Re: the docs appt. today
Jo Ellen Finkelstein (ghellen(AT)ninenet.com)
Fri, 24 Jul 1998 20:40:37 -0500
MTripimcca(AT)aol.com wrote:
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> Hello everyone, I went to my GP this morning and what a joke! The GP was on
> vacation, must be nice. Seems like he is on vacation quite a bit this summer.
> I have a fever of 100.1 and I thought it was gone. Guess I need a new battery
> in my thermometer. I saw NP and what a doosy she is! She told me the office
> is not equipped to deal with someone who has all of the problems that I have.
> This is how the exam went. It didn't! Didn't take my BP, heart rate, peak
> flow, didn't even test my strength, testing my sugar levels or no x-rays, nor
> did she order blood tests. I told her I was urinating only twice a day,
> having trouble catching my breath, sleeping quite a bit, weak, right lung
> hurt, stomach ached and walked in not being able to stand up straight, as well
> as having either the Drano affect or not being able to go, and waking up
> feeling my right sinus hurting. All she did was look up my nose and ask me to
> breath deeply which I could not do. Folks all I could do was to start crying.
> I am so fed up! She asked me if I am being treated for TM and I told her the
> no and she said she would get me an appt. with the new neuro that the epilepsy
> doc found for me, which she did, September 4th! HA! She was aggressive huh!
> I am gonna call my old neuro back and see what I can do from here. Feel like
> I have no choice I guess. Feel so helpless. Just cannot take it anymore.
> When the nurse came back in I asked I told her what happened and she said "she
> didn't do a peak flow" and she gave me one and I blew a 300 and as an adult
> you should blow a 500 folks to 550. I weigh 120 lbs so that is piss poor.
> The second time I blew 250. I begged for a xray and blood work as well as a
> urine test to check my sugar levels. I got the xray and they came back
> negative for pneumonia thank God. Ya know as my Doctors office I believe it
> is their job to be "equipped" to know about me and all of my illnesses. I do
> not think that is expecting too much here! They put me on a 10 day therapy of
> Cephalexin to kill "whatever" is in my system as they say it is a strong
> antibiotic and if I a m not felling better by next week or if my fever gets
> higher to call them. Yeah right! Does anyone have any suggestions on what I
> should do here! Please I am handling this all wrong? Do I have the wrong
> attitude? My instincts tell me it is time to move on, is that wrong? I want
> to call Doctor Murray back, ya know the man who didn't detect this and whose
> wife/secretary who told me it depended on how high up I was on the priority
> list, should I? I need to be treated for this? I am loosing my positive
> mental outlook real quick here folks and believe me it takes a real lot!
> Counting on all of you fine friends!
> MariaMaria, Joellen here. Where are you at?! This guy sounds like a real
loser! I mean if you are here in the states please do youself a favor
and look for a new GP and a nuerologist. If your insurance balks tell
them that the Docs are not making a good effort to take care of you and
that could lead to untreated illnesses that could generate high
HOSPITAL BILLS (hint hint) it is more cost effective to catch an
illness BEFORE you have to go to the hospital!! (DUH!!!!) I'm sorry
but this all hits a bad spot with me, some Doctors refused to listen
while my husband was sick which caused him to go through FIVE months of
daily pain before our new doctors discovered that he had terminal
cancer!!!! I now have a healthy voice to B...H with and I do if I think
no one is listening! Joellen