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MONDAY'S RANT~
"Rainy days and Mondays always get me down".....so lets rant all day Monday-
post ur rant and get it out of ur system and enjoy the rest of the week!!
post ur rant and get it out of ur system and enjoy the rest of the week!!
COMMUNITY LEADER
Wolf, I can totally relate...but I enjoy the way u phrased it all...lol......
I think it is nuts that the drs will not even give a courtesy call to remind u of an appointment in ur own home bcuz of privacy...I mean really, if those people r having an issue with the people they live with than give a cell number only...geeze in this day and age of technology this is just all so ridiculous....I need those calls to remind me...and I did sign off on the paperwork to get them, but u have to do it every so often so they know it is the same circumstances...what? All bcuz of a few big mouths that sued...nutz
I think it is nuts that the drs will not even give a courtesy call to remind u of an appointment in ur own home bcuz of privacy...I mean really, if those people r having an issue with the people they live with than give a cell number only...geeze in this day and age of technology this is just all so ridiculous....I need those calls to remind me...and I did sign off on the paperwork to get them, but u have to do it every so often so they know it is the same circumstances...what? All bcuz of a few big mouths that sued...nutz
The whrrrrrrrrr thing was a joke, but honestly sometimes it seems that way. Well, for instance some 16 years ago they amputated my left leg. While in the hospital I was overdosed by a morphine drip machine. The day they sent me home my breathing stopped, I was breathing but for some reason no ox was getting into my system. Wife had two young ones so she called the ER. They rushed me into the hospital and because I was still getting enough air to be awake the hospital was presurring me to sign this and that. I was not in my right mind and just threw the clipboard down the hall I was in and told her something to the effect of fix the problem then come talk to me. I'm really not like that but was bit out of my mind right then. So yeah, their stupid forms are a bit of a pet peeve to me anymore.
The privacy system really is a good thing. I'm just in a rather not so good mood today and rather t'eed off at a couple doctors.
You see a week ago was my first visit with a Pain Doctor. He understands I won't take pain meds but am asking for steriod injections to see if they will help with ruptured discs. Well he found additional ruptured discs but wants all copies of scans from CCF [a different clinic some 3 hours away] before treating me. NP, I understand that fully. However, he also insisted that all he needed was my CCF ID number and he can get the films. I disagreed but he said no we can get them we do it all the time, no forms signed nothing. Fine, whatever... but on the way out his PA quietly told me call Monday make sure because I think you are correct in that he can't get the films. So This morning I called, sure enough they didn't get the films. I called CCF, they where most kind, but told me they don't even offer an online service such as the Pain Doctor claims they use all the time. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Then she confirmed that not even my PCP can get a peep from them unless I first sign a release form. Well the films where already supposed be on their way to me for my private records so I"ll have them soon enough. Problem is now it will delay the injections for another week. We'll deal with it I"m just a bit peev'd as I didn't want to 'deal with it' for another week and if the Dr would have given me the form last week when I asked for it all would be well now. Oh well, I'll go tommrow anyway and politely make him eat crow! He really is a nice guy but this time he needs that crow pie! :-)
Overall though, I am glad the privacy laws are in place. Just kind of a pain sometimes. Such as an older woman from our congregation. Before mom passed she was friends with my mother. Now this woman is not in the best of mental health. On a recent Dr visit they wrote her a new RX. It was the same meds but in a different doseage. She went from taking a half pill a day to getting one tablet of the correct doseage. Well in her mind it was the wrong meds so she refused to take it until the pharmacy corrected the meds. She is alone, totally no family that even claims her. So another friend took her back to the pharmacy and explained the situation to the pharmasist. They flat out refused to even address the situation. This woman could have died from this, but they still wouldn't even call the Doctor as the person with her was not family! Finally at midnight we got her doctors phone number and called him at home. Of course he immediately took care of it and had private words with the pharmacy the next day. I understand, but good greif this woman literally could have died! If it were not for the er she would have most likely not been with us now. I find it sad when the world we live in has to go this far to protect our individual privacy.
Ok now time for a peanut butter sandwich!
Wolf
You see a week ago was my first visit with a Pain Doctor. He understands I won't take pain meds but am asking for steriod injections to see if they will help with ruptured discs. Well he found additional ruptured discs but wants all copies of scans from CCF [a different clinic some 3 hours away] before treating me. NP, I understand that fully. However, he also insisted that all he needed was my CCF ID number and he can get the films. I disagreed but he said no we can get them we do it all the time, no forms signed nothing. Fine, whatever... but on the way out his PA quietly told me call Monday make sure because I think you are correct in that he can't get the films. So This morning I called, sure enough they didn't get the films. I called CCF, they where most kind, but told me they don't even offer an online service such as the Pain Doctor claims they use all the time. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Then she confirmed that not even my PCP can get a peep from them unless I first sign a release form. Well the films where already supposed be on their way to me for my private records so I"ll have them soon enough. Problem is now it will delay the injections for another week. We'll deal with it I"m just a bit peev'd as I didn't want to 'deal with it' for another week and if the Dr would have given me the form last week when I asked for it all would be well now. Oh well, I'll go tommrow anyway and politely make him eat crow! He really is a nice guy but this time he needs that crow pie! :-)
Overall though, I am glad the privacy laws are in place. Just kind of a pain sometimes. Such as an older woman from our congregation. Before mom passed she was friends with my mother. Now this woman is not in the best of mental health. On a recent Dr visit they wrote her a new RX. It was the same meds but in a different doseage. She went from taking a half pill a day to getting one tablet of the correct doseage. Well in her mind it was the wrong meds so she refused to take it until the pharmacy corrected the meds. She is alone, totally no family that even claims her. So another friend took her back to the pharmacy and explained the situation to the pharmasist. They flat out refused to even address the situation. This woman could have died from this, but they still wouldn't even call the Doctor as the person with her was not family! Finally at midnight we got her doctors phone number and called him at home. Of course he immediately took care of it and had private words with the pharmacy the next day. I understand, but good greif this woman literally could have died! If it were not for the er she would have most likely not been with us now. I find it sad when the world we live in has to go this far to protect our individual privacy.
Ok now time for a peanut butter sandwich!
Wolf
That's terrible!! I guess that is one plus we have here...they give you treatment right away and go for the information later... I can't imagine why they think a person's life is not more valuable!!
wrrrrrrrr-whoooooooo-whrrrrrrrrr- honk honk honk
Code Blue coming through! Stats no air in 10 mins, heart stopped on the way in we need a room stat!!!
Yes, can I get your insurance please. Now we will need those in triplicate please.
Code Blue coming through! Stats no air in 10 mins, heart stopped on the way in we need a room stat!!!
Yes, can I get your insurance please. Now we will need those in triplicate please.
COMMUNITY LEADER
Insurance in general is a pain we don't need, but co pays can be a real pain too...lol.....we have to ask b4 the appointment what our insurance will cover so we can budget our appointments....sigh
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