Guest guest Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 I had my MRCP test ordered for today I waited almost 3 weeks to get it done, and they pre-registered me on the phone Thursday and told after I asked 3 times if I should be NPO ( nothing by mouth) the person told me this is one of the few MRI tests that can be done not NPO, so I drank a small amount of orange juice this morning, and they were not going to do this test. It was not pretty I demanded to see someone from management over this, the lady kept demanding I tell her when I last ate, I told her I had it written down and that it was 2:17 yesterday I had a piece of toast and that was it. They ended up doing the test, prior to this I had went and had my pump shut off by the pain Dr. the test took from 11:40 until after 1:00 I have had this done before and it took 5 minutes, the tech I know and she asked me on the way out, what is wrong with you and I told her what I know the Drs. had said and she said to me I saw nothing in there that looked like anything I have ever seen before. We then went back to the pain clinic to have my pump turned back on and refilled and the Dr. was leaving to do 3 epidurals which he makes about $5,000 a piece for. I had an appointment with my family Dr. at 1:40 because of some concerns I had with frequencies written on medications and such. I knew what was going to happen when we went back to the pain Dr. I just knew it I could feel it was going to be bad, so I asked my Primary Dr. to refer me to someone eles, and told him about the other pain med take away. I told him I would not accept an Rx of this med until I saw how the other Dr. was going to do, but if he acted like I thought he would then I would discharge him and come back and pick up an RX as I had a contract with the pain Dr. and would not violate it while I was still his patient. When we went over there, I knew things weren't going to go well, and I tried to make small talk, my husband asked if he was changing the med in the pump as he said he would and he said " no not this time " my husband tried to tell him that I was having a rough time and he got so angry, keep in mind my husband must work with this man. He proceeded to tell me that he never thought there was anything wrong with my pancreas to being with and that people with " gut " problem end up with worse problem being on chronic opiod therapy. This is not the truth, I have been to IU MED where these things were diagnosed. He said didn't you go to the Mayo Clinic and I said " yes they tried to do an endo on me and could not accomplish it, because the scope would not go down any further so they had to stop. He said they medical records do not reflect that I have a pancreas problem and he would not do anything eles, and he also said that he talked with the original surgeon who found the one defect and he told him " yes " I did have this problem and that I should have NO problems from it, that's funny when I saw him and he referred me to IU he said it would and that is why, I had an ERCP at IU Med in 1996 and got acute pancreatitis then and have been this way since. He accused me of lying, and I told him that the same radiologist that did that ERCP at that time worked at IU and documented these things and that I had a cat scan a few years later and this radiologist now works at this hospital and it read a normal c-t scan, I can't help it if they don't know how to be Dr. I have lost 10 this past week since being taken off the med, because I can't eat, he said it was the liquid morphine takes the appetite away, I have an appetite but I know if I eat anything how I will feel and won't do it, because it hurts too bad. He started talking about constipation and things that I had never said at all, and wants me to see a friend of his in another town that is a pain Dr. I don't belive that this man if he is a friend of this Dr. would ever say that he did something wrong. Drs. protect one another and especially a friend would never say that another Dr. was wrong. He started yelling at me and I just said I am not going to argue with you, you win, if there is someone to win. As we were walking out my husband had a melt down, he just lost it, he has tried so hard to help and be there for me, and he likes this Dr. on a friendly basis and this has killed it and I feel bad. I was suppose to let the family Dr. know something, but I didn't now what else to do but go to the church, I drove my husband in a hospital gown to our church and had the Pastor come and talk with him. I called my family Dr.office and spoke with the phone nurse and told her to tell the Dr. briefly what had had happened but my primary concern at that time was to take care of my husband and I would get back with them tomorrow. I pre signed the consent to obtain the dictation for this test before it was ever done, so as soon as it is typed I will get a copy of it and try to get into see the ordering Dr. in Indianapolis. I haven't eatten anything since yesterday and probably won't I did drink some orange juice. I can assure you all that I am not pretending to be sick, this is just crazy why would anyone want to go through all of this. I tried to explain that I have been running a temp since June and he won't listen, I can't help it that they aren't finding it. The family Dr. believes its my pancreas and thinks that is where the temp is coming from. I said I would let you guys know what was going on so I did. I feel so bad for my poor husband, he takes it so hard, he is a GOOD man. Thanks for being here. Atwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 Dear , I'm so very sorry that you had so much trauma at the hospital. It sounds as though the ordeal was very frustrating for both you and your husband, and that in the end, nothing beneficial was accomplished. There were some parts of your story that I couldn't understand, although I can see that you were very upset by the denials from the doctor. What will you do now? Remember that you will be in my thoughts and prayers, and that this entire situation will be resolved. With love, hope and prayers, Heidi Heidi H. Griffeth hhessgriffeth@... SC and SE Regional Rep Pancreatitis Association, Intl. Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or opinions only, and should not be substituted for consultation with your medical professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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