zoe.a.m.
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Hi everybody,
Does anyone have personal experience or a reference for a good ME/CFS specialist in Vermont? I thought I remembered a thread from maybe 5 yrs ago or so, but couldn't drum up any results other than in MA. Hopefully though, there are some members here living in VT.
Diagnosis isn't a concern at this point, but someone literate and willing to work with complex cases and not put off by multiple diagnoses is not easy to find. I was lucky to have Dr. Buscher here in WA as a consult, and a much-better-than-average MD as a local until 2 years ago when he left the area. It's been like a snowball built around a lead basketball rolling down a cliff since, and the housing situation has become untenable with wait lists topping 2 years. So, I'm considering a big move.
I'm not certain if Dr. Buscher would still be able to prescribe the compounded injectables from afar, so if anyone has personally seen someone in VT who prescribes specialty b12 and other less-common things, please share. Currently, in WA, I can get no coverage (no exceptions granted under any circumstances) through Medicare or Medicaid, and I'm not sure if there is any hope of better/different coverage in VT. It's been a long time since I was a resident and, at that time, the system was certainly much better than what I've encountered in other places, but I know that things are always changing and no amount of brushing up on programs or law will really tell me what to expect.
Does anyone have personal experience or a reference for a good ME/CFS specialist in Vermont? I thought I remembered a thread from maybe 5 yrs ago or so, but couldn't drum up any results other than in MA. Hopefully though, there are some members here living in VT.
Diagnosis isn't a concern at this point, but someone literate and willing to work with complex cases and not put off by multiple diagnoses is not easy to find. I was lucky to have Dr. Buscher here in WA as a consult, and a much-better-than-average MD as a local until 2 years ago when he left the area. It's been like a snowball built around a lead basketball rolling down a cliff since, and the housing situation has become untenable with wait lists topping 2 years. So, I'm considering a big move.
I'm not certain if Dr. Buscher would still be able to prescribe the compounded injectables from afar, so if anyone has personally seen someone in VT who prescribes specialty b12 and other less-common things, please share. Currently, in WA, I can get no coverage (no exceptions granted under any circumstances) through Medicare or Medicaid, and I'm not sure if there is any hope of better/different coverage in VT. It's been a long time since I was a resident and, at that time, the system was certainly much better than what I've encountered in other places, but I know that things are always changing and no amount of brushing up on programs or law will really tell me what to expect.