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Descripe the one time your where most dissapointed in your dr.
Drs are humans , of a sort !!LOL, they make lapses in judgements and sometimes can it be are they sometimes even WRONG?
It took me three years to get my neck diagnosed, went many places was handed many pills, last dr finally listened really listened got me an mRI and sent me to surgeon Id of been papalysised in a year or two.
the one time that made me the madest was the dr that when I described my hands going numb tole me it was impossible, handed me a script for heavy pain meds and sent me on my way. Im like I am not lying. He says we hear so many things in here youd be amazed,.
Just wondering if anyone else has similar stories,,,and friends above all else you know your own body NEVER give up do not take no for an answer. do not accept the bandaid of pills yup they help in the meantime but are not the soultion, Had I countiuned to mask my problems I coulda been dead, Pain is a symptom always listen to it...
ANYHOWS,.,,Im gonna be on here a lot so bring on the bad drs stories,,,
It took me three years to get my neck diagnosed, went many places was handed many pills, last dr finally listened really listened got me an mRI and sent me to surgeon Id of been papalysised in a year or two.
the one time that made me the madest was the dr that when I described my hands going numb tole me it was impossible, handed me a script for heavy pain meds and sent me on my way. Im like I am not lying. He says we hear so many things in here youd be amazed,.
Just wondering if anyone else has similar stories,,,and friends above all else you know your own body NEVER give up do not take no for an answer. do not accept the bandaid of pills yup they help in the meantime but are not the soultion, Had I countiuned to mask my problems I coulda been dead, Pain is a symptom always listen to it...
ANYHOWS,.,,Im gonna be on here a lot so bring on the bad drs stories,,,
I know what you mean. I am gluten intolerant and the dietician came to me when I was in hospital for me 2nd knee surgery and said I was being naughty in not having any carbohydrates! I explained and she said, well there is nothing on your file, so you probably only think you are gluten intolerant. Few days later when the nurse asks, (and I just love the way they ask) Have you opened your bowels today? I said no I haven't for 4 days now. They went aggro at me. I said I am gluten intolerant and I am bound up like a s h i t brickhouse! They gave me 4 doses of yummy laxative, still nothing happened after 2 days....I got home stopped eating the wheat products...( I would have starved to death in hospital if I had not eaten the pasta and bread!) A week later...KABOOM!
Total der-brains at the hospitals I tell you! That painful bloated feeling of constipation and impaction is soooo difficult to live with!
Total der-brains at the hospitals I tell you! That painful bloated feeling of constipation and impaction is soooo difficult to live with!
I don't have any horrific accounts to tell. I've been pretty frustrated with doctors on many occasions. The worst story I have to tell is relatively recently when I had been in the hospital with renal failure. No one on the hospital staff paid any attention to me when I told them that I've been diagnosed with IBS over 20 years and I had reason to believe I had Celiac. I wanted them to pay attention to the fact that I'm gluten intolerant, which I told the staff all the time. The nephrologist didn't even pay attention to this for some reason. One would think that since they were paying attention to the urine that they would've noticed that the urine output was fine but nothing was happening from the other end. CLUELESS! What, were they looking for diarrhea or something? Not everyone with IBS/Celiac has diarrhea from eating gluten. Some of us experience the opposite issue. These are supposed to be medical people and it really irked me that they weren't the least bit concerned that I was getting impacted.
The problem was that their menu was extremely limited for people with gluten intolerance issues. White rice was it in that department. And, that affects me as bad as gluten does, because all the important stuff, the fiber, is stripped away. I couldn't make up for it in the other part of the menu, because I'm allergic to lettuce and other produce items. If this hadn't happened so suddenly, I would've asked my friends to bring me food from home. But, people need time to prepare for stuff like that and they have their jobs and other responsibilities to go to.
The hospital staff didn't bother sending a "nutritionist" to my room 'til the day I was to be released. Yeah, thanks for the "help". They couldn't even be bothered at least bringing an enema for the impaction. If they had at least bothered to bring something for the constipation in the first place, I wouldn't have been so miserable in the GI dept for so long after being released.
It made me mad that no one took me seriously when I knew very well what I needed in the GI dept, like I couldn't possibly know what I was talking about. If I'm old enough to have gray hair and have had GI problems my whole life, I think I should be given credit for knowing what my own needs are in this dept.
The biggest thing that makes me mad about this is when I think about the "what ifs", had this been a much more serious issue--like the stories that have already been recounted.
