Another Russian Connection

As most know , I haven’t had my own car for past year due to circumstances, credit reports and lack of certain documents from certain work places from . So I have helped the car rental companies economy much more than I should have , but I did not have much choice.

Well, my tour thru the car dealerships was somewhat eye- opening, frustrating and costly. Just as I am slowly getting my credit scores better, multiple dealerships either misled, offered me not the best deals or rejected me while continuously applying to multiple banks-ie., bringing my scores down .Another painful lesson in the school of life

Well, I got lucky yesterday and purchased a quality car from Connicelli’s dealerships. And the gentleman who is specially trained for “bad credit” was another Russian named Dmitri, and he was great. Most of you know that I don’t rush to complement(old staff members, no comment please) , but this guy didn’t B.S. me . After evaluating really what was my situation, he got a great rate for me that was at least 1/3 to 1/2 of rates in other places.

And to top it off, he multitasks well, can hyper focus and does get distracted at times, thrives in chaos—-hhmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I wonder what he has?

So , at least for a day, life got better. I am still in the state monitoring program and still not thrilled , but I only have one more year left .I was sent back to legal, due to some missed screens, but if someone asked me 5 years ago that I would possibly miss an occasional random test , would I be surprised , well the answer is I would not be surprised due to my ADD and life’s challenges. Not much I can do but keep doing the best I can with the cards dealt me. IT IS WHAT IT IS…

I am still in the Northeast , but there only 4 days/week , and not sure where my next destination will be, but why should life be simple..
See ya,

Dr.R

Here we Go Again-I am working the United Nations tour-Initially Koreans, Chinese(Taiwan -Dr Cheng) then Iranian, and now finally Russians -

I have taken another detour in my attempt to return to my professional roots in the beautiful , downtown Central Bucks (obviously my journey has done some injury to my brain). Plus , I continue my medical journey of treating patients and/or employers that are different nationalities

I have left the Urgent Care Centers that were owned by the Iranian physician a couple of weeks ago due to some basic differences. One, is that he still owes me a paycheck; and, number 2 , his treatment of people , plus his ethics were much different from mine.

I started working in a Physical Medicine Rehab center in the Northeast 3 weeks ago. owned by a Mad Russian (actually not a bad guy , and as almost crazy as me ) .

Needless to say, Life is not boring (Thank God)

Most of the patients and staff talk Russian and, I , of course, have a hard time just with English , let alone Russian. So this has been unique, but everybody is pretty cool and nice to me( they don’t know me that well yet) And, really, how many people have ever listened to me ? Staffs don’t answer that. Right now I am working Part time with possibily doing full time in near future.

The nice thing here is that there 2-3 massage therapists,a chiropractor and an acupuncturist, all alternative treatments dealing with the physical and mental aspects of life.

My new address is: Health Source Rehabilitation 11880 Bustleton Avenue , Pa. 19116 Phone # 267-731-6845 and Fax # 267-731-6844If not able to get thru, you can call my cell 267-334-6137( only if absolutely necessary.)

I just became Medicare participating, but other insurances will take time. Right now , A cost of an office visit should be affordable (hell, I am not doing brain surgery-hmmmm) while the group does participate in most insurances for the services offered here..
Right now , the office hours are 10 AM to 5 PM and probably a night will be added in the future. This format is going to be low-keyed ((not crazy like the old days) , with special emphasis on mind-body connection. House calls can be done if time is available, and Medicare will cover that.

I am still restricted in prescribing stimulants for Adult ADD by the state monitoring agency at this time. Dr. Boyd , to his credit , acknowledged in a letters and in actions , that his original diagnosis of addiction /substance abuser , was totally wrong.. Unfortunately, the powers to be, today , haven’t changed their opinion for this incorrect accusation . Yes, I am still paying the price for being a strong advocate of Adult ADD as a family doctor.

So who knows how this new opportunity turns out , but after being in Chicago, State College , Scranton and Reading, at least I am getting closer to my stomping grounds.

One of my friends asked,”Are you ready for the Russians? The fact is that wherever I worked there good are and bad people who I have had to deal with , and I am sure it will be the same. So, yes , I am ready for the Russians. The bigger question is “Are the Russians ready for me?”
Only Time will tell!
It is What it Is !!!!
Dr. R.

Right now doing Urgent Care in State College, but ………..

A  small FYI. I have worked past two months  in Urgent Care and it is a good fit. It reminds me of my old practices where we had same day saves for patients. Parts of Urgent Care are cool-friendly to  my ADD, in that I am constantly going from one patient to another, I am not on call, and I am just treating acute problems.Unfortunately, there are certain issues that I am not thrilled with , and will see if they are resolved.

Urgent Care is exploding in most of the state , except , so far, in Central Bucks area. That should change real soon.I would love to do one , but it costs money, so maybe an investor will  just drop in out of the sky  .That is, to my surprise, many of the patients have simple problems that stem from the shortage of primary care doctors.Meaning, that people can’t get in to see their doctors due to the ever-increasing shortage, and , have to wait weeks if not months , just so they can prescriptions filled or work physicals done , just to name a benign situations

I also have deemed Urgent Care Centers as medical equal to the new primary care ADD offices  .Some  people want to be seen now since they  are impatient or some need to be seen now, since they have procrastinated just a tad too long. Been there, done that and quite understandable.Hellloooo, Oscar !

Or some want to be seen now , so that they  can take care of things in an orderly, timely process , feel that are still in control and not obsess about it later.  That is foreign to me .Hellloooo, Felix!!

Now that I have has  direct  patient contact past 2 months  on a clinical basis, the recruiters,actually , the malpractice departments of these recruiters ,finally approve of most of my resume. Like, I was going to lose special skills as a family doctor over two years after doing this for 30 years Yeah , right like I was doing neurosurgery in  room 2 .

Still hoping that the PHP and PHMP might  let me finish this  program early,  instead of another 1 1/2-2 years . Especially after the original psychiatrist wrote a letter stating he made an incorrect diagnosis which put me in  this program. It would be nice if they would allow that, but I guess I am still being punished for The Adult ADD . Time will tell or as I occasionally have muttered , IT IS WHAT IT IS !

See ya

Still Paying the Price

Even after a Great letter from Dr.Boyd regarding  his diagnosis change   and literally putting in 2 weeks of 8 hrs/day of work completing government and recruiting applications   , not able to find medical employment.

I guess I might have to leave medicine , since I have been rejected again along with least 100 other opportunities and can’t find work. Unfortunately not busy in office since not able to participate in insurances yet, the economy is tough for everyone and I am still awaiting on my restrictions for prescribing stimulants for ADD.

I will have figure  something out real soon .