Moving GI Docs - won't release some records??

yes there are law.  You have every right to your chart.  You could also ask the new gi to request them for you.  I have every copy of every note, tests & pictures, along with the xrays.  I've been very fortunate, all my physicians give them to me.  Yes, I have also paid for some too.  Here is a link that may help you answer some of your questions.  I ordered the handbook & it has helped me very much, "Know your Rights:  A handbook for patients with Chronic Illiness, special edition for people with CD or UC".  Also, the the lawyer who wrote this will accept phone calls free of charge.  She has given me a lot of free good advice.  www.advocacyforpatients.org  Good luck, let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.  God Bless

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Dx with CD 1987, 3 resections, 3 abcess sx, OA back & hips, bulging disk, Major depression/anxiety, kidney stones & sx to remove, now 44 yrs old.  Still trying to figure this disease out & of course all the little extra complications that come with this rollarcoaster of a life with CD. 

 

Meds:  Hurmira every other week 40 mg, Imuran .75 daily, cymbalta 60 mg daily, Lortab 7.5/500 x 4x, fish oil, fovia,vit e,folic acid,Vit B12,inject monthly,

 

         

 

 

Yes have your new gi doctor request your files. They should not charge your doctor.

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Hi, I am teddybearweiser, I am a male.

I was diagnosed with crohns disease when i was admitted to the hospital

in 1992, in Jan of 1993 I was back in the hospital for surgery for my crohns. I had part of my right colon resectioned with ilecolonstomy.

 My GI doctor has me on Asacol, Dicyclomine,Imuran,Celebrex and Remicade. B-12 injection once a month.

My Internest doctor has me on Lisnopril-HTCZ and Folic Acid. Diagnosed

with Osteoarthritis July 2007

unless your colonoscopy was done in the last millenium, the photos are on a disc or in a computer somewhere. tell them to insert a CD rom and press "copy" on the file.

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randynoguts 



     http://www.geocities.com/randynogutsweb/

I agree w/what the others have said.I was having a hard time getting my surgical records sent to my new PCP.When I called the hospital,they told me that it would be 75 cents per page,but no charge to fax them to the doc.Could you imagine the cost,my file from there was thicker than a collegiate dictionary.Good luck.

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~Jennifer~

Official Crohns DX-march 2004.Pentasa 4000mg,B12,Probiotics

         1 resection

Cardiomyopathy DX-may 2004.Coreg,Altace,Digitek,Lasix,Potassium,very low-sodium diet