Doctoring Between The Lines

I don ' t know about anyone else but I have a primary care and then an oncologist, breast surgeon, endocrinologist, rheumatologist, pain management, orthopedic surgeon, meds therapist, social worker therapist, dentist, and periodontist. They all have their own specialties and focuses on specific portions of my body. But I swear they like to color outside the lines.Last week my rheumatologist started commenting on my regimen to control my acid reflux from my hiatal hernia. How does heart burn relate to my rheumatoid? And why did I need to explain it to her?In the past six months my pain management doctor has been messing with some of my meds that were prescribed by my meds therapist for depression. There is some logic there because the same drugs are used to treat to nerve pain and depression but when one drug gets changed, then others need to be changed. And my meds therapist didn ' t like the most recent change my pain management doctor made and said she wouldn ' t prescribe that combination. This left me in the position of having to explain his most recent thinking.My primary care once messaged my endocrinologist to question my thyroid levels which resulted in me getting a snotty letter from my endo a few weeks later and no changes. Thanks....I don ' t mind if my doctors talk to each other about me. That ' s fine. But I don ' t want to be put in the middle. Please talk to each other and say we both like this change and take me out of the hot seat. Thanks.
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: being a patient doctors Source Type: blogs