The problem was that their menu was extremely limited for people with gluten intolerance issues. White rice was it in that department. And, that affects me as bad as gluten does, because all the important stuff, the fiber, is stripped away. I couldn't make up for it in the other part of the menu, because I'm allergic to lettuce and other produce items. If this hadn't happened so suddenly, I would've asked my friends to bring me food from home. But, people need time to prepare for stuff like that and they have their jobs and other responsibilities to go to.
The hospital staff didn't bother sending a "nutritionist" to my room 'til the day I was to be released. Yeah, thanks for the "help". They couldn't even be bothered at least bringing an enema for the impaction. If they had at least bothered to bring something for the constipation in the first place, I wouldn't have been so miserable in the GI dept for so long after being released.
It made me mad that no one took me seriously when I knew very well what I needed in the GI dept, like I couldn't possibly know what I was talking about. If I'm old enough to have gray hair and have had GI problems my whole life, I think I should be given credit for knowing what my own needs are in this dept.
The biggest thing that makes me mad about this is when I think about the "what ifs", had this been a much more serious issue--like the stories that have already been recounted.
I'd say two stand out. The first was a dentist I had who was going to drill two cavities. He put Novacaine on one side of my gums and waited for it to get numb then came back and drilled on the wrong side. Painful to say the least (lol but not funny). I ended up going to another dentist and no reason to bump the other thread but I did recently get my teeth cleaned with the accomodations I needed for my physical disability and it was fine.
As for the second it was a specialist I was referred to by my psychiatrist (can't be more detailed as I made a complaint about it). I was mailed over 50 pages asking very personal questions about my mental health history including explicit questions and if I had ever been on the wrong side of the law (which of course I haven't). I decided I'd fill out the questions that weren't too personal but his secretary said I had to fill out the whole form. I then told her I would cancel the appointment (as I could see that wasn't a person I could deal with, plus it wasn't covered under my insurance). She requested the forms back and I had no problem mailing them but then I was told I had to pay for the forms because I had marked them which cost $50. I made a formal complaint and since it was just procedural they said they couldn't process it. However because I c.c.'d the letter to the doctor to that agency (within the system, OPMC) they mailed back the check for the initial co payment as well as the payment they requested for the completed forms without further explanation. I always respect doctor's needs to complete forms beforehand but questions that personal are best asked in office.
As for the second it was a specialist I was referred to by my psychiatrist (can't be more detailed as I made a complaint about it). I was mailed over 50 pages asking very personal questions about my mental health history including explicit questions and if I had ever been on the wrong side of the law (which of course I haven't). I decided I'd fill out the questions that weren't too personal but his secretary said I had to fill out the whole form. I then told her I would cancel the appointment (as I could see that wasn't a person I could deal with, plus it wasn't covered under my insurance). She requested the forms back and I had no problem mailing them but then I was told I had to pay for the forms because I had marked them which cost $50. I made a formal complaint and since it was just procedural they said they couldn't process it. However because I c.c.'d the letter to the doctor to that agency (within the system, OPMC) they mailed back the check for the initial co payment as well as the payment they requested for the completed forms without further explanation. I always respect doctor's needs to complete forms beforehand but questions that personal are best asked in office.
My new gastro doc is not in the office so when I call in my renewal for Prilosec, old snotty doc approves once a day instead of twice a day. I call the office and ask "what? why?" Snotty docs nurse, who was sooo Nice and Helpful btw, tells me this doc will not approve twice because DOC thinks I shouldn't be in so much pain anymore and I need to come in. What?? Come in, wait an hour the way I feel just for an rx? Ridiculous!
I beg snotty docs nurse to intervene. She does, and I get the okay for twice a day, but not until after an entire day of frustration!
After reading all the posts here, that is absolutely right, you need to be your own advocate and that is why I am not waiting for my dentist to call any longer. They are closed today, but tomorrow I'm calling first thing in the morning and Beg my dentist to change this crown. I shouldn't have to pay for it, but will if I have to...I'm That miserable!
I beg snotty docs nurse to intervene. She does, and I get the okay for twice a day, but not until after an entire day of frustration!
After reading all the posts here, that is absolutely right, you need to be your own advocate and that is why I am not waiting for my dentist to call any longer. They are closed today, but tomorrow I'm calling first thing in the morning and Beg my dentist to change this crown. I shouldn't have to pay for it, but will if I have to...I'm That miserable!
ANOTHER MORAL OF THE STORY RED opphs caps, is again advocate for self had you not done it numberous times, yikes what coulda happened, thank God for all the self doctoring and reading we all do
Some amazingly sad stories here! Can't believe how many medicos can get it so wrong!
