So here it is. Your big chance. You now have the opportunity to share your experiences with your endocrinologist. Do you like them? Why? Hate them? Why? Do they have a caring and knowledgeable staff? Do they return phone calls? Do they spend time with you or rush you out the door?
Diabetics and parents of diabetics face an uphill battle every day managing diabetes. I want to know which endos are helping you up the hill or dragging you down. And once I know about it, your endo may know about it. The idea is for us to recognize the great ones, and make sure the bad ones know why they are bad, and why we will be telling people to stay away from the practices.
Doctors are just like a brake shop, or a restaurant, or even a car wash. They are in business to make money, and when they are bad no one ever speaks up. Now's our chance to speak up. Coming in the next day or two will be detailed instructions on how and what to submit to me for posting on the site. Of course, I will begin by posting my experiences with the three adult endos I have seen over the years and the two children's practices my little Emma has been to.
I hope this site becomes informative to you all and will motivate you to treat your doctor like a businessperson.
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My endo is a dude named Richard L. Phelps. He practices out of Chicago's Northwestern hospital, he's in his 60s.
He's got some pretty major plusses. His availability is awesome, he's relatively cheap, he takes the time to listen, he doesn't think he's God or anything like that, he really cares, and he's on call for patient emergencies 24-7.
He's also got some downsides; he's not really into pumps or CGMSs (which isn't to say he won't let you, he's just not that enthusiastic about them). He does the A1cs with a blood draw- and he actually draws the blood himself, not delegating to a nurse.
I'd give him four and a half stars out of five.
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