Hello!
Yes! I am with (until the end of the year) Kaiser, San Diego! How about that coincidence! I was diagnosed with Graves a few months after joining Kaiser and was very fortunate to have a great general practitioner who ran the right tests and diagnosed me quickly. I was referred to a very good endocrinologist who helped me, communicated well, and got me well again through many ups and downs! I will PM his name to you. I only saw him and anytime I had a question, I emailed him and he responded that day by email or phone. He worked with me as far as the way I wanted to handle my treatments and always took the time to talk with me.
I am changing back to Blue Cross Blue Shield at the beginning of the year because I like being able to have the ability to choose to go to any doctor/ facility that I want – not just for me, but also for my entire family. What I will say about Kaiser is that you CAN find a good doctor who is thorough. I had great doctors who always were willing to run tests and were very good at communicating. The online, kp.org, email system is great. You get your labs emailed to you within 48 hours and everything is really easy and accessible. It’s not bad. I really thought long and hard about switching out of Kaiser, but like I said, I wanted the freedom to not need referrals and also to have a wider choice of providers. But, I will say that my experience, for the most part, has been very good with Kaiser- general practitioners, endocrinologist, pediatrician, and ER doctors/ nurses.
Alexis
