Naomi FIeman is a better doctor than every other doctor I've ever seen, combined (and I've seen some pretty darn good doctors)!
I've had life-long allergies which would show up more through my incredibly dry, itchy skin instead of my lungs. This situation became extreme in 2006 when I first saw Dr. Fieman (along with other specialists in a variety of other fields). This was also just when my wife was seeing her own batch o' doctors for her own health reasons. While they would see her a few times and then just throw their hands up & say "I don't know what else to do," Dr. Fieman was relentlessly determined to get to the root of my skin problems (which she thought were allergy-based). We finally found the right combo of drugs & other treatments, and my skin improved DRAMATICALLY.
It gets better. Dr. Fieman shares my sense of skepticism, and didn't believe the drugmaker who said I'd need to take these shots +/- for life. She took me from their recommended dose of a shot every other week down to one a month, and eventually off of them completely. In early 2008, she told me the two greatest words a doctor can tell her patient: "You're cured!" She not only saved my life, but also from bankruptcy.
I still see Dr. Fieman for annual checkups, and even for non-allergy-related issues. She did a better job handling my Dec.2012 ear infection (in under 2 hours) than a hospital ER could do in 2 full days. The ear flared up again this past Saturday. I called Dr. Fieman's main #, it pointed me to her cell #(!), and she answered enthusiastically. She called in the necessary prescriptions for me AND scheduled me for a Monday appt. Then she called back again today (on a Sunday!) to see if I was any better, which I am (Thanks to her).
Judging by her usually-full waiting room, I'm sure Dr. Fieman doesn't need any more patients. But I could yelp even more about how good she is as a doctor, and as a caring human being. Sure the world needs more doctors, but the world also needs more doctors like Naomi Fieman ... !
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