Comments on: Dr. Dolittle and the Rheumatoid Arthritis Specialist

By: Kelly Young

Kelly Young — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:59:57 +0000

I had a hard time finding a good one too, Kelly. I don’t know what part of Fla. you are in, but if it’s near central Florida, write me a letter & I could privately recommend my own doc. kelly @ rawarrior.com

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:00:23 +0000

Thanks for the information. I moved from Colorado to Florida and have been having a horrible time finding a new rheumatologist. I had a great one in Colorado. I am on my second one now in Florida and now looking into my third one. I was beginning to think it was just me, but realized that it is not me. This is a life long disease and it is so important to find someone who listens to you. Finding a doctor is like shopping for a car. There are some good ones and some bad ones, unfortunately it takes faxing your huge file over and driving to your appointment and waiting two hours to find out if they are going to be the one or not.

By: Kelly Young

Kelly Young — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:59:42 +0000

Roxie, thanks that’s good advice. I’ve been trying to get a call back for about 4 weeks. At one point, I went into the office (an hour away) and sweetly stated that I had not received a call back. The woman stated that there was no record of my call. She was the one who had taken my call!

By: Roxie McCoury

Roxie McCoury — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:54:44 +0000

When I first met my new RA doctor I thought he was the best thing that was every going to happen to me & my husband (both of us need a Rhumey) so we go 2gther to our visit,well once he got us on a treatment plan & got 2 know us he was amazing.I am just now finding out it’s not always the doctor that’s the problem it’s the way the office is run, especially when you call & wanna talk to the doctor,they never give him the message,therefore you think it’s the doc that doesn’t care,but it’s the office workers who are responsible for a NO RETURN phone call..that happen to me this week..i took over and I took control & kept calling until i got help..Roxie

By: Kelly Young

Kelly Young — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:57:29 +0000

Becky, I like your idea. I think there are some risks about liability that have to be addressed, but I'll think about this. There are some links to some of those general sites where you can rate a dr. in this post.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:48 +0000

I am looking for a new rheumatologist and posted a question about one on facebook. I received a few responses, I started thinking that it would really be nice if people with RA put together a list of doctors and rated them on things that are most important to the patient. I guess you could say the Dr. Dolittle rating scale – humble, patient, kind. How well does the doctor listen? How well do they explain what is going on with us? How current do they stay on treatment options? How comfortable is their waiting area? How friendly is their staff? I’m sure you all can think of other things. I don’t know if this list exists but if it did, and patients started using it to select their doctor, maybe the others would get a clue.

By: @URandomnessK

@URandomnessK — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:18:26 +0000

great blog post and great article u referenced no surprise, all of your blogs r wonderful and inspiring, just like you!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:57:44 +0000

thanks, Sam
Hope you never meet dr.dolittle.

By: Justaplainsam

Justaplainsam — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:00:22 +0000

Hey just found your blog thanks to the arthritis site. Great writing, and intresting reading