and angry, very very angry.
This isn't a case where the office is too busy, this is a case where the Doctor's office just doesn't give a sh*t.
Two specialists were to be scheduled....nothing happened. My provider "forgot."
Tests were done, but my provider didn't look at the results, because she "forgot."
They were supposed to call me to tell me if I was eligible for the iron injections and procrit. The rang me once, last Wednesday, and never rang me back, and NEVER returned my phone calls.
I was concerned because I had become suddenly and violently ill this morning--and some of the symptoms were the same as symptoms of side effects of my new meds...so yeah, I kind of thought it was important that they call me back, and yeah, I kind of got miffed when the receptionist got all blaise about it, and said they'd TRY. These are meds that could kill me, if my body reacts wrongly to it! And I was sternly instructed--got a lecture-- to contact the health center immediately, if I had any symptoms.
Yeah, I'm pretty disgusted with them.
Anyway, I went to the ER, instead---SIX HOURS in the ER--and guess what, the nurse rang me just as I walked in the ER door, and was quite upset that I'd had to go to the ER...doh. What was I supposed to do, pass out on my way walking to work?
Anyway, I was badly dehydrated and got an big IV bag full of electrolytes pumped into me...and a mess of tests.
Thankfully, not the medicine. Either a "weird virus" (the ER doc's words, not mine), or the frozen pizza was bad (someone told me that the frozen pizza company had been involved with a bad food recall, last year--figures).
Oh, and the ER doctor wanted to know if my PA had been monitoring my kidney functions--when I said, "Not yet," he just shook his head. That's not a good sign, is it?
Still, I'm really ticked off an my health provider. I'm switching PA's next month. I hope this guy is a little more on the ball, then the woman I've been seeing.
Okay, I flew off the deep end this morning---likely the illness talking, but...why do some medical "professionals" stay in their field, when it's so obvious that they are so jaded by their jobs, that they really almost don't care any longer?
kevinwilson
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life is difficult - big institutions just make it worse, don't they?
how many years practice do they need before they put customers first?