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Originally Posted by mikesouth
That said Im with ya though I had an ear infection yrs ago that i couldnt get rid of, even different ents couldnt get rid of it. i found myself in Boston and a girlfriend suggested I go to the hospital there where they specialize in it...the doc did the same thing every one of the others did (vacuumed out the ear) BUT she gave me a scrip for eyedrops amnd told me to use them in my ear...a week later...all cleared up after over 6 months.
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Same here. It seems acid reflux can cause your vocal cords to seize up in your sleep where it stops your breathing. Of course bad allergies and sleep apnea can also contribute to your air way, but that was not the SOURCE of most of my problems. The acid reflux coming back up the throat was basically causing most of my ongoing issues in allergies/sinus/stop breathing according to the DR. Once treated properly, all of those other 'serious' issues went away.
I can breath, smell, sleep fine with less sinus issues as well. The nasal drip, the gunk at the back of my throat, all gone. Needless to say you feel like a million bucks by comparison.
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Originally Posted by mikesouth
What i learned from that is after one failed visit to my doctor I see a specialist and not just any specialist i look for the one that the general consensus among other specialists is that she/he is the best.
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Agreed. Luckily BCBS offers multiple plans, and with one of them, you do not need a DR's referral to see specialists. You can just go yourself. Of course it's always nice to get a recommendation, but I am not held up waiting on a referral if I want to go see one to get a 2nd opinion or see a specialist now. I can just open up the phone book and go.
If you do not go see one, you find yourself bouncing around this $100.00 DR visit bullshit carousel where you never really find a solution to the problem. You just get a best guess and some pills thrown at it with a 4-6 week follow up for a year(s).
As mentioned previously, I went from supposed serious chronic conditions to little more to proper treatment of acid relux with the right DR who knows what he's doing. Throwing a few more bucks at a specialist for 1-2 office visits is much cheaper on the whole that 10-20 'guess-work' visits with the main DR.