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Have you ever been rudely or cruelly dismissed by your Dr or Specialist?From: anonymous@obgyn.netSat Sep 23 11:34:15 2006
Hi Ladies~ I am writing this post on this subject because I dealt with my Endo for 16 plus years. There seems to be a topic of conversation that I see coming up a lot, which I would like to address if you do not mind. 1.) Have you ever gone to see your primary care physician, or specialists only to be abruptly dismissed without them hearing your chief complaints or concerns? 2) If so what did you do after they did this to you. 3) Did it kill your spirit so you would not seek further healthcare options thinking it would make you seem like a hypochondriac? The reason I am bringing these issues to the forefront again is due to the fact I have seen many posts from women this has happened to including myself. Not only is this type of behavior unacceptable, inappropriate, and unprofessional it is the cruelest form of intimidation that we do not need at a time when we are seeing help and are truly sick. I think there are wonderful healthcare providers so this is not directed at them. The ones I am focusing on here are the ones who abuse their authority when dealing with our minds, body, & spirits. If this has happened to you, I am only going to make a couple of suggestions to protect your future surgical outcomes. If you choose not to do it, that is OK too. However, I wanted to share this with you in case it can help. 1.) Get a copy of your medical notes and or medial records from this Dr. When you are doing this you are seeing how they are portraying you to the next Dr. who may need your report. Once they get away with "black balling"(so to speak) you even though they will not say that is what it is it becomes harder to dispute what took place to the new Doctor. We know they look at the whole picture to determine the best health plan for you and your options. 2). If you see something on their you do not agree with I would suggest calling the RN or the PA (Physician Assistant) who works closely with that Dr. Tell them you do not wish to speak to him/her, you just want a copy of new progress notes sent to you denying what the doctor has stated. By just doing that little bit, you are opening up the pathways with your new physician to listen and fully understand why you are concerned. By doing this, you are also taking back control of your current situation. If you feel you have been mistreated and this is not enough, I would suggest writing the hospital board in which they practice as well as contacting the Department of Professional Regulations to find out what complaints you can file and how. Now without going into mentioning names I know my case has been quite challenging and I do not use Dr.'s unless I have too. I have always retrieved my medical records and or office notes to keep in a binder at home in case I need them for the next specialist. After all my Dr.'s in my Major city who are specialty Dr.'s here and felt they could not help in the endo dept. (i.e.- GI, Urological..You know the basics) they said for me to see my Endo Specialist. All I did was try to keep my specialist in the loop about possibly coming to see him/her after trying "non-invasive" approaches for six months and I had been debilitated for 10 total already. I sent my ongoing signs and symptoms from the past 6 months. I told him/her I was going to send my medical records very soon with his/her forms. Even before I could get them out the door, he/she called very rude and defensive and claimed I did not do what he/she had asked me to do six months earlier and I was not a surgical candidate. When I tried to explain what I had been doing he/she would not let me get a word in edge wise and told me he/she had to go. I felt so crushed my husband thought I just heard news that someone passed away. I called for a copy of my phone consult notes and he/she wrote that I did not do what he/she asked me to do six months prior with no mention of my signs and symptoms or complaints (which he/she had on my courtesy note) he/she only defended why he/she was turning me away. Do you want to know what I did not do that he asked me to do? Fly to ___ to see an immunotherapy person (which I think is great) and or fly to _____ to a place that handles "non-invasive procedures such as internal physical therapy etc. I had been trying internal physical therapy, pain clinic, and dietary, lumbar injections approaches for six months here. I am too sick to travel anywhere but where he/she was located to treat all this since endo is their specialty. How sad and degrading. I am going to Mayo for review not saying that they will or will not take my case but it is under review and let me tell you they have his/her notes, my dispute on his/her notes, and a copy of my letter showing what I sent him/her. I do not need to travel the world for "non-invasive" treatments. If he/she did not want me to come back he/she could have kindly said they were not able to handle my case...he/she created more problems for me while I am sick and it just was not something I was going to tolerate. He/she tried to intimidate me twice. The next time time I told his RN (who was very caring) that I was calling my attorney. The fax was sent within 10 minutes. Therefore, I share this with you just in case this has happened to you or in case it happens to you. I know why he/she does not want to operate and that is O.k. He/she did tell me if I saw the other two and it was documented he/she would consider surgery...NO WAY! I do not pay anyone to abuse me. Things are hard enough with us and this disease. Do not embellish my medical records to suit your needs and or put me in a position of seeming like a "distraught" person when I tried all methods and nothing worked as we previously discussed and that is why I had returned back to you for more answers. Had I known I would get treated like this I would not have bothered calling him/her back in the first place. Thanks for listening. May you not have to endure so insensitive bed side manners. Have a great day! Elisa PS..I am more than happy to listen to your dilema offsite at epytka@sbcglobal.net It is not my intention to effect the decisions of those who are currently seeing specific doctors and are very happy with them and their care.
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