I have a list a mile long of my problems of misdiagnosis, but here is a Readar's Digest version.
Mole on my leg at age 17 was 'nothing to worry about' and simply vanity on my behalf to want it removed and checked for melanoma, which runs in my family. 5 years later different doc, 1st stage cancer...thanks!
Constant tooth abscess due to my inappropriate oral hygiene. Even though not one ever had a source of entry for infection. Over time I have had almost all my molars bar 2 removed and numerous fillings. Discovered it is an auto-immune thing due to my Hashimoto's attacking my teeth.
Told when having one molar removed, when I said I could feel the pain of it, that I was being too focused on the pain itself. Told them I have weird nerves due to my un-noticeable deformity on one side of my face. The nerves are not were everyone else has them. Needless to say after they held me down with me screaming and they took the tooth out and me in total shock of low blood pressure, shaking etc, they said, Oh, you weren't making it up!
Left knee with severe pain for 3 years put down to my leg being slightly shorter than the other., lack of exercise ( I am a walking nut!) or something else I choose to forget. Bone pain up to hip so severe I would cry in my sleep and have to sleep with legs up like a frog. Change of doctor says you have chronic chrondomalacia patallae. Surgery should severe damage due to other dumb doctors ignoring it.
Same knee surgery. Told nurse that the pethidine every 4 hours was making me feel funny and it would make me knock out as I felt it going up my arm...she said I was just tired after the surgery. Different nurse walks past at one point and sees my I/V machine oxygen levels down to 40 %, my blood pressure almost non existant and my body with hives all over it and my lips swelling up...me unconscious. True Allergy to Pethidine nearly killed me.
Moving along...my severe depression put down to my being abused as a child.....PTSD, hubby leaving me, and having 3 young kiddies with medical problems. 15 years of me saying something is very wrong....fast foward after numerous anti-deprresants (one which I had a severe reaction to after telling doctor I should not be on it so soon after coming off a different one, his response? "I just love arm-chair doctors and those who peruse the net for their information" Again, I nearly died.....sigh....) to discovering I have Hashimoto's disease and then found a pre-cancer in my thyroid...Yet again, thanks guys!
So, I do have many other stories but I think that will do for the moment....
The moral of the story? I think I have more than the lives of 15 cats!
I have a list a mile long of my problems of misdiagnosis, but here is a Readar's Digest version.
Mole on my leg at age 17 was 'nothing to worry about' and simply vanity on my behalf to want it removed and checked for melanoma, which runs in my family. 5 years later different doc, 1st stage cancer...thanks!
Constant tooth abscess due to my inappropriate oral hygiene. Even though not one ever had a source of entry for infection. Over time I have had almost all my molars bar 2 removed and numerous fillings. Discovered it is an auto-immune thing due to my Hashimoto's attacking my teeth.
Told when having one molar removed, when I said I could feel the pain of it, that I was being too focused on the pain itself. Told them I have weird nerves due to my un-noticeable deformity on one side of my face. The nerves are not were everyone else has them. Needless to say after they held me down with me screaming and they took the tooth out and me in total shock of low blood pressure, shaking etc, they said, Oh, you weren't making it up!
Left knee with severe pain for 3 years put down to my leg being slightly shorter than the other., lack of exercise ( I am a walking nut!) or something else I choose to forget. Bone pain up to hip so severe I would cry in my sleep and have to sleep with legs up like a frog. Change of doctor says you have chronic chrondomalacia patallae. Surgery should severe damage due to other dumb doctors ignoring it.
Same knee surgery. Told nurse that the pethidine every 4 hours was making me feel funny and it would make me knock out as I felt it going up my arm...she said I was just tired after the surgery. Different nurse walks past at one point and sees my I/V machine oxygen levels down to 40 %, my blood pressure almost non existant and my body with hives all over it and my lips swelling up...me unconscious. True Allergy to Pethidine nearly killed me.
Moving along...my severe depression put down to my being abused as a child.....PTSD, hubby leaving me, and having 3 young kiddies with medical problems. 15 years of me saying something is very wrong....fast foward after numerous anti-deprresants (one which I had a severe reaction to after telling doctor I should not be on it so soon after coming off a different one, his response? "I just love arm-chair doctors and those who peruse the net for their information" Again, I nearly died.....sigh....) to discovering I have Hashimoto's disease and then found a pre-cancer in my thyroid...Yet again, thanks guys!
So, I do have many other stories but I think that will do for the moment....
The moral of the story? I think I have more than the lives of 15 cats!
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