medical suck

[Andara Bledin]

As an annoying side note: in Firefox, the "quick reply" box "forgets" the spell check this field. So you have to tell it to spell check it every single time.

OT: I suspect that it can't do the quick reply because the field has to be 'activated' by clicking one of the reply buttons on a post.

But that's just a guess from left field.

^-.-^

[JLRodgers]

OT: I suspect that it can't do the quick reply because the field has to be 'activated' by clicking one of the reply buttons on a post.

But that's just a guess from left field.

^-.-^

It's pretty much what I figured I frequently forget though as I'm not used to clicking "spell check this field"

[marasbaras]

and some of us use TEH on purpose. Like for saying something like "OMG that's TEH CUTE" or "Teh r0x0r"

I'm going to have to quote the Grammar Nazi here:

Oh yeah, by the way - he used NetSpeak. Kill him.

[Bramblerose]

Were you prescribed something like Vicodin or Lorcet and acetaminophen? Or was it just a generic of Vicodin, etc. I'm hoping is was just one. Vicodin, et. al. has acetaminophen in it already. Doctors seem to love prescribing both, even though that can easily produce an overdose of acetaminophen. But I digress, that's another rant for another time!

the bottle is elsewhere, but the bottle says it's hydrocodone and acetamenophin in one pale pink pill, and I am not to think about taking any additional tylenol et al. Mostly I am happy it doesn't make me pukey (codeine in any form bounces like a superball in my stomach) I'm only taking it overnight now. Hydrocodone makes my thoughts wander off alone and get lost, then I fall asleep.

Hee hee, the original clinic called Sat. I cheerfully informed her that I was 1) seeing a bone doc 2) being left dangling for 5 days was unacceptable, no matter how nice the office staff was, 3) someone should have told me that sooner, and 4) they would never see me again for anything. Brought a certain satisfaction.

My next challenge is trying to figure out how I can get from sitting on the pool deck to standing. If I can make that work, I can go swimming!! I promise no breast stroke, just some light duty free or maybe a careful sidestroke. Just the idea of being bouyant and two-legged again would be *wonderful*. I know I can get out of the water (steps for the elderly water aerobic classes), but I don't want to butt-scootch back to the dressing room.

[Pagan]

the bottle is elsewhere, but the bottle says it's hydrocodone and acetamenophin in one pale pink pill, and I am not to think about taking any additional tylenol et al.

Yeah, that's the generic for Vicodin, Lorcet, et. al. And yes, don't even think about looking at a bottle of Tylenol! You could wind up with liver failure or dying.

[calulu]

Okay, for 18 months I did all the IT stuff, computer stuff, electronic records and everything else that could be done at an internal medicine clinic owned, operated and staffed by a moron doctor that makes Dr House seem like a church picnic. I did everything there from tweak the servers, to hold some lady's large asscheck to write disability letters and care for all of Dr Morons correspondence and beyond. I ain't a doc but I can throw a little light on the xray reports thingie. This is how it worked the Moron Clinic.

We'd send someone over to xray, if the xray actually showed something conclusive and bad, like a break or a fracture, the xray department would call up, get me and tell me that they had a 'stat' report, at which point I would either drag Dr Feelbad out of the room by banging on the door to tell him the hospital had a stat report, or I'd write down the info, have them fax over the prelim report and stick the entire assorted mess on the doctor's current exam room door with a post it note attached reminding him to call Miss or Mr So-N-So with their xray results.

On the other hand, we sent someone over, it shows little to nothing wrong. Radiology calls and says that they found little or nothing, faxing over a prelim, doctor reads it, initials it, gave it to me to scan into the electronic file and waited for the official radiology report three days later. At that point they'd either call the patient and tell them it showed nothing or I'd get a chicken scratched post it on my desk instructing me to write a letter for Dr Moron and forge his chicken scratched siggy on it telling the patient nothing is wrong.

No news usually means nothing to worry about.. unless the doctor is a lazy tosser wiping his ass with the reports.

[Bramblerose]

no news may be good news, but being left to dangle for 5 days with just drugs? No. Maybe it's just me, but I am waiting to hear about my summer gig which will require full mobility and I needed real answers so I could could heal it as quickly and cleanly as possible. Even if I wasn't anticipating that particular gig (hope to hear today), I still deserve to heal well.

I may be broke and I may not have insurance, but I expect better care than that. Esp as I have to fork out more for it.

[protege]

Some doctors just suck. I had to deal with one of those while in college. For some reason, I sometimes had difficulty breathing. Most of it was because of my sinuses, and possible asthma. However, this fool didn't want to do anything, since it "didn't seem serious" enough or something.

Imagine my surprise when I wake up one night with chest pains and had to go to the hospital. At the time, I was living with my grandmother...and she wasn't sure what I should do. Mom set a new land speed record to meet us at the hospital.

Turns out I had a *serious* case of the flu. At least I didn't get stuck paying the hospital bill--when it came, my mom leaned on the doctor a bit. Gotta love it when your mom works for the county health department She was going to file a few complaints with the state's health board for negligence, and anything else she could think of. Needless to say, the doctor paid the bill

[calulu]

Didn't say it wasn't wrong and it didn't suck, because it does! They should be able to tell you something later the same day. They have access to the information... they just aren't all on the ball.