Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
The best way to find a doctor is through reputation -- word of mouth from friends or family, someone who's been to that doctor before -- maybe even through a referral from your primary care physician. If this doctor in Chicago is someone who's been recommended, you've got a step in right direction.
It's YOUR body -- YOU have to do what's best for it.
When I discovered I had a very serious and rare condition, I was in disbelief -- total denial -- but my doctor sent me to U.C.S.F., many MANY miles away from my home. I didn't want to go, but my doctor insisted because he said he couldn't help me.
That trip to U.C.S.F. was the best trip of my life -- and in fact CHANGED my life. I wish I had made that trip 30 years earlier; it would have saved me a lot of grief and pain in my life.