When I first went to see her years ago, she didn’t even believe that Addictive Personality Disorder was real (even though me and other’s in my family are diagnosed with it for years) I let it slide because I thought she finally found answers for my seizures… but when I went back to get any assistance for new referrals, I was constantly disregarded, cut off, even denied making appointments to see her for 6 months. This increased my stress which resulted in an increase in my seizures. (I went from maybe 2 seizures a year to 11 in 3 weeks after being randomly cut off from any real help!)
Finally, after getting in appointments with her again, they closed down the original location, she is the only doctor in a 5-mile radius that is covered under my insurance. When I went in, (this was approx Friday, November 16th?) I was told they didn’t have my records anymore because it’s been two years (which is odd, because most places are required to keep records up to 7-10 years), my next visit to get blood tests and pap smear, (Friday, December 7th), she mentions previous test results from last year that I couldn’t have possibly have done because I wasn’t able to get any appointments for 2 years! (I’m questioning if those documents are real or not). She proclaimed that my usual discharge (prior to a period) was a yeast infection (even though it’s normal for me for several years), and when I mentioned the trauma of dealing with needles (I have severe history with being abused, brother used me for target practice with his blow dart gun, etc), she chocked it up to me having low pain tolerance, which I explained, “no, I survived many things that caused a lot of pain and barely flinch, but reliving specific trauma is a big deal,” but she wouldn’t even hear me out, she just cuts me off.
Now I went in to pick up my test results for my own records (Saturday, December 16th), she brings me in, and states I have HPV, and that it’s curable… which is a blatant lie (HPV is NOT curable), I don’t know if I can trust this doctor on anything, let alone on referrals to check about my seizures… I’m literally distraught with the run around I’ve received, and now I’m not sure if she’s just trying to get me to keep coming back and push me out with more random excuses so she can continue to be paid. She practically has a Monopoly in the area under my insurance, and I don’t even know if there’s anything that can be done to report her.
If I take this referral to check on this HPV, and it turns out I have Cervical Cancer, that could be all of my medical insurance for the year and then some to cover costs, money I don’t have, but what if I take this other referral to check for the possible tumor on my pituitary gland that could be causing my severe migraines, seizures, hyperprolactinemia, amongst many other issues for several years (15+ years of medical problems that I still can’t seem to get ANY ANSWERS FOR!), and that ends up wiping out my medical insurance for the year, with more costs I don’t have money for.
I’m torn, I don’t know what to believe, and if I waste time trying to replace this doctor, who knows HOW long that will take to get the needed referrals I need, I’ve wasted 15+ years just trying to get answers, and now I might have to waste another so many years that I might not even have left?! I’m horrified and distraught. How is anyone able to get the help they need when dealing with doctors like her, their entire life?!
Do doctors ever wonder if they stress they cause is the very thing that is killing their patients?
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I think it would be good to find a doctor who is prehaps a few hours away. I know the drive would be inconvenient, but this one seems like would let you die before they treat you. They also seem like they’re trying to scam you out of money.