Dr's reports ( was Faye's bad day)

Most dr's office require you to pay a fee for photocopying any and all reports. I would ask the dr's office for the name of the reporting company and send a written request to them to send your general doctor a copy of the report. They shouldn't have a problem with it. I would also let your general know the kind of treatment you recieved. I am sure they won't send anyone else to that guy. My dr's are all part of a hospital system and my records are all on their computers. So my Gastro can see my latest blood work. He can also see any other medical information that is there (including that that was transfered from another hospital system). I prefer to go to small offices as well. My general Dr has 1 nurse practitioner and 2 total dr's. My gastro has a total of 4 dr's and 1 nurse practictioner. I have seen all four (in the hospital) but still request appointments with one specific dr. I am most comfortable with him. I hope this works out for you. I am glad there your news was good.

What happened was I called my PCP to vent about this, she called the ortho office and was faxed the report right away....but she said these two ortho docs are especially good with spines so she wants me to follow with them if need be in the future. Fortunately my MRI was pretty normal (great) pretty much just what he called "wear and tear" or kinda like saying "you're old, you're fat, get over it", NO that's just my take on it! Anyway, I'm doing yoga stretches, taking ibuprofen and feeling much better. My relatives in Italy have care the kind you describe, no matter who they see, that doc has all their previous info at their fingertips on computer records. Here it seems like pulling teeth to get one doc to talk to another. Not good.