No Excuses Now - Initial Consultation with Dr. Timothy Lewan

Well, I no longer could give any excuse for not going to see a doctor for a checkup. So the appointment was made and my initial consultation was today with Dr. Timothy Lewan of Northside Family Medicine.

My beautiful Kimberly went with me and you couldn't make up how this appointment went. More importantly, I don't think that the medical school intern that Dr. Lewan suggested get started with me was ready for the can of worms waiting for him. I don't have the verbatim... but it more or less went like this:

Hello, I'm a medical school intern and Dr. Lewan asked if you would mind I get started with you and he will be with us in a few minutes.

Okay, nice to meet you.

So what brings you in today?

Well, where should I start?

Anywhere you want, I'll make a few notes for Dr. Lewan.

Better get more paper.

The most pressing thing is probably this bump on the left side of my neck, right under the jaw.

Ok, how long have you had that?

About four to six months.

Ok, anything else?

Well, my scaphoid in my left wrist is broken.

How long have you had that?

About a year-and-a-half.

Ok, anything else?

Well, I also have a lump at the crease of my right leg.

How long have you had that?

About a year and a couple of months.

And so it went for about 15 minutes and Dr. Lewan joined us and made the reasonable statement that I probably wouldn't have come in to the doctors office unless something was falling off of me.

Dr. Lewan set me up with Dr. Van Kooten, an ear nose and throat specialist to look at my throat, x-ray at hospital which confirmed my broken wrist, and surgeon Dr. Georgescu to take a look at the lump on my leg.

I cannot overemphasize how happy I am with Northside Family Medical and Dr. Lewan. For anyone in the North Metro area that is looking for a good primary care doctor I want to recommend highly that you consider them. You can find the office information at http://www.northsidefammed.com/. Dr. Lewan has exceeded my expectations over and over with his thoroughness, his quickness in setting me up with specialists which have all been very good themselves, his follow up and straightforwardness, and his availability after hours. See the post - It's a Small World for more about Dr. Lewan.