It is much more helpful to look at your doctor as a mechanic just like the one who maintains your car except what your doctor is maintaining is a lot more important. There are good ones and not so good ones. There are intelligent ones and ones that are just good at memorizing protocols and occupation specific language. There are those that are money oriented and those that are Staff oriented and those that are Patient oriented.

The problem is how to find those in your area that are intelligent, inquisitive and patient oriented. At this point in my life I just don't have a good universal method.

In my current situation I have met with all three kinds of medical professionals. If it weren't that I'm such an assertive/aggressive(I'll let Denver pick the correct one) person I'd stilll be muddling around instead of heading to a potential solution. Plus, my wife has been and is a real loving support who has a sense of what kind of person we are dealing with.