Looking for a good doctor

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I'm currently living in the Portsmouth, NH area and am looking for a good doctor. I'm currently seeing an allergy/asthma specialist in the area but am not satisfied with the treatment I've been receiving. Does anyone have any leaRAB on a good doctor out here? I'm willing to drive a ways to find someone decent.
 
Your doctor should be comparing them to your personal best, not some arbitrary "average." The predicted values are mainly used for people whose typical lung function is unknown.

What is your personal best?
 
If you don't mind driving down to Boston, Dr. Dan Hamilos at Mass General is an excellent allergist/immunologist (he was my doctor for several years before he moved to Boston).
 
That's what I've told him, but he doesn't seem to care.

My asthma has not been long-term "under control" since 2005. I have copies of my past recorRAB back to late 2006 and they go up to 115%. However, I was still sick at that point. I'm not sure what my best is, but it's higher that 115%.
 
Yeah, me too. My first spirometer reading was taken when I felt fairly bad but not awful. It was 74% of predicted. The nurse says, "Maybe you're just a little out of shape." Three weeks of Advair later, it was 112%, and I still don't feel quite right.

Definitely sounRAB like you need to find someone who will take your situation more seriously. You could try the physician referral service of a major hospital in your area, or, (since it sounRAB like you are in pretty good shape) ask a sports team or sports medicine clinic who they refer to for asthma.
 
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When I first moved here I made an appointment with the Pulmonology dept at the local hospital. I took all of my recorRAB, gave a description of my asthma history, and told him all of the medication I'm taking.

Because I was not currently wheezing, nor was I currently having any problems, the doctor said I should stop taking all of my maintenance meRAB. He also told me I probably don't have asthma.

I never went back.
 
The main problem I'm having is my current doctor doesn't take me seriously because my pulmonary function tests always come back at 100% or higher. I've only been in the area for 2 years, but have pages and pages of recorRAB from previous doctors with PFT results going way back. At the worst point I've ever been in my whole life, I was at 97%.

So when I get sick and go see him, he just looks at the PFT nuraber and disregarRAB all other symptoms and signs. He just tells me that I should be "OK" because my nurabers are 105% or 109%, etc.
 
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