05-28-2009, 02:31 PM
As someone that has been getting mail from AARP for many years, and has until now been in the care of doctors in a clinic type of a setting, I am finding it more and more important to me that I have a good relationship with one doctor, who's office is staffed with people that are capable of doing their part in the tasks that he or she prescribes. Simple stuff like receiving lab results and ensuring that they get to the doctor and the information that needs to get to me because of those results does. I have not had this experience with clinics, and I feel I need to find a doctor in private practice. I know that a lot of doctors are not taking new patients, so this isn't the best of times to be going 'doctor shopping', but my body has thrown me a few curve balls and I figure I have to just get on with it now, before the care I am getting has the opportunity to compromise my health. With this in mind, I am curious what sort of experiences people have had (I would love this to be a discussion of good doctors, not bad experiences people have had) and which doctors might be recommended.