a resident. So check out any specialists you are referred to. I may be prejudiced, but I prefer American medical school graduates that are MD's and not DO’s trained at an American University hospital and don't consider English their second language
Hope you get the answers you need, take care.
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Hello again, golfing eagles,
I would like to know that upon which you base your prejudice against DO’s. We have a DO in our family — and just for the record — she was accepted into both kinds of med schools. She chose to become a DO.
I see you also are prejudiced against docs not born in this country. I have dealt with 4 Indian doctors over the years — different situations — different family members needing care. They were a rheumatologist, a cardiologist, a pulmonologist, and a surgeon. Each was an outstanding diagnostician, without arrogance, and they actually seemed to like “old people.” Curiosity and caring seemed to be a natural part of their psychological makeup. That’s my experience — which I just had to throw in here because when I see painting with a wide brush, it makes me grouchy — and I just have to speak up.
Insightful, sassy Boomer