Waited 2 months for an appt. & THEY TURN ME AWAY!

Today I call to confirm the time & to see how much the payment is.

                                                             FINE

An hour later I get a call:

"Uh, we don't take medicaid patients anymore"

So what does that mean? Can't I pay cash? I'll pay out of pocket because they told me 2 months ago they didn't accept medicaid.

"Oh, OK....let me check and call you back."

An hour later I get a call from the office by a different girl confirming my appointment for tomorrow at 445pm.

An hour later they call back and say that I cannot come in because I have medicaid which they do not accept and they can't take money from me.

"Put the doctor on the phone" I say.

"I'm gonna keep this real short....I can't see you, your appointments been cancelled and I'm not losing my liscense over this alright!"    click

So now I'm without an appt. no pain meds....my knees are getting worse as the day goes on, and I cried for 3 hours.

Called my primary, I hope he can help me or at least straighten this mess out.

If I were a Dr. I would NEVER conduct business like that EVER!  Apparantly these are social skills lacking people, incompetent, uneducated, uninformed, idiots working at this place and obviously the Dr is not doing a great job managing his employees if they go around making appointments and gathering info and failing to inform clients about issues such as this.

A real disgrace. 

Shame on them.

erin

Dear AlwaysRosie,

Thank you dear. It does help...not the joint pain!...but it does help.  Unfortunatley what makes me sick is that this happens to people everyday...I know it.  I've worked with Dr's like this and have worked in offices that have employees and doctors who are totally incompetent (professionally) and have no regard on how they conduct themselves.

But I'm sure you know...when you're sick, and in a major amount of pain, and hanging on another day to FINALLY see someone who MAY help you....AND GET THIS????  It makes ya even sicker.  Emotionally I'm a mess now, been on the bowl (have CD as well, on the toilet all day but after that fiasco....forget it!...need a new toilet seat now). And as you know again, emotional trauma and stress makes autoimmune disease WORSE!

Going to the ER for RA joint pain I think is ridiculous.  I refuse to go anymore unless I'm about to go through the window! Everytime I had to go for RA pain to the ER, the ER physicians always ask, "Why don't you have proper pain meds and stronger ones for bad flares?"  And the I feel like a fool!

Thank you for your reply Rosie.  It's gonna be a long night.

My PCP is a teddy bear, he hasn't called tonight as of yet. But most likely I'll hear in the morning.  He gets frustrated too at some of the Dr's I've seen.

I wish you well.  Trying to keep it together.  Talking helps. 

The best to you.

Sincerely,

Erin

no call STILL from my PCP. but my honey spoke to the docs he works with and they all agreed that this pain doc was a real a** for doing what he did.  if all else fails and i don't hear from my primary by 3pm...i can have a script written for me to last me until i see SOMEBODY about this.

aha!  this is when MD friends come in handy.

hope this clears up soon.

                                                       nadda!

i called.....no one has any idea of what i'm talking about.

"oh sorry, today was his early day he'll be in tomorrow, we'll be sure to get this to him then."

oh great.  wonderful huh?

called my honey....he'll call in a script for me tonight before he leaves work.  but ya know...shouldn't MY doctor be doing this???? argh!!!!!

i really think all these people should A.) go to etiquette scool   and  B.) go to business school and major in "COMMUNICATIONS" 

Have scripts for Dilaudid 4mg for breakthrough pain & MScontin extended release.

Hopefully tomorrow I will see/or talk to my PCP for a suggestion on who to see for pain management.  Not only do I need meds, but PT and some rehab as well.

I'm exhausted I tell ya.  This is really tollingand draining to the psyche.

Joints are still hurting badly....but at least I can avoid the ER.

Feel awful with the throbbing.  But that's probably due to extra stress aggrevating the RA.

Hope this gets easier.

Erin

Thanks for listening. VIEW IMAGE 

As do I!  2006 has been rotten and it's only been 5 days!  I don't have my new meds yet.  He had to write them & give them to Joe because the pharmacy needs the originally Rx due to it being a controlled substance.  No call-ins for these meds.  BUMMER.

Have 2 morphines leftover (expired of course)   .  But I'll have the new meds tomorrow afternoon, SPECIAL DELIVERY!, ooh...maybe he'll come bearing flowers as well!  A girl can dream huh? LOL.

Here's to a better tomorrow...I'm ready for this to be over.

I'm happy to hear from you!!!!!!!!!!

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ HUGS }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Erin 

at 530pm tonight my PCP called in a script to my pharmacy....

                      something i can't take!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                          an NSAID!

what a duh!  he must be scatter brained.  Oy!

but i do have an appt at 130 monday. hooray.  gee wiz

at least i got the dilaudid till then.

thanks Camama.  you're sure right.  thank the Lord i had that other Rx or else ER i would have been!  NSAIDS????  what the ****???? it's kinda funny thinking about it now...but that's only because my butt is covered.

i'm bummed though  ...Joe doesn't want me to come up for the weekend.  "I don't want you up here like this".  huh???  the ONE thing i look forward to, and I AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE!  given i'm quite ill....but i'm still fun and can still have a laugh!  it's not like i lay there and moan and complain!  i do my best!

but like i said...he does get depressed when things with me get real bad.  i just hate being lonely.

ya know what i feel like?  i feel like when you're watchin' a chanell on TV and something REALLY CRAPPY comes on....and ya start flickin through the stations.  yeah, like that!

i actually feel better, get better rest and am happy when i'm with him.  no matter how bad i am. just when i needed this the MOST too, after all that's happenned this week. i couldn't wait to just be with him.

my feelings are hurt & i am bringing it up tomorrow when i talk to him.

if ya want to be alone for the weekend to get your mind straight...FINE....that i can appreciate and understand....but don't tell me you don't want me like this!

am i making sense?

2006 stinks man!!

I'm sorry Erin! I bet he just is concerned for you and knows you double your effort with him and doesn't want you over doing it starting off so bad!  I hope you two straightened it out already.

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Can you talk to someone from Peer Review Board about this doc?  He needs a harsh dose of reality.  AND GET A LAWYER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND STOP DOING IT ON YOUR OWN.  This is something you need to do so you'll have Medicare and they can't put you off anymore.  Most docs HAVE to take Medicare assignment.  Boo

in a lot of pain still now. elbows and shoulders are real bad. going to keep it very quiet and relaxed this week i think.

this too shall pass!

hangin' in there.

erin