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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,,,
anyone in the USA who is seriously unhappy w doctor or dentist and wants action but does not want to suit can go another route, you can get out your yellow pages and find your state board of medical proffesion,,,You may call they will send you a packet, i did this for a dentist once, this guy sliced my lip open w a scapel, it was negligence he was careless, You go to a meeting testify infront of a panel of his peers and guess what they get fined and its documented, enough of these and they may loose their license, If its serious enough they may loose it anyways.
In Nov 07 I am admitted to the hospital straight from the ER due to severe stomach pain and vomitting. I am finally dx'd after 4days with 2 duodenal ulcers. The gastro doc starts me on Reglan. Within 12hrs my period seems to start and it was due so I wasn't worried. I am discharged from the hospital and have an appt in 4days with this doc for follow-up.
By the time I see her, I am bleeding heavily and passing clots and cramping. I am sure it's the Reglan, but not completely since I've never taken it before. She tells me Reglan has Nothing to do with it...go see my gyno and she's snotty about it. She explains nothing about duodenal ulcers or how I should care for myself. I looked these ulcers up on the Internet.
I go straight the pharmacy downstairs, get a printout of side-effects of Reglan and uh oh, look at that? It's a rare, but serious side effect! I bring the printout back upstairs for my doc to see and change my next appt with her to another doc in that group.
I am currently dealing with a dentist who keeps telling me the pain my new crown is causing is "all in my head!" when my TMJ specialist, who was referred by my DENTIST says the crown is on wrong and needs to be changed. Specialist called my dentist LAST THUR and dentist told specialist he would call me right away. Right! I haven't heard from my dentist and I imagine it's because changing the crown means my dentist would lose money.
By the time I see her, I am bleeding heavily and passing clots and cramping. I am sure it's the Reglan, but not completely since I've never taken it before. She tells me Reglan has Nothing to do with it...go see my gyno and she's snotty about it. She explains nothing about duodenal ulcers or how I should care for myself. I looked these ulcers up on the Internet.
I go straight the pharmacy downstairs, get a printout of side-effects of Reglan and uh oh, look at that? It's a rare, but serious side effect! I bring the printout back upstairs for my doc to see and change my next appt with her to another doc in that group.
I am currently dealing with a dentist who keeps telling me the pain my new crown is causing is "all in my head!" when my TMJ specialist, who was referred by my DENTIST says the crown is on wrong and needs to be changed. Specialist called my dentist LAST THUR and dentist told specialist he would call me right away. Right! I haven't heard from my dentist and I imagine it's because changing the crown means my dentist would lose money.
see how much we have to advocate for ourselfs, now most of us on here are somewhat medically minded imagine the folks who are not like in Zodiacs case they may of just gave up and ended up dead, and Barb OUCH, wow 600 ccs 3 x I couldnt imagine the bladder stretching so thats horrid.
I had forgotten about when I had my hysterectomy 13 yrs ago. I had the laproscopic one, so only 4 tiny incisions, but had some internal bleeding. Had to spend the night in the hospital, with very low bp and blood counts - they were seriously thinking of a transfusion, but things finally started turning around and I went home the next day. Did really well for next 2 weeks, then all of a sudden one day, I couldn't go to the bathroom. I ended up having to go to ER as it was on a Sunday. When I got to ER, they drained off 600 cc - 3 times........... I was in SO much pain until they started draining it off.......
Well, the PA came in and INSISTED that he do a pelvic exam - I told him I had stitches in there and didn't want him to do mess them up. He wouldn't back off and I had no choice but to let him. Well, it turns out that I had a large vaginal blood clot that my doctor was expecting to be reabsorbed by my body but it had put so much pressure on my bladder that I went into urinary retention ----- stupid PA ripped it loose and I started bleeding so bad it was horrible. THEN they sent me home with a catheter and I had to get in to see my GYN the next day......boy, was HE ever mad when I told him what happened because all they really needed to do was drain off the urine and let me go. He later told me that he had really raked that PA and that he'd never do THAT again............. I ended up with the catheter for over a week.......Ugh..
Well, the PA came in and INSISTED that he do a pelvic exam - I told him I had stitches in there and didn't want him to do mess them up. He wouldn't back off and I had no choice but to let him. Well, it turns out that I had a large vaginal blood clot that my doctor was expecting to be reabsorbed by my body but it had put so much pressure on my bladder that I went into urinary retention ----- stupid PA ripped it loose and I started bleeding so bad it was horrible. THEN they sent me home with a catheter and I had to get in to see my GYN the next day......boy, was HE ever mad when I told him what happened because all they really needed to do was drain off the urine and let me go. He later told me that he had really raked that PA and that he'd never do THAT again............. I ended up with the catheter for over a week.......Ugh..
Oh, I had a nightmare of a time about 1 1/2 yrs ago! I went to the ER 5 or 6 times in 1 month because I was very short of breath. I mean...BAD. I couldn't walk across the room w/out huffing and puffing and I was getting no sleep. I was too scared to sleep because I didn't think I would wake up. That's how bad it was.
Anyway, all the docs did for me was take x-rays and said no pneumonia and sent me on my merry way. They told me it was stress and tried to give me atavan or valiums. I freaking knew that it wasn't that. They didn't believe me. After all of that, I went to the lung doctor and she did a lung function test on me and looked at my x-rays. BOTH showed normal. SOOOO, she didn't believe me either. At that point, I was totally in tears. I'm not the crying type either. But, I thought, at least the lung doctor would take me seriously. After doing some research online, I saw that pulmonary embolisms could cause my shortness of breath. I knew that I needed a CT with contrast to diagnose it. I called her and demanded that she order it. She did and low and freaking behold......I was positive for pulmonary embolisms and had to be admitted to the hospital.
Does that suk or what? I could've dropped dead from that! AND, I was thinking about a law suit!!! I have absolutely no faith in doctors anymore.
Anyway, all the docs did for me was take x-rays and said no pneumonia and sent me on my merry way. They told me it was stress and tried to give me atavan or valiums. I freaking knew that it wasn't that. They didn't believe me. After all of that, I went to the lung doctor and she did a lung function test on me and looked at my x-rays. BOTH showed normal. SOOOO, she didn't believe me either. At that point, I was totally in tears. I'm not the crying type either. But, I thought, at least the lung doctor would take me seriously. After doing some research online, I saw that pulmonary embolisms could cause my shortness of breath. I knew that I needed a CT with contrast to diagnose it. I called her and demanded that she order it. She did and low and freaking behold......I was positive for pulmonary embolisms and had to be admitted to the hospital.
Does that suk or what? I could've dropped dead from that! AND, I was thinking about a law suit!!! I have absolutely no faith in doctors anymore.
chitchat===imagine the damage that could have been done to your DD
Teko===simple HRT is all you likely need
gonkuangel---so sorry for all you have been through, it is not fair at all : (
Do all listen to your bodies and trust your instincts a large percent of the time you will be right!!!
Teko===simple HRT is all you likely need
gonkuangel---so sorry for all you have been through, it is not fair at all : (
Do all listen to your bodies and trust your instincts a large percent of the time you will be right!!!
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