Ok, so Matt, my shrink had said about going to my family doctor to have my headaches checked out but I don’t want to go back to my doctor… the gown and him walking in without knocking incident. So he had recommended a friend of his. Matt’s recommendation is about the only one I would trust… because of the carpal tunnel doctor. (Both of which I mentioned in “Hey Guys … I missed you!”) So I had called this new practice Thursday and gave the receptionist all my information, which wasn’t easy since she didn’t speak English very well.
I made sure I told her that my shrink had recommended me, twice. She said she would put it on the form and after the dr. had reviewed it they would make a decision about taking me on as a patient, and that she would call me the next day (Friday).
Friday came and went, after the weekend Monday came and went. During my session with Matt I said about I had called the new practice, they took the information and were to call me back the next day. That they never did.
He said he would need my permission but he would like to call them to see what was going on. He got them on the phone, explained that he had recommended a patient of his to Dr. ***** that they were to call back the next day and never did. He said about okay and started asking me for information, birthday, phone number, address etc. and relaying it to her. He finally hangs up and says, “Yeah, she lost the form.” Five minutes later my phone rings. It’s her and she said about she was with the practice, that she had lost my paper and proceeded to finish asking me the rest of the questions. She then told me she would call me back the next day to get my insurance info, so I gave her the number at work so I would be able to talk to her when she called… not allowed to use our cell phones for personal calls during work.
Again, I spent all day waiting and the call never came. So now I’m thinking she has lost the form…AGAIN, and do I really want to pursue this?
If she is this incompetant when it comes to a patient that is being referred by a friend of her boss, what about test results and stuff? I also find it hard to believe the dr. has no idea how clueless she is… so that doesn’t bode well for HIS competance level either.
I had hoped to be able to get somewhere with the headaches… and the shoulder that I hurt in a sledding accidnent and am now having chronic pain with.
It took SO much energy to try to find another doctor and now it looks like I’ve run into a dead end. Which is where I feel I am… at a dead end.
I can’t take the pain much longer. Life just seems too much to handle.
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hey
Hey, you get a good night’s sleep last night?
nope three hours a sleep and i still havet done my homework
so am just gonna do a lil something and just give it to her
sadly i am feeling tired but am gonna stay up a few more hours but then that would mean i would need to take something so i can sleep so i kinda wanna take something to sleep later but that would mean i would have to od and you and others are asking that i dont do that so id what iam gonan do
Much as I would LOVE to talk to you 🙂 you need to do everything you can for school and to take care of yourself… maybe you should spend an hour or two doing homework and then turn in for the night?
haha
all i had to was right a sentance for a paper
and i just though of one after trying to figure out what is suposed to be in it (for a hour)
so i am good to talk now.
Awesome… cause as much as I want you to put school first, I really like talking to you!
ya same hear
your fucking awsome lol
o sorry about the lady louseing your stuff thats kinda unperfesional (i am sure i didnt spell the right)
Yeah, thanks, lol
You too.
Yeah, thanks, really bummed and between the shoulder, the headaches and the depression I want to call it quits sooooo bad.
For the 1st time in a very, very long time I had hoped to be able to resolve at least a couple of major problems and now I just dont even want to try.
I just feel as though what’s the use? NOTHING works out… not even what looked to be a sure thing, switching doctors!
i know it looks hard and like something you dont wanna go threw but if you hang in there and try and go the place and ask about it they might do better idk
just hang in there the resolts will be worth wild i hope
sorry to tired to spell correct i cant think straight either
I know I just wonder about this doctors office … if she is this incompetent and doesn’t know what she’s doing with this, and how could she be making mistakes like these and the doctor not know about it…what about other mistakes if i do end up a patient there? Do I really want to go there?
Sorry that was really confusing sounding.
Idk, I think I’ll ask Matt if there’s another doctor he trusts as much as this one, hopefully that will work out.
Haha… i know what you mean about the spelling and not being able to think straight… im in the same place.
ya it might be that sense she cant speak englsh that well she doenst know all what to do yet
she might be new or something
idk i am just throwing ideals out there
I get what you’re saying
But they would have a file to put the forms for new patients for the dr. to look at and to have lost it not just once but what looks like twice now, that’s making easy mistakes… what about the hard things.
What does that say for the dr?
Yeah, maybe she is new.
Thanks, Hon. Maybe there is a logical expanation for all of it.
idk i cant tell you i am not sitting there with the lady
maybe i hope you get it all figured out
I think you should call Matt or meet him and talk to him about that assistant. There might be a chance that the doctor is friends with that person and just hired her, even though she’s like that. Maybe.
I hope you’re feeling better now Journey, with your pain and everything. Why not ask your husband or someone to give you a shoulder massage? I do that sometimes for my mom when her shoulder and back hurts and it helps.
Yeah, since he was the one who called Mon he was the one she told that she had lost the form, so he knows about the first time.
I’m going to try the new practice tmr… if she’s lost it again I’ll ask Matt if there’s someone else he can recommend.
I’m sure it’ll get back to the dr. how she really doesn’t know what she’s doing. Idk… maybe they were just really busy today and didn’t have a chance to call today, I’ll wait til tmr afternoon.
I’ve had the heating pad on my shoulder all night, that seems to help some. As for the shoulder massage, I tried that myself and it seems to aggravate it.
You’re such an awesome son!
And such an awesome friend to all of us here… please don’t leave????
Yeah, I think you should talk to him about how she keeps losing them… that’s not normal since you’re a potential patient.
Massaging it yourself might not help cause you’re turning your body and shoulder to help the other. Maybe ask your husband or someone to massage them from the back while you sit in a chair or something or lie down on the bed on your stomach. I’m sorry I can’t help you much more than give those suggestions.
No, I’m not… my mom called me disobedient and that I don’t listen to her before too. idk. And I’ll be here. I didn’t find any good way to die yet and I can only research on free time, so I’ll be around to help as much as I can.
ya my gma says that about me all the time
Yeah, he had to cancel tmr’s appointment… I thought he wanted to put someone else in there that “needs him more”… and didn’t handle it very well. I was really upset and crying, wouldn’t talk to him. when I finally did he explained that wasn’t the case. He needs to have someone fix something at his house and has to be there. Since I’m there 3 times a week he thought I’d be okay with missing one.
Once I knew why i was. Anyhow if she’s lost it again, I’ll try to hold off til Thursday… if I’m feeling as hopeless bout the whole thing as I was tonight I might text him to see if he can recommend someone else
Massaging it seemed to hurt. My daughter is the only other one up right now and we don’t get along AT ALL.
Even if my husband were still awake he would just look at me like I were nutsl
I don’t know you say you’re like this in real life… so it sounds like your mom doesn’t know what she has!
AND I WANT YOU TO STAY NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU HELP ME BUT BECAUSE OF YOU! 🙂
Hang in there, guys. I love and appreciate you! 🙂
Sure am doing a lot of smileys!
I see.. well I hope you can contact him soon. Even to me, it sounds strange that she can lose your form. I’ve never heard of something like that before. I’ve heard of misplacing stuff, but not completely lose them like that. Maybe try one more time before asking someone else.
Yeah, it might hurt but also might loosen those muscles of yours if done correctly and gently. I think that might make it feel better after awhile. You can just tell your husband that you’re hurting a lot and need a massage? I don’t think there’s any reason he should think you’re nuts.
I know, you just want me to stay like the others too. But honestly.. living for me sucks.
I want you to stay because you’re an awesome person.
I’m so sorry living sucks for you.
What was the dream job that you had mentioned?