4 /5 Leanne Strong: They took too long to consider the possibility that I might have an issue with my thyroid. Any time I went in, the numbers on the scale kept either going up, or staying where they were the last time. The doctor I was seeing (who unfortunately has left the practice, and was replaced) just kept telling me to eat healthier and exercise regularly, both of which I was already very good about. If I were a doctor, I would begin to consider the possibility of thyroid issues after the first few times the same patient told me that they were already very good about eating healthy, but continued gaining weight.
However, the doctor I was seeing when I first started at Victor Family Practice was very kind, caring, and intelligent. Im sure that had she been my doctor for longer, she might have begun to consider the possibility of thyroid problems, after all the times I told her I was already good about eating healthy and exercising regularly, and yet, the numbers on the scale kept going up.