Re: the no good doctors

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--- Granada

wrote:

> I did have one time where i went to the ER and this

> one doctor just said, can we hurry this up, I have 3

>calls to take when we are done here.

Hi

I have fired a psychiatrist, but it was in his office.

He wasn't too happy about it either. <g>

Yet, I think the ER, is a different situation. You

have no idea what the 3 other people needed. There

could have been a baby with a high fever, or a person

from a motor vehicle accident on their way in by

ambulance, so he didn't have much time.

Yet, I wasn't in your situation at the time. I also

don't know how you were feeling, nor what was going on

with you at the time.

I also don't know how long you had been waiting.

Kaylene

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wrote:

I did have one time where i went to the ER and this one doctor just

said,can we hurry this up, I have 3 calls to take when we are done here.

About a month ago I was having bad tremors. They are part of having MS,

but there is a shot that will stop them. I went to the ER of our local

hospital. After waiting about an hour a nurse came out and said " go

home and see your dr tomorrow, " so I did. About two weeks later, I got a

bill for the ER visit - $1495.00.

[Guest guest]

--- " Granada " wrote

>

> anyone else ever walked out on a doctors appt because they didn't

have the

> bedside nature or they were insulting and didn't believe you, etc.

I walked out on a neurosurgeon once.

My pain doc had referred me to him (because he was the only one who

would take my crappy insurance) for a spinal cord stimulator

implant. He took a microsecond to look at my MRIs and decided my

congenital stenosis was the cause of all my pain and insisted that I

need a $50K fusion.

I told him I knew it wasn't my stenosis, because I had had that my

whole life and knew exactly what kind of pain it caused, but that

this nightmare began when I herniated two disks - believe me, I know

EXACTLY when that happened! - and then got exponentially worse when

the neurosurgeon who botched my microdiskectomy accidentally opened

up my spinal cord and gave me adhesive arachnoiditis. I informed

him that there was no way I would let anyone open me up for a fusion

since I already had AA, and especially not for something I knew for

a fact wasn't the cause of my pain. Besides which, a neurosurgeon

whom I trusted told me not to let anyone touch that stenosis,

because it was so extensive that they'd end up taking so much bone

out I'd be wheelchair bound permanently before I was 50.

He then informed me - get this - that it was the SURGEON'S decision

whether or not I would have surgery, not mine!!! Can you even

imagine it!?! I told him " My spine, my decision! " and walked out

that very moment.

I had gone to him for a simple procedure to give me pain relief, and

all I got was a greedy jerk who saw an opportunity to get a much

more expensive procedure done - my health, excruciating pain levels

and future disability be damned. Guess he thought I'd be any easy

pushover since I was there by myself.

I told my pain doc about it, and he swore he'd never refer to that

jerk again. He couldn't even believe the arrogance. He knows me

well, and jokingly asked him how bad I had hurt the guy in return

for those comments! <gg>

Cheryl in AZ

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I went for a second opinion to an Orthopedist. I have 3 herniated cervical

discs and this guy (who is about 75 years old) told me (44 years old) that I am

just old and my body is shot.

Just old age he said. This will really help my lawsuit. I had my discs

herniated in an accident and this guy tried to tell me that I just needed a

little traction and that I would be fine.

When he left the room for a minute, I took my records and disappeared. He's

probably still looking for me. I have learned that if it sounds like a quack,

it's a quack, get out and don't let the door hit you in the you know what.

Phyllis

>Cheryl in AZ wrote:

I informed him that there was no way I would let anyone open me up for a fusion

since I already had AA, and especially not for something I knew for a fact

wasn't the cause of my pain.

[Guest guest]

Another thing, I was referred to a Neurologist by my Orthopedist. The Neuro.

was so insensitive to my pain. When I went back to my Orthopedist, he told me

that when you go to specialists, try to see one of the doctors whose name is at

the top of the practice. The doctors are at the bottom for a reason.

Phyllis

[Guest guest]

> --- " Granada " <robert_g54463@> wrote

>

> anyone else ever walked out on a doctors appt because they

didn't have the bedside nature or they were insulting and didn't believe you,

etc.

I actually " gave " one of my former Neurosurgeons a piece of my mind

before I walked out on her.

You see, she was the one who totally missed my brain tumor, I had to

suffer three more month's of that before I got the operation I needed.

My new Neurosurgeon told me he doesn't like her either,ha,ha,ha,. And

asked me who referred her to me.

I told him and he called that " former doctor " while I was sitting in

the office. It was nice to hear that from a respected Neurosurgeon.

I've been trying to get rid of a migraine these last two days.

/ New York

[Guest guest]

I hope you fought that one. And also complained to the superior.

Glen wrote:

> After waiting about an hour a nurse came out and said " go

> home and see your dr tomorrow, " so I did. About two weeks later, I got a

> bill for the ER visit - $1495.00.