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Went in to PM today
I am just reeling at this bizarre situation. I have been trying to call my doctor's office since last Thursday and have been getting the voicemail. I decided to go in, as I had my brain MRI/MRA to give them as well.
I walked into the office and there were no patients and only one of the pharmacists there. I noticed that they had a MapQuest print out of another doctor's office about 45 mins south. Right off the bat he said "If you're here to see the doctor, he's not seeing any patients this week. I'm not sure when he'll be seeing patients again". I said "Well, I'm not here for an appt, and explained the problem with the dilaudid not working, etc"
He said "Well he's not here so he can't prescribe anything". I told him I just needed an earlier appt and he said "Oh, we can never do an early appt anyway".
I told him that I didn't really understand this as I was under the impression that as a patient, he should be following my care and that at the previous practice I went to, if a medication wasn't working, they made an appt and I talked to the doctor about it.
I then explained that I'm a patient in good standing, that this problem is a result of the price of my previous medication going up, that I turned in the endocet to be destroyed, I don't see why an appt should be a problem.
He said "They destroyed it? Did they give you a refund?" I was like "I believe they destroyed it. I don't know what they did with it. If you still have it, I'd rather have it back. He said "Well then you'd have to turn in the dilaudid." I happily got it out of my purse and said "Take it, I'd rather have the endocet".
Then he was like "Well, I couldn't give you the entire amount because that would be like having two prescriptions, etc." I said "That's fine, if I could just have the amount that I would have had at this point, etc."
He said he'd have to take my name, talk to the doctor or whomever about it and call me back.
So then I asked if the doctor was being shut down. He said he was not. I asked if he was on vacation. He said he was not, that he was just not seeing patients right now and that's all he could tell me.
I was just in shock at the weirdness of that situation. I came home and immediately did a google search to see if the doctor is under investigation. He's not currently that I can find, but I did find some sketchy info about him doing a google search.
I don't know what to do now. I had a terrible migraine last night that has been coming back off and on today. I am going to call this other office and see if they see pregnant patients. This is so absolutely bizarre. I'm going to ask the OBGYN about a Maternal/Fetal Medicine specialist tomorrow. I was planning on doing that anyway, but now the situation is a lot more urgent.
I just wanted to see if anyone here had any advice or thoughts on this situation.
Thanks.
I walked into the office and there were no patients and only one of the pharmacists there. I noticed that they had a MapQuest print out of another doctor's office about 45 mins south. Right off the bat he said "If you're here to see the doctor, he's not seeing any patients this week. I'm not sure when he'll be seeing patients again". I said "Well, I'm not here for an appt, and explained the problem with the dilaudid not working, etc"
He said "Well he's not here so he can't prescribe anything". I told him I just needed an earlier appt and he said "Oh, we can never do an early appt anyway".
I told him that I didn't really understand this as I was under the impression that as a patient, he should be following my care and that at the previous practice I went to, if a medication wasn't working, they made an appt and I talked to the doctor about it.
I then explained that I'm a patient in good standing, that this problem is a result of the price of my previous medication going up, that I turned in the endocet to be destroyed, I don't see why an appt should be a problem.
He said "They destroyed it? Did they give you a refund?" I was like "I believe they destroyed it. I don't know what they did with it. If you still have it, I'd rather have it back. He said "Well then you'd have to turn in the dilaudid." I happily got it out of my purse and said "Take it, I'd rather have the endocet".
Then he was like "Well, I couldn't give you the entire amount because that would be like having two prescriptions, etc." I said "That's fine, if I could just have the amount that I would have had at this point, etc."
He said he'd have to take my name, talk to the doctor or whomever about it and call me back.
So then I asked if the doctor was being shut down. He said he was not. I asked if he was on vacation. He said he was not, that he was just not seeing patients right now and that's all he could tell me.
I was just in shock at the weirdness of that situation. I came home and immediately did a google search to see if the doctor is under investigation. He's not currently that I can find, but I did find some sketchy info about him doing a google search.
