Hi Creekee,
I live in Peoria, Az. I looked at the website from snowathlete to see if I recognize any of them. In Peoria, Joy Schechtman, Rhumatologist, does not take anybody that has anything other than arthritis. I called her office and got a recording that said she didn't treat any patients with Fibromyalgia. Trent Smith in Peoria, isn't at that location anymore that I know of. I see a Rhumatologist there and I don't see his name on the door. I saw him twice and the 2nd time he told me in a nice manner to see a Psychiatrist for med. management. Didn't go back to him for sure! I've heard Paul Howard, Rheumatologist in Scottsdale, is good but no personal experience with him. Steve Fanto, Scottsdale, I know of him only from years ago when they were having a lot of seminars about Fibromyalgia, he was a speaker at a lot of them, again I've never been to him. Lloyd Armold is retired. Raymond Mirise, Rheumatologist, Glendale, saw him before I was actually diagnosed. In the beginning, no one knew what I had (I'm sure you all know about that) and he said he couldn't find anything wrong with me and that perhaps I needed to see a Psychiatrist. Eric Peters, I saw for several years. He was big on Physical Therapy which made me worse because I'm exercise intolerant. I also never knew how he was going to act. Sometimes he could be more aggressive with some treatment and the next time he just couldn't be bothered. Some in my Fibro grp. liked him but said the same thing about his attitude. Jon Star is in the same office, and one lady in the Fibro Grp. told me everytime she went to see him she would be in tears. She said she finally figured out if you really talked about how great he was she could get along with him. My neighbor saw him a few times and they got in an awful argument in the hallway because he didn't like some of the questions she was asking. She had some medical background and I guess he didn't like answering some of the questions. John Tessor is also with that group. If you go to Peters,Star,Tessor and there are more Dr.s in that group, beware, they won't let you change to another Dr. in that group. When asked, I was told that was their policy. Anyway, Dr. Tessor I liked and a lot of the ladies in the Fibro Grp. really liked him. I only know him because I had to take my Mom to him because her regular Dr. sent her to him. She's 86, has Fibro pain very bad and the Vicodin wasn't helping her. Well, he wouldn't give her anything stronger. I take her to The Arizona Pain Specialists. They put her on Morphine and she doesn't have so much pain anymore. Sorry this is long, but hope it helps.
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