I am not sure where to put this, but thought it might as well start here.

I found a new GP last year after dealing with the one I had. My previous one did a stress test due to chest pains which were really stress related. There were differing opinions on what was needed & I felt that I needed to see a different GP with a more down to earth perspective on treatments. I had met a lady in the hospital my Mother was in for her cancer surgery that was being treated for Lupis. He sounded like a wonderful caring DR unlike the one I had. I started going to him last July with an asthma attack......which he treated with a med I had an alergy to. Then just after that, I had another asthma attack that he put me into the hospital for.....I was there 10 days due to another allergy I had. My weight loss was a concern to him so he insisted on monitoring me. Then came the problems with my Mother & my weight loss turned into a horror story along with my Mothers care & her health. He worked with me through this time (along with my pdoc). When I became so exhausted I couldn't go on, he kindly hospitalized me for something other than exhaustion so that I could get the care I needed. He also let me out of the hospital to deal with my Mothers care at the end of her life & then put me back into the hospital just before she died because of my malnutrition....to sum that up, he cared for me for almost 2 months in the hospital for what was "anorexia". There was a lot of controversy as to what was my problem & what treatment I really needed after being stabalized. He was great in monitoring my monthly for my weight loss & now I seem to be somewhat stabalized at a weight 6 pounds below my minimum safe weight. I can't seem to gain any, but fluctuate all around.

As some of you may know, I have been having problems with dehydration & passing out this summer....due to what he said is that "You have no reserve to go on". He has told me several times to go to my ER close to home to have IV fluids. When that happens, they end up getting a local Dr to admit me to the hospital. I am reluctant to allow them to do anything other that the IV because I feel that my own Dr should be doing any care necessary. I have put several calls into him & the office says don't worry, he will call back......he never calls back......ever.

I have differing feelings about this. One is that he is either telling me that there is nothing to worry about.....I'm not worried so you shouldn't be.....I'll see you at your next appointment next month. ( & then the appointment gets cancelled because he is out of town). Or he is telling me, why don't you go see another Dr, I am tired of treating you. Part of me feels that I really need a Dr closer to me.....because I am ending up in the ER close to home....it would be nice to have a Dr to go to rather than the ER. The other part of me realizes how much he knows about my situation & no one else except my pdoc knows what I have been through. I respect my current GP, but I just don't understand the situation I am in. I know the best thing to do would be to confront my current GP with my feelings, but I haven't been lucky enough to get him to call back to even talk with him.....& I hate making an appointment that I have to pay for just to talk to him about this issue.

Any comments & suggestions are very welcome...I am confusing myself by thinking about this.

Debbie