Unfortunately, my doc USED to listen. Now you have...

Unfortunately, my doc USED to listen. Now you have to spend months going through specialists to eliminate their interpretation. After 2 months I finally went out of pocket for second opinion and found out my liver was shutting down. After reaching out to my Salem clinic doctor. When I did reach out to my Salem clin doc waiting for specialist appointments because I was getting worse, he told me to go to hospital if I wanted further tests. I pay out of pocket now and am finally getting better. Just be aware Salem Clinic will send you to specialists which were appointments that were a month to a month in a half wait, while daily I was getting worse. Instead of seeing me and listening he said if you think your getting worse go to hospital. Last time I did that they referred me to my doc because my symptoms fit COVID symptoms, like every symptom now days. So doc says go to hospital and hospital says go to doc. Welcome to the new Salem clinic. My 2 specialists. One was a ENT that did plastic surgery as well. Once all my tests were done he looked at my scan and DID MATH looking at what needed to be fixed. This ll take about 15 min that ll take 10 etc. When I asked how these related to my symptoms, WHY THE SALEM CLIN DOC SENT ME THERE, he looked at me and said it should help and walked out.

My second opinion doc said absolutely not, we need to figure out why your liver is shutting down before any surgery. I got a second ENT opinion because my primary doc, who knows me thought I needed ENT intervention and he told me to fix other issues before we start ENT. Suffice to say if I followed Salem clinic I would have surgery, fixing problems while liver was shutting down.

I forwarded all my medical records to my primary, HE IS MY PRIMARY, not one word from him. My last appointment with primary was April. It is middle of August now. Haven t been to work since April. Salem Clinic has become the poster child of the political medical world. Used to be a client centered medical approach. Now they make their car payments and help the nip tuck community do the same. ALLWAYS GET A SECOND OPINION IF YOU THINK THEY ARE WRONG. The messed up thing is I never would have until he said, if you think you need more help go to the hospital. Salem Clinic forced me into a second opinion, now I know. I now have a new doctor and one that listens and doesn t pawn you off to specialists . Just a warning.