If you're part of an HMO organisation (or even a Medicaid system), you can
probably find another primary care physician and specialists, if not in your
town, then in the surrounding area.  You do have choices, you just may have
to work harder at getting them.

When my family first moved to North Carolina when I was 15, we moved to a
small town of less than 1000 people between two larger towns, which are now
small cities.  There was only one doctor in this town, but we had  a choice
of other doctors in the area.  My mother had to drive longer distances to
get to them but she did whatever she had to, to get there.  I ended up
seeing an orthopaedist 30 miles away.

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "jenn bartimus" <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: Sites About CP


> Yes Kenneth I know that I should have fired this doc right from the start
cause he was rude among other things... Always talking down to me.. But
there was a reason that I couldnt fire this doc from the start.. I was only
20 years old... when I had Sam. When I left my ex (her spermdoner) I had no
money to get a vehicle to travel at the time.. He was the only pediatric
Nuerologist in Town and niether did my mom who was helping me out at the
time.. I know that leaving someone when you have no money or job is not a
good thing but believe me if you knew the situation that me and my two kids
were living among you would be telling me that I was stupid for being stupid
enough to get involved in the first place.. But hey I learned that when my
son was 6 months old..
>  "Barber, Kenneth L." wrote:Sams doc doesnt care about the patients just
how quick it seems to me
> that he can get you in and out.. hes never once suggested anything of
> the sort...
>
>
>
> you should have fired this doctor quickly.
>
>
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