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Anyone have any thoughts to share about any of the primary care docs affiliated with Cambridge Health Alliance (also includes Somerville Hospital, Somerville Adult Medicine, Somerville Primary Care, etc)? I need a new PCP, and the last time I was looking for one, I was living in Jamaica Plain. Don't really want to keep going back down to JP every time I need a prescription renewed.
I'm on Tufts insurance, not that I think it matters.
I'm on Tufts insurance, not that I think it matters.
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Date: 2008-07-22 10:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-22 11:51 pm (UTC)The midwives at the Cambridge Birth Center do well-woman care and are pretty awesome (as are their staff), but I don't actually know if you're a woman.
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Date: 2008-07-22 11:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-23 12:19 am (UTC)I got awesome prenatal care from the Birth Center, but had a less great birth experience the first time around with them.
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Date: 2008-07-23 02:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-23 03:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-23 10:43 am (UTC)Different strokes for different folks, I guess!
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Date: 2008-07-23 12:52 pm (UTC)Totally TL;DR, but whatevs.
Date: 2008-07-23 01:29 pm (UTC)The real crux of the issue was, however, the fact that I'm fat. I have always been fat, and I know it. I was obviously expecting it to come up in conversation, as it was my yearly physical, but she would just not drop it. I tried to explain to her that I am getting more active, and trying to eat healthier, but every time I tried to say something, she ignored me. I can recognize that being fat impedes me from doing certain things, like running marathons or wearing really small pants, but beyond being fat, there isn't anything wrong with me! I don't have high blood pressure or cholesterol or difficulties getting around. In fact, when I met with her, I was walking a mile and a half to and from work each day.
The fact that she was so dismissive of my efforts and continued to brow beat me (Even signing me up for a nutritionist appointment, when I clearly said I didn't want to!) was just over the line for me. I went home, cried, and vowed to never go back to her again. So now I'm looking for a new PCP as well.
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Date: 2008-07-23 06:53 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-07-23 07:14 pm (UTC)Good luck finding a doctor!
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Date: 2008-07-23 07:36 pm (UTC)Re: Totally TL;DR, but whatevs.
Date: 2008-07-23 07:46 pm (UTC)(she told me maybe the key to losing weight was drinking less orange juice)
I'm sorry I wasn't the only one she did this too, but thank you for validating my experience.
Re: Totally TL;DR, but whatevs.
Date: 2008-07-23 08:19 pm (UTC)I don't think either of us should go back, to be honest. To me, going back makes her attitude/manner okay, and I don't think it is okay to treat people that way.
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Date: 2008-07-23 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-23 08:53 pm (UTC)She was my doctor when she was at Davis Square Family Practice and I ended up following her after a bad "replacement doctor" experience.
Good luck!
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Date: 2008-07-23 11:26 pm (UTC)Re: Totally TL;DR, but whatevs.
Date: 2008-07-24 10:36 am (UTC)You rock!
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Date: 2008-07-24 12:09 pm (UTC)Re: Totally TL;DR, but whatevs.
Date: 2008-07-24 01:17 pm (UTC)I know lots of people love her (from other posts I've seen in the past and my two friends,) but she was wacked out when I went to see her.
Nobody needs anyone, especially a doctor, to gasp at their weight. Gadzooks.
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