by Bambi » 26 Jul 2011, 12:24
Finding a Dr. is so difficult, isn't it? I found mine through a strange mix of happenstance. Our local city magazine does an article each year on the best doctors and I had just had my fissure return after nearly a month's absence while visiting my sister. She convinced me to not just go with the general surgeon my family Dr had recommended but to look for a specialist. I bought the magazine and they had 3 or 4 CRS guys in there. They were picked by other doctors supposedly of who they would go to. I don't know how much stock to put in that actually, but at the time I compared their list with those on my insurance list and then looked up those two on the internet. There are places like RateMD where people can review Drs. The one I picked had all 5 stars on two sites and good comments. That said, I would never vote this guy bedside manner of the year. I could never really read him even after seeing him over a period of about 6 months. He could be impatient about too many questions, didn't have a nurse to filter the simpler ones through and was a little short with me on the phone at one point. However, he was very calm and confident, particularly at the surgery and I had no complications and at this point am very pleased with my results. However, I have been hesitant to review him on the sites I mentioned because I had such mixed feelings about him on a personal, emotional level. Basically I would say that cool, calm, rather detached doesn't mean he isn't the best surgeon ever. And I agree completely with Dawn's questions to ask above! Mine said he had never had anyone have incontinence, his success rate was very high- he said people had only occasionally had infection after.