tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post1852490044692514479..comments2023-10-15T03:26:52.884-05:00Comments on Just crazy enough to try: The microscopic fuseNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01904286943340898221noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-89398349915302317242007-02-06T14:48:00.000-05:002007-02-06T14:48:00.000-05:00well here is the think its all about liability. We...well here is the think its all about liability. We often have simular phonecalls and depending on how long its been that we've seen the patient we wont call stuff in. Just on the odd chance it is something else.Dinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03618419758674326005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-82869413121302212902007-02-05T15:45:00.000-05:002007-02-05T15:45:00.000-05:00Playing devil's advocate - my bet is that the idio...Playing devil's advocate - my bet is that the idiot receptionist didn't actually call Dr. Nature (who was on vacay and left instructions not to be called, and a UTI isn't dire anyway), but called whoever was on-call or in the office instead. Then because that person didn't know you, they insisted that you had to be seen. <br /><br />I'd check with Dr. Nature about whether she really was called, and I'd insist that this get written into your personal chart/files, so that it doesn't repeat. I've had the same problems with UTIs, and it's very standard to get the script called in. It's a waste of everyone's time, for you to actually go in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-29086180973595648142007-02-05T15:40:00.000-05:002007-02-05T15:40:00.000-05:00Ooooooof.
Also, I love the plant pics.Ooooooof. <br /><br />Also, I love the plant pics.Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-85113454052100290162007-02-05T14:08:00.000-05:002007-02-05T14:08:00.000-05:00Whew! I'm relieved that you got taken care of - f...Whew! I'm relieved that you got taken care of - <b>finally</b><br />The medical field really gets to me too.Veronikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04947072298547326056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-16257448010165592452007-02-05T09:03:00.000-05:002007-02-05T09:03:00.000-05:00Make sure you really feel comfortable with the doc...Make sure you really feel comfortable with the doc you pic, I'm here anytime. ANYTIME.Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851442588125929205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-22922696757532633762007-02-04T23:35:00.000-05:002007-02-04T23:35:00.000-05:00Don't get my party started on the medical world. ...Don't get my party started on the medical world. From experience, I agree with Aurelia. Get collection cups etc in stock, in your house. Get your gp AND ob/gyn on board that because of your kidney disease history that your procedure will be whatever Aurelia said and then you will call gp OR ob/gyn for script. That way when a receptionist looks at your file, she can just follow the instructions and not have to try to phanthom what you are saying and ask the doctor the wrong questions. On the lab reqs you can write both doctor's names to receive results. That way if one office is particularly inept you can call the other doctor. We all need to communicate to doctors that they are service providers and that we are the clients. Do they actually believe that they are medicinal men for some ancient tribe, and we believe that "they" only have the answers? Sheesh.<br /><br />I love hypomania. I miss not having it on a regular basis. Sigh.thricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09528308384855206125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-65981069054367767802007-02-04T14:15:00.000-05:002007-02-04T14:15:00.000-05:00There is so much wrong with our medical system. I...There is so much wrong with our medical system. I've gone through so many similar hassles in the past just to get refills of BC pills. It especially sucks when you don't have insurance. I really loathe the part where doctor will accept $70 as complete payment from the insurance companies, but if you're uninsured, that same visit costs $220. I finally got my BC, and I'm glad you got your antibiotics. <br /><br />It shouldn't be this hard!BerryBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688522956177325844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-31063712852749489872007-02-04T09:58:00.000-05:002007-02-04T09:58:00.000-05:00Um, yeah. The only time I ever got a kidney infec...Um, yeah. The only time I ever got a kidney infection (as opposed to a UTI) was the time I went for a culture and we agreed that the doctor's office would *call* me if it was *positive* and I needed antibiotics. No call, so I figured I was fine.<br /><br />Except apparently the needed call got lost to a "shift change," and, um, yeah. Three days in bed, vomiting, on major antibiotics. Fun! Plus (this is a cute twist for a later infertile), I was convinced between the two events (no call and falling deathly ill) that my interim symptoms (sore back, no period though it was due, dizziness, weird cravings) meant I was...pregnant. <br /><br />On a positive note, I learned never, ever to accept being told, "We will call you *only* if the test results indicate a problem."<br /><br />Glad you got your antibiotics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-9256911028581672982007-02-03T23:15:00.000-05:002007-02-03T23:15:00.000-05:00Glad you got the script. Last year I found a lump...Glad you got the script. Last year I found a lump in my breast...so I call my primary care doc (here after known as PCP) who couldn't see me for 2 weeks!!! I asked my friends for a good OB/GYN office and called there...they fit me in THAT DAY! I will here after be seeing my new OB/GYN for everything. The lump turned out to just be a cyst...thank goodness, but after getting a Mamogram & Ultrasound on it (and me telling the Imaging center to send the results just to my OB/GYN office) My PCP's office writes that my results were ABNORMAL and I need to make an appointment. I call and some idiot clerk had filed my paperwork wrong...they wanted me to get the Ultrasound that was filed underneath the Mamogram results. Oh this is the same office that treated my trigger point with muscle relaxers...I read online afterward that isn't standard treatment.Renee Nefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08167893445846427824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-58737229993458609022007-02-03T19:45:00.000-05:002007-02-03T19:45:00.000-05:00uhm yea.. CALL switch docs, do it! you need someon...uhm yea.. CALL switch docs, do it! you need someone who care sabout you not thier wallet!<br /><br />start the search!Bluepaintredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049030161558766505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-54046765180926480522007-02-03T17:48:00.000-05:002007-02-03T17:48:00.000-05:00I have always wondered how mentally ill people are...I have always wondered how mentally ill people are supposed to navigate the healthcare system. Even "normal" people can't do it much of the time. Throw in a mental illness, and see if you can get what you need from your doctor and health insurance, and manage all of the paperwork, pre-authorizations, etc. Sometimes it is just too much to deal with. And then doctors (especially psychiatrists) expect you to be on best behavior in the doctor's office, not acting like a mental patient. Which, of course, you are.Jean Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826037279061710386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-78716827884949203562007-02-03T16:35:00.000-05:002007-02-03T16:35:00.000-05:00Wow, just came back, and holy colors and stuff...w...Wow, just came back, and holy colors and stuff...wow. I'm going back to that web template design place I saw....I have to get my self together.Aureliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691032415028867902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427274822037608854.post-60562490382944461472007-02-03T12:15:00.000-05:002007-02-03T12:15:00.000-05:00I love this post. "A taste of Char" should be the ...I love this post. "A taste of Char" should be the new name of my blog...*eyeroll*.<br />And the funny thing is that I've had the same experience with Docs, and we don't have to pay to see them. But they are still dickheads, no matter which country they work in.<br />Is ur!stat the stuff that makes pee yellow? Just because this is the routine I have with my Doc...I have a collection of cups, requisitions, scrips, and pain killing sutff at home. I agree to get a sample to the lab ASAP, THEN take the pain killing stuff after, (so it doesn't mess up the test) and wait one or two days while she gets the culture back to start antibiotics. (Only because the bug I get changes and the antibiotics have to change sometimes.)<br />But you're right about the pills, aren't you? Like antibiotics are sacred...do you know, one time a doctor refused to give me m0trin, and kept pushing me to take more perc0cet instead?<br />More eyerolling!!!Aureliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691032415028867902noreply@blogger.com