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Originally Posted by njgranny
My husband has diabetes, pulmonary problems, heart failure and other heart related diseases, so he goes to several specialists here in southern NJ. Most of them he is seeing now are "foreign" doctors. I find they are more caring, take their time with the patient, and are very capable. The GP that we've had for 30 years is from Italy. He is the greatest and will spend all the time that you need with you. In fact, the other four specialists that my husband sees are the same. They never rush him.
I'm a little worried that, if we do get to the Villages, doctors will be hard to find.
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In my opinion, you have good reason to worry. I've STILL not found ANY doctors that are willing or able to treat me like a person and not a slab of meat. My last incident involved a suspected liver problem. After expensive scans (2 kinds) and ultrasounds and x-rays and over $1500. in lab work...I was summoned to the Gastro Drs. office and given an explanation that I never understood because of his broken English and a prescription for a VERY expensive medication that I take 3Xs a day for the rest of my life and told if I don't take it I die!!! Scary, eh? I made an appt to see my Internist who referred me to this yo-yo and only after completely breaking down in the exam room and sobbing out of pure frustration...did he call the Gastro Dr. and find out what was going on with me and what the medication was for. I can't tell you how many friends and neighbors ALL have the same complaint and it's not getting any better. New Drs. come here because it's a gold mine for them. Where else can you get 70,000+ old people all congregated in the same place and all needing medical attention????? They don't care if they lose a patient here or a patient there because of their lack of caring...there's 2 (or 3 or 4) more to take their place.
With your husband's medical conditions...if you can't afford to fly back and forth to your current Drs....I'd be very careful about coming down here and depending on the same quality of care that you are getting at home now.
I don't want to sound like a doomsayer, but I don't want you to get down here and be in trouble either.
Maybe watch this thread to see what others say about their Drs. I do know that the really good ones are few and far between and when you find one...like the ones mentioned in this thread...they have a 1+ year waiting list for new patients!!!!!