Find the Right Doctor For You!

I think as other things have come up in my life, I have forgotten to write about one of the most, if not the most, important things I have learned from having endometriosis.  It is SO important to find the right doctor for you!!  Endometriosis is a real disease and it has real, if invisible, symptoms.  If you know there is something wrong with you, please please please do not let a bad doctor tell you otherwise!  It is OKAY to disagree with a doctor and it is OKAY to get a second opinion and it is OKAY if you simply do not "gel" with a certain doctor.  There is someone out there who will be a part of your support system!  I feel extremely lucky in this one aspect: I love my doctor.  I think she is extremely intelligent, she is open to all types of healing (from surgical to alternative therapies), she is understanding, and very supportive.  I am constantly reassured that she is super smart when I look at articles or blogs and see that I have tried pretty much everything people are writing about.  Also, if I were to ask her a question that she didn't know the answer to, she would simply look it up and tell me she doesn't know but will find out.  

A Kind Office

(not my real doctor's office)

So I may not have gone into great detail yet about how important finding the right doctor is, but I am constantly reminded that it is equally important to find the right doctor's staff, because they can make everything so much easier!  With my doctor, she has one employee, who I will call "T" who somehow manages to take care of the office, be kind to everyone who comes in, and always be on top of any problem you have.  She is an advocate for patient issues and will help me with any problems that may arise between doctor visits... insurance issues, pharmacy problems, prescriptions, supplements, you name it.  I realize that while I am very happy with my doctor, my experience would be very different if it weren't for T.