I don't know what to do now. I had a terrible migraine last night that has been coming back off and on today. I am going to call this other office and see if they see pregnant patients. This is so absolutely bizarre. I'm going to ask the OBGYN about a Maternal/Fetal Medicine specialist tomorrow. I was planning on doing that anyway, but now the situation is a lot more urgent.
I just wanted to see if anyone here had any advice or thoughts on this situation.
Thanks.
Oh Bree I am so happy for you ! Thank god you have found a good Dr to help you get through this .Now ,you can relax and enjoy your pregnancy like you should . I know this has been a huge load taken off your shoulders .
Take care
Melissa
Take care
Melissa
YAY!!!!!!!! I'm SO happy for you. It really was a blessing in disguise. Thank God that you have pain relief. Now you can focus on your new baby. What a joy!
Hugs,
Flower
Hugs,
Flower
This is great news all around!!! I am so happy for you that you found a good doctor who isn't afraid to treat you because you're pregnant. Now you'll have much less stress for you and that beautiful baby!
I am thrilled you have found a great Doctor finally! I have been praying for you and was so worried about you running out of medications and risking harm to the baby.
If the Doctor was arrested then you will not be able to get your files as they will become part of evidence. I have been following the ones that closed in Jacksonville and I seen then records were all seized. I would see if your new Doctor can get them for you. Did you sign a release today for your files?
If not you can do it by fax and see if they can get a copy.
Again I am so happy for you:)
If the Doctor was arrested then you will not be able to get your files as they will become part of evidence. I have been following the ones that closed in Jacksonville and I seen then records were all seized. I would see if your new Doctor can get them for you. Did you sign a release today for your files?
If not you can do it by fax and see if they can get a copy.
Again I am so happy for you:)
I am so happy that you found a doctor that cares and will listen to you and your needs. This is great news! Contgrats! Take care of yourself and your little one! It's so wonderful that you can focus on other things now and not worry about your pain management so much anymore. This is wonderful news. Thank you for sharing your story with us!!
Thank you all! I know you all know how relieved and just very grateful that I found not only a doctor, but a GOOD doctor. It really turned out to be a blessing in disguise that the old doctor is shut down (or whatever happened there).
I told the new doctor my reason for finding him, in that my old doctor was "mysteriously MIA" and he immediately said "He got arrested." I looked at him in surprise and he said "Well, I hate to speak about another colleague like that, but it sounds like he got arrested. That's been happening a lot around the State."
I am thinking I need to go get my files from that office in case it closes, or at least make sure they're transferred correctly to the new doctor. It would also give me a chance to snoop and find out what's going on there. I know it's not the staff's fault, so I'm not angry at them. I'm not really angry at anyone anymore, since it turned out better for me. I am just very annoyed that this doctor would leave me hanging like that. He had to know something was going to happen and didn't tell anyone.
He also told me there were other pregnant women that he was seeing, so I may leave the name of my doctor in case the other women have trouble finding one. Maybe that would be giving a little too much information about myself, but I hate to think that there are other ladies going through what I went through.
Thank you all again for the prayers and well-wishes. This forum and the members have helped my strength and sanity so much in the past few weeks.
I told the new doctor my reason for finding him, in that my old doctor was "mysteriously MIA" and he immediately said "He got arrested." I looked at him in surprise and he said "Well, I hate to speak about another colleague like that, but it sounds like he got arrested. That's been happening a lot around the State."
I am thinking I need to go get my files from that office in case it closes, or at least make sure they're transferred correctly to the new doctor. It would also give me a chance to snoop and find out what's going on there. I know it's not the staff's fault, so I'm not angry at them. I'm not really angry at anyone anymore, since it turned out better for me. I am just very annoyed that this doctor would leave me hanging like that. He had to know something was going to happen and didn't tell anyone.
He also told me there were other pregnant women that he was seeing, so I may leave the name of my doctor in case the other women have trouble finding one. Maybe that would be giving a little too much information about myself, but I hate to think that there are other ladies going through what I went through.
Thank you all again for the prayers and well-wishes. This forum and the members have helped my strength and sanity so much in the past few weeks.
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