Hi all, hope you are all doing well.
I got a call the other day from my cardio nurse telling me that my cardiologist would not give me a referral. He insists that my case is minor and that Dr Maron would not even look at me because I have a low gradient. (Even though he hasn't done an echo in almost 3 yrs now).
He didn't even know of Dr Wigle in Toronto.
This is where it gets confusing. While awaiting the call back about the referral I learned that because my cardiologist was out of province he would be unable to refer me anywhere. So when the nurse called I had expected a rejection for this reason. (However she never even mentioned it.)
Now this brings to light a new problem. Any cardiologist I see will be out of province which means I will NEVER be able to get a referral from them, yet my GP doesn't think he will have a strong enough case without a cardiologist backing him up.
All I want is to be evaluated by a Dr that is well educated in HCM. I am so sick of this controlling my life.
Anyway, enough about me....
Take care all.
Pam
I got a call the other day from my cardio nurse telling me that my cardiologist would not give me a referral. He insists that my case is minor and that Dr Maron would not even look at me because I have a low gradient. (Even though he hasn't done an echo in almost 3 yrs now).
He didn't even know of Dr Wigle in Toronto.
This is where it gets confusing. While awaiting the call back about the referral I learned that because my cardiologist was out of province he would be unable to refer me anywhere. So when the nurse called I had expected a rejection for this reason. (However she never even mentioned it.)
Now this brings to light a new problem. Any cardiologist I see will be out of province which means I will NEVER be able to get a referral from them, yet my GP doesn't think he will have a strong enough case without a cardiologist backing him up.
All I want is to be evaluated by a Dr that is well educated in HCM. I am so sick of this controlling my life.
Anyway, enough about me....
Take care all.
Pam
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