I MADE A HARD COPY OF THAT, THE TITLE TO LOOK FOR IS ?sFOR PROSPECTIVE/EXISTING DRS.-- IT IS ON THE DICUSSION FORUM AND THE DATE I HAVE ON MINE IS 8/20/07-- THE FIRST ? IS, DO YOU THINK FM IS A LEGITMATE DISEASE/DISORDER--- LET ME KNOW IF THIS HELPS YOU....LOVE....HELEN

Thank you! I found it, but it took awhile. Having the original title helped. I've saved it again and hope that I'll remember where I put it this time.

I thought it was quite useful and am posting the questions here. wistful1347 was the original author and I want to thank her for these questions. I intend to use several of them in my search for a new doctor.

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I'm thinking about asking my existing (& future) PCM & specialists these questions.

What do you think? I would welcome any feedback & additional questions.

1. Do you think FM is a legitimate disease/ disorder?

If I dont like the answer to this question, then I politely thank Dr. Dick (or Dickess) and leave. Sorry, but that's my new name for all docs until they earn my respect by treating me w/respect.

If I'm happy w/his/her answer, then I'll ask these (not necessarily in this order)

2. Most drs. size up a patient w/in the first few minutes. What have you decided about me? And are you willing to reconsider your analysis? (since misunderstandings & miscommunication happen all the time)

3.What is your philosophy on equal dr/patient participation & decision making when it comes to my treatment plan?

4.How much time do you allow for each patient?

5.Do you just treat symptoms, or do you look for the root cause?

6.Will you design a treatment plan based on my symptoms alone, or on me as a whole person who has these symptoms?

7. Who knows my body best, you or me? And will you respect what I say about my body?

8. How much research have you done re: FM (or other disease)?

9.Are you willing to review information I bring you to see if it we might use it in conjunction w/my treatment?

10.Are you willing to do additional research in order to provide me with the most effective treatment?

11.If not, then to whom would you send your spouse if s/he had these symptoms?

12.What is your philosophy on pain management?

13.Are you willing to explore alternative treatments and support me in trying some in order to avoid the side effects of conventional treatment?

14. Are you willing to think out of the box when it comes to my treatment plan?

15.How much research are you willing to do when it comes to prescribing drugs? (i.e. interaction w/other drugs & supplements Im already taking, and specifically how it might affect me in terms of my FM)

Finally a suggestion regarding surgery:

If you are having surgery, call or go by the hosp where you will have the surgery and ask to speak w/the or nurses. Ask them if their mother, sister, father, etc. had to have your surgery, which surgeon would they want & why.

Thank you, Boudreaux, for giving the original title so that a search is even possible......I am off to find it and save it for myself! I'm not too happy with the doc I have now and have to find a new pain management clinic, so this will be very helpful.

lsmith, thank you for the additional questions. I would NEVER be able to think of these myself, and they are all very good. I get into the doc, and just sit there and don't remember anything I wanted to say or needed to know before going in. I usually make a list, but these are things brought up that are basically in the back of my mind, and you have put them into eloquent wording for me! I cannot thank you enough!!!

Hugs to everyone....thanks for this forum, topic, website and FRIENDS!!

I want to be sure that everyone understands that the questions I posted are not mine but were copied from the orriginal post by wistful1347. They are all hers and I thank her profusely for them. I took the liberty of posting them again because they are soooooooooooo good!

Thank you for clearin that up, lsmith! I kinda wondered, but I thought that they were all new from you... So is this all of them, or do I need to still pull up the original post?

You don't need to waste your time looking for the post. These are all of them.

MS.SMITH YOU ARE WONDERFUL...THANK YOU....LOVE...HELEN

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THAT WAS EASIER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW WHO I THANK FOR THAT? YES. JESUS.....HELEN

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