Our Healthcare System is a Joke

Yesterday I called the neurologist to ask about the MRI. When an actual person answered the phone, I was a bit stunned as every time I called before I had to leave a message then wait for a call back, which more often than not didn't happen. So to have a live human being answer the phone kind of threw me. I recovered quickly and asked when I might hear what the MRI showed. The woman put me on hold.

About a minute later she returned and informed me she needed to call the hospital where I had the MRI completed to have the results sent to the neurologist. I'm calling BS. When I left the hospital, I was told the results would be sent to my doctor within 48 hours. My guess is the results were sent. My doctor hadn't looked at them. My call sparked a CYA response. An appointment to discuss the results was set up for next week, which is suspect to me since the first time I called to set up the initial appointment I had to wait two weeks to get in. Now, I have to wait to start PT because PT won't do anything until the MRI is read and we know what I'm dealing with. 

I am so over our healthcare system. 

The pain has lessened, and I am grateful for this. I don't give any credit to my doctors, though. I know they didn't believe me when I described my pain the night I was in the ER. I know my regular doctor didn't believe me when I tried to explain how excruciating the pain was when I saw him right after being in the ER. The neurologist prescribed gabapentin, which mostly just made me groggy. It didn't do anything for the pain. What does it take to get a doctor to address the pain? Actual pain? I'm so disgusted by their behavior towards me that I never want to go to a doctor again.

Today the pain is much less than it was a week ago. A week ago, the pain was less than the week before. My hope is next week at this time the pain is even less. That's all I can do -- just work to take care of myself and hope the pain continues to lessen with each passing day.

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