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To anyone who sees Dr. H in CA... I called to get a phone consult with Dr. H and was told that he no longer does phone consults - only that his PA, Y.L. does. If you have seen her/talked to her, do you like her? Is she as competent as Dr. H? Thanks!
Shelly :-)
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kam
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Yes. She reminds me of him. And if she has any questions she will ask Dr. H about it.
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CD57
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Yeah, he's gotten too busy, that practice is bursting at the seams. Y.L. should be trained up right good about now. I think she'd be fine. Dr H. oversees all her stuff anyway.
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I did see Dr. H in June in person and have had two phone consults with him. I felt like I really "connected" with him, so it's hard to have to talk to someone else. Plus, I didn't want to pay the money if YL wasn't up to speed.... Thanks for all the feedback - keep it coming!!
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I'm not sure what to do at this point... I can't afford to fly out to see him every 6 weeks. What should I do if they refuse to do a phone consult with him? I agree with the above posters... Has anyone else been told this?
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Honestly, I don't see the big deal. If you don't have access to him then go with his PA. I talked with her on the phone a few times when I had weird rashes and she seemed to know her stuff. She worked with other LLMDs as well and is now being taught by Dr. H so dare I say that you would get the same quality of care from either.
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My sense is that she is gaining more knowledge all the time. In past, when I've spoken to her, she often consults with the Dr., then calls me back. Still, it seems like the rate should be a little lower than what it was with the Dr. So that bothers me a bit.
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Why not tell the doctor exactly how you feel and see what he says.
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Hi,
Unfortunately ALL LLMD's in CA are bursting at the seams!
Thanks for letting us know about this. I have an appt w/him next week it would be my first and I don't like this. Gas is so expensive (costs me $100 in gas round trip) and you think it would save him time to do phone consults. I wonder why he is doing this, it makes no sense.
Honestly, if you can't speak to him the appt. price should be much lower talking to the PA....oh, I just saw a few of you think so too.
The other 2 LLMD's I have seen here do phone consults whenever you want. Shelly if you want their names p/m me. The one I see in Santa Rosa is awesome and he does phone consults for 11 months...he requires one in person visit per year.
I am only seeing Dr. H only as a different opinion, to see if he thinks I should be on IV - if not, I won't need to come back. I am in good hands w/my LLMD in Santa Rosa.
I have heard he is a great doctor, but he is too swamped! I already don't like the fact they don't answer their phones EVER and you must leave a message and the mailboxes are always full.
There are other LLMD's in California and I know Dr. H refers some of his patients out to other doctor's anyway. So.... I don't know if this is going to worth the hassle or not.
Now I am wondering if I should see him at all.
All LLMD's here in Calif are filling up. One group of LLMD's I see in Santa Rosa are down to one doctor still accepting patients and he soon won't be accepting anymore. There is one other ILADS LLMD in SF and he has a 3 month wait right now I think..maybe longer, at one point he had a year waiting list!
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Lymbytes that is really scary news about all the LLMDs filling up.
I am afraid the situation is only going to get worse. There are not enough LLMDs to go around world wide and people are flying in from all over as more and more people figure out they have Lyme disease. Others are not getting the help they need where they live.
Sadly more and more people are going to get bit too.
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I usually see Dr. H every other month, but this time around I couldn't get to see him for 2.5 months and I scheduled right after I saw him last. Thats how busy he is. He's booked solid for 2 and a half months.
He is very aggressive with his treatment, but from what I hear people get well. I'm not well yet, but I feel better than when I started with him.
BTW I do not recommend Dr. G in thousand oaks. Thats who I started with, he claims to be an LLMD, but I did not get better while under his care. Other people may have other things to say about him, but his treatment helped me from getting worse, but I didn't get better.
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kam
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It is your call, (pun inteded) but I would give her a try and stop stressing over it.
I faxed my questions I had before the telephone consult.
Included a little summary.
All went well.
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