Any Recommendation for a doctor in Central NC?

Hi gkamom. I would recommend that you google for a doctor. Type in your locale and fibromyalgia doctor. A rheumatologist diagnosed me with fibromyalgia. But you might want to start with a primary doctor first.

Good luck to you.

Problem with Healthgrades is that the list of conditions they treat is inaccurate. It says that the information is based on insurance records, but it doesn't say how old the info is.

My doctor was the only doctor treating fibromyalgia when I started with him. I had already been dumped by the Rheum clinic at Duke. I called every single doctor in a 6 county area. He was it and he was out of network.

His practice got bought up by a large Ortho practice looking for Rheumatologist so they could keep all referrals in house and generate referrals to their Physiatrists. They have since bought up just about every Ortho and Rheum practice in the area.

My doctor is no longer practicing due "to a medical condition that prevents him from treating patients." Problem is they are dumping all fiber patients and they have most of the Rheum. I also got a copy of my records and they are a complete mess. They used an electronic record system with a template for all the possible symptoms. The template says "no fatigue, no headaches, no dry mouth, no ..." Since my doc changed nurses (after my first visit there), no one has bothered to edit the record to change the symptoms I do have. She also has messed up on my prescriptions. I had to bring narcotic scripts back to be destroyed. They also shredded all the doctors written notes including the questionnaires I had to fill out every visit "to make sure I still needed to be on narcotics" so they wouldn't yank his license.

The nurse has blocked me from seeing any of the Rheums. When she didn't respond to either my electronic messages trying to find out why she was referring my chart to another doctor or my phone call, I called again and asked about my doc (my appt which had been rescheduled 6 weeks ago was i two days), I found out he was "out with a medical condition". I knew he had been out because there had been problems with my other med refills. I tried making an appointment and they told me I was not allowed.

Then I got a call from her asking why i had tried to make an appointment. I want'd to say "because you won't reposed to me and my appointment was supposed to be yesterday" but I said "because Fibromyalgia is considered a Rheumatological disease and I don't think the Pain doctor is going to want to write for all my scripts." Her answer was "none of our doctors treat fibromyalgia so you can only see the Pain doctor."

This is the practice that has bought up all the practices in like 6 counties. Including Orthopedic and Rheumatology.

So I've looked at Healthgrade and mostly found this same practice. This is why I posted here.

Kim

If you are near Morehead city, NC I suggest Dr McKnight.

Please only positive things about doctors. Thanks!

Sherrine

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