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Old 11-19-2009, 01:28 PM   #19
judy
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I use a nurse practitioner as my primary care specialist. I love Joanne, and am so grateful that i found her. She is right here in town, takes my insurance, and is fanatic about sending her patients for tests. She has gotten complaints from one of the hospitals because she was having her patients tested too much.

At least she is thorough, although I am not going for the stress test she wants me to go for. I will go back to the cardiologist she sent me to for a checkup though. He did not feel that I needed a stress test. I'm also not taking the BP meds she prescribed, because I don't think I need them. I am taking my pressure at home and will bring the BP monitor to her so she can calibrate it with hers. I love that I can work with her like this. She is also a womens' health practitioner, so I don't have to go to a gyno.

She is so accessible, and I have such faith in her. She keeps doing blood workups on me. I never know what she is looking for. She told me, but I feel that I don't have to worry about it since she is so on top of everything.

If your student is going to set up her own practice, her patients will be as lucky as I am. I say that because she has you as a mentol, and she was given a two year scholarship. Therefore, she is terrific !!!
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