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Posted by Myrna ANY FAMILY PRACTITIONER CAN FOLLOW YOU TO MAINTAIN YOUR GENERAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST YOU WHEN YOU'RE IN NEED OF MEDICAL INTERVENTION, LIKE TO PRESCRIBE COLD MEDICATION OR STANDARD PRESCRIPTIONS, THEY ALSO HAVE TO GIVE YOU REFERRALS TO SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD YOU NEED THAT KIND OF HELP FOR. IF THERE ARE NO SPECIALIASTS THEY COULD GIVE YOU A PRESCRIPTION FOR A SPECIALIST AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE THOSE SPECIALISTS CAN BE FOUND. THIS IS WHERE YOUR DOC CAN GIVE YOU MICHELLE A REFERRAL TO AN ORTHO SPECIALIST IN THE YOUR LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL. WHEN YOU LEFT YOUR OLD TOWN, WERE YOU ABLE TO GET COPIES OF YOUR PREVIOUS MEDICAL RECORDS? YOU CAN ALSO CALL YOU PREVIOUS ORTHO SPECIALIST AND ASK HIM TO FAX YOU YOUR LATEST APPOINTMENT NOTES FOR YOUR NEW ORTHO TO SEE WHERE YOU WERE AT BEFORE. JUST BE PREPARED, SOMETIMES THEY'LL CHARGE YOU A FEE FOR RETREIVING OLD FILES. HOPE THIS HELPED ! MELISSA, HAD YOUR DOCTOR "DROPPED" YOU AS HIS PATIENT BEFORE? I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS HAPPENNING WHERE THEY'D LET YOU GO FROM THEIR CARE SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO TO HELP YOU, WHAT WERE THEY EXPECTING? TO "CURE" YOUR DIAGNOSIS? IF THAT WAS THE SITUATION, IT WAS BETTER THAT WAY, HE/SHE JUST WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO TREAT YOU THEN, I'D FIND ANOTHER GENERAL PRACTITIONER, JUST TO KEEP HANDY FOR WHEN YOU DO GET SICK AND NEED MEDICAL INTERVENTION. MYRNA
on January 6, 2007, 12:38 am, in reply to "Re: My Muscle spasms are getting worse"
HI MICHELLE, HI MELISSA,
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