This sucks. My therapist who I've been going to for almost two

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years I think has quit the practice. I have to find another one, which makes me feel like I'm starting all over again. Frustrating!! The doctor's office has cancelled now three appts., and today I get a message that she's "no longer seeing patients." WTF? Maybe I should switch practices? Anyone been through this before (I have anxiety/depression issues (colitis, too))?

[REP]

1. My Urologist Retired Suddenly This Month

Comes at a particularly bad time for me; I'm having the fifth kidney infection in four months, complicated by a stone in the left kidney and scarring from previous infections, plus I'm already in early kidney failure, so yeah, I know what you're going through! Good luck finding a new therapist you like as well.

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4. Thanks. Good luck to you, REP, and I hope you're feeling better.

:(

[SiouxJ]

2. You think that's bad

my wonderful Neurologist, the man who quickly diagnosed me (with MS), got me on my meds fast and thus saved me from possibly having a disability, died two years ago. He was the most wonderful physician I have ever met and he suddenly died. He was only in his early 50's and he suffered a heart attack. 600 people showed up at his funeral, and this is a pretty small town. Now I don't have a good Neuro to monitor my condition so I tend to bounce around from doctor to doctor. Sometimes I feel like I know more about MS than they do. The only advice I have, is just keep trying new therapists until you find one you trust and like (I'm still looking), then try like hell to keep them!

I would start with your state's medical board. They should have a website where you can do research on any potential candidates.

You have my sympathy, I totally understand.

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5. Thanks for the sympathy and the advice. That sucks about

your neurologist (so sad; died way too young). I know what you mean about feeling like you know more about your illness than the doctors.

[blondeatlast]

3. Are they willing to give you a reference?

Granted, they sometimes won't, but I would think they would give you some sort of guidance.

One thing you might try (I've done this concerning my son) is to print a list from my medical insurance site of approved providers, and the doc has offered recommendations of who to call.

Good luck--that sounds very hard to take. Keep us informed of how you are doing.

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6. I went online this morning and found a couple of providers in

the same practice. I called the intake coordinator and was referred to another therapist. The earliest appt. they could give me is in three weeks. Grrr...

I feel bad if the therapist is leaving for a family emergency or whatever (I mean life happens to all of us); it's just the way things were handled from the practice's end was pretty crappy. Hopefully, this therapist will be as good if not better than the one I was seeing.

Thanks for listening y'all.

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7. Update: I went to my new therapist last week, and even though

I've only seen her once, so far she seems really nice.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Well, That's A Plus

At least you find one you think you can work with. That's good considering that you were worried about losing your other one.

Thanks for the update.
The Professor

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9. I was worried (it had been 2 months since I'd been to one, which seemed

like a lifetime). Thanks for being sweet and replying, Professor. :)

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Sweet? Me?

I think you have the wrong guy! Even my wife wouldn't say that!

I'm less sweet than a unripened lemon.
The Professor