Get The Hell Out When You Can~~

Sounds like our Medical System......

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Find a better dr asap

My brother has that symptom due to ALS.
Has to use a feeding tube and lives off 8 cans a day of Ensuure, and a pint of water with each can. Sometimes he can have some puree butterbeans or squash. Nobody deserves/ needs to be in that condition! Wish you all the best in finding a cause/ cure/ solution!

 

Was this visit to a private or state doctor?

 

I bet it was a state clinic

 

Sad to hear the current state of medical care in this country. A retired OB-Gyn myself, I always scheduled a bit of free time each hour for little things that come up to crowd the schedule (like sudden baby delivery or C/Section). The horrible rate of current reimbursement by insurance companies has resulted in the overcrowding of doctors' schedules in order to make up for the rise in costs (salaries, malpractice insurance, rents, etc.). They have to see more patients in order to try to earn what they used to in prior times. It is no excuse, only a poor explanation of why the wait times have increased. National health care insurance would magnify the problem. I was lucky (able to retire 17 years ago) and did not have the problems doctors face today.
Sorry for your plight. All I can say is, try to find a doc who is not so busy and gives a shit.

 

Tim I hope you find a better doctor with a better staff and find a solution to your medical problem soon. There is no excuse for being treated this way.

 

Might be interesting to see if the doctor has any reviews on these sites.
healthgrades.com
ratemds.com
vitals.com
I have used the sites when I have been refereed to a doctor I know nothing about just to see what other people had to say. Don't hear the term "bedside manner" much anymore but it goes a long way to gaining a patients trust.

 

No problem with that part of your antimony...

Seriously, have you been diagnosed with dysphagia?
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dysphagia/symptoms-causes/syc-20372028

If yes, you need to consult a specialist who cares.
All the best.

 

I call BS. I see a large number of specialists for various things, and I've never waited more than about 15 minutes past my appointment time before seeing a doctor. I've also never been taken to a room more than about 5 minutes after my appointment time. Definitely see a different one!

Actually, that's not true. I had to wait almost 30 minutes for an orthopedic surgeon once. He walked in the room apologizing, and explained his son was just in a car accident so he'd been on the phone with him.

 

Hey!? How do you eat all that cake!!?

 

I used healthgrades.ccom to check the 3 specialists I use regularly. Kidney, urological and digestive diseases. Found the reviews for each to be 50/50 +/-.
I feel all 3 are above average.

I did find that a digestive dr I started with had a larger percentage of negative reviews mostly about wait and staff attitude. But there were an abnormal amount of reviews. I wonder if there were phantom patients to balance out the averages. I am no longer ever a patient there.

Looks like a game of 'craps' using reviews!

 

Not sure about all the sites but to leave a review on healthglades you have to use a email address to signup and wait for them to send you a confirm email before you can post a review. It seems that might discourage someone from posting more than one review. Reviews are to be used as a guideline. Take them or leave them.

 

I've only checked reviews after the fact to see how the responses compared to my experiences. All my dr.'s started by being assigned during emergency room admissions. If the first follow up was positive, I continued. If not, I looked elsewhere.

 

Of course, insurance in-network plays a part in any decision! In network has changed a 9K bill into 200$ for me twice this year alone.

 

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I'm absolutely appalled that you were treated so badly. No excuse...given your condition and why you needed to have the complaint seen to, any idiot in that doctor's environment with half a brain should have been sensitive to your needs and regardless of how tense you (understandably) were, should have better been able to handle the situation and shown you a courtesy by politely and professionally handling the whole situation, calming you and made some sort of suitable arrangement.

Absolutely appalled that you were treated so badly and without consideration of your situation. I'm really sorry you had to put up with such idiots. I'd complain about their lack of professionalism and the manner they handled the whole situation given your condition (which would be worrying for anyone) and not being able to diffuse tempers while coming to a satisfactory solution for you. Pathetic unprofessional lot of sods!

 

First, I'm sorry to hear you are having that issue. Second, what an office load of schmucks!

 

Tim sometimes you just need to laugh so here is a little health care humor for you.

Bubba had shingles.
Those of us who spend much time in a doctor's office should appreciate this! Doesn't it seem more and more that physicians are running their practices like an assembly line?
Here's what happened to Bubba:
Bubba walked into a doctor's office and the receptionist asked him what he had. Bubba said: 'Shingles.' So she wrote down his name, address, medical insurance number and told him to have a seat.
Fifteen minutes later a nurse's aide came out and asked Bubba what he had.
Bubba said, 'Shingles' So she wrote down his height, weight, a complete medical history and told Bubba to wait in the examining room.
A half hour later a nurse came in and asked Bubba what he had. Bubba said, 'Shingles..' So the nurse gave Bubba a blood test, took his blood pressure, an did an electrocardiogram, and told Bubba to get undressed and put on the gown, and wait for the doctor.
An hour later the doctor came in and found Bubba sitting patiently on the exam table in a gown and asked Bubba what he had. Bubba said, 'Shingles.' The doctor asked, 'Where?'
Bubba said, 'Outside on the truck. Where do you want me to unload 'em??'
AND THIS IS WHY OUR HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE SO HIGH!!!

 

Best wishes for a good outcome Tim.

 

Hope you have good insurance/ coverage! All that type work and even the rooms and other parties involved are quite expensive!!

 

Good luck Tim glad you found someone who is willing to go that extra mile, As for my gastro doc you have to wait sometimes hours. but you call in before your appt and the answering machine will let you know if the dr is running late and for how long, and if its over an hour then you don't need to go in right away, so less waiting in the office. which is great.

 

This may of not been my longest wait in a doctor's office but it ranks high on the rememberable scale. I was scheduled as the last appointment before lunch. I had been in exam room waiting for the doctor for over 20 minutes when I realized there was dead silence in the hall. It seems the doctor got called to the hospital for an emergency. The staff forgot to tell me this and also forgot I was even in the exam room because they closed the office and all went to lunch. WHAT?? We all know there is not much to entertain yourself with in an exam room. I could of got dressed and left but decided to wait. About a hour later several of the staff came to apologize and say over and over how sorry they were. Yes it never should of happen. Then the doctor came and repeatedly apologized. Yes I was a little putout and inconvienced but thankful I had not been the last appointment for the day and been forgotten. Yikes! Then I realized the best part of the story was the doctor saved a life at the hospital that day.

 

Able to be treated? I had to use google. Kinda scary!

 

I saw causes being bacteria, virus or fungi. Or damage caused by gunshot,knife wound or other damage. You ever been in a bad accident? Also catching it from someone else seemed to be said possible.

 

Hell, I got that! That makes us kin?

 

Just be careful doing those exercises...​

 

How goes it? Not been here in a while and you've an old June Post. Hope all's well

 

Wow! You must have the patience of (Biblical) Job! Feel for you while feeling infuriated the way those slackos are managing you and your records - wonder how they would feel if put under the strain...