The condition I have is obvious with one look at my hands to most PC doctors. It's a dominate hereditary disease that causes the fingers to contract and needs treatment from a hand specialist. I'm sure you know what this is. However, I cannot tell you how many times I have had to tell a PC doctor what it is. Insurance companies reassign PC doctors for various reasons. Each dang time, I have to start all over again...even when I send the new PC doctor copies of records stating the condition.
It was so simple years ago before no gatekeeper system: I called UCLA hand surgery department in about 2000, told them of the family history and described my hand. An appointment immediately. My maternal grandfather had the condition and I knew what it was when it started.
I am so frustrated with the system I want to scream. I am again starting all over with a new PC doctor who wants to see me to refer to a specialist.
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