Seeking Advice and GP recommendation (ON)
Hi there,
The wife has been dealing with extreme chronic pain in abdomen area for the past two months. Our experience with getting proper assistance from doctors around here (ON) has been so frustrating and stressful. Family doctor has been useless, just said take pain killers it will go away. After 2nd visit he finally referred for an ultrasound, which would have taken at least a week! Pain was getting worse (couldn't walk, sit or sleep), so we had to go to the ER twice to see an ER doc and get "quicker" referral for ultrasound and then a CT, waiting hours for both on two different days. The results came back "clean" as per the ER doctor, but the pain is still chronic, and they didn't have an answer either (except to prescribe painkillers which apparently is the answer to every problem).
I just feel like we are jumping around from doctor to hospital to clinic and nobody really takes the time to consider all the symptoms and advise. Now we are waiting for an MRI which was finally recommended as urgent after our THIRD visit to the hospital. The ER doctor who recommended it also said he would refer to a gynecologist but apparently seeing a specialist can take MONTHS. Also it didn't come as a surprise when the MRI department called and says the appointment is for FEBRUARY (apparently "urgent" doesn't mean much). Trying desperately now to find a quicker appt. Might try to go to an urgent care clinic to get referral for another location that's hopefully quicker.
Any advice would be appreciated. Maybe a good GP or clinic they can recommend that can see patients on short notice or offer 2nd opinion at least? And does anyone know how to get a quick referral for a specialist (in this case gynecologist)?
The wife has been dealing with extreme chronic pain in abdomen area for the past two months. Our experience with getting proper assistance from doctors around here (ON) has been so frustrating and stressful. Family doctor has been useless, just said take pain killers it will go away. After 2nd visit he finally referred for an ultrasound, which would have taken at least a week! Pain was getting worse (couldn't walk, sit or sleep), so we had to go to the ER twice to see an ER doc and get "quicker" referral for ultrasound and then a CT, waiting hours for both on two different days. The results came back "clean" as per the ER doctor, but the pain is still chronic, and they didn't have an answer either (except to prescribe painkillers which apparently is the answer to every problem).
I just feel like we are jumping around from doctor to hospital to clinic and nobody really takes the time to consider all the symptoms and advise. Now we are waiting for an MRI which was finally recommended as urgent after our THIRD visit to the hospital. The ER doctor who recommended it also said he would refer to a gynecologist but apparently seeing a specialist can take MONTHS. Also it didn't come as a surprise when the MRI department called and says the appointment is for FEBRUARY (apparently "urgent" doesn't mean much). Trying desperately now to find a quicker appt. Might try to go to an urgent care clinic to get referral for another location that's hopefully quicker.
Any advice would be appreciated. Maybe a good GP or clinic they can recommend that can see patients on short notice or offer 2nd opinion at least? And does anyone know how to get a quick referral for a specialist (in this case gynecologist)?