I got a call from the hospital that I was in alittle over 2months ago,they wanted me to call monday to make an appointment with the neurologist to talk about the tn,avm in my brain and results from other testing.So I called and they said they have no records of them calling me to make an appointment.Boy,this made me mad.This happened before to me when I had to get the blockages checked in my neck,same thing,now here they are calling me again.Im ready to give up on this,say heck with it all.Maybe I shouldnt pay my hospital bill either,if they call,I never got one,see how they like it.LOL
It's amazing what goes missing or just plain old doesn't get done. I never had a referral done when they told me they would for a medical complaint (other than TN) and I have a friend that now has heart damage because doctors sat on the same problem that I have ... even at work yesterday I had someone ring up saying that they were supposed to have a referral to a lactation consultant while they were a patient in our ward and I said well as a nurse I can do a referral until the maternity ward told me they will only do outpatient appointments for 6 weeks and the baby was 13 weeks old ... I had to ring them back and tell them that because someone hadn't done their job while in hospital they couldn't get any help other than calling La Leche League. So I've been on the end of that and also having to apologise for stuff not getting done in a hospital! I think we all feel like we are going around in circles :(
This happened to me 2years ago,when I had a stroke too,the doctor put me on blood thinner,and the hospital never send the results of my blood,I had to go to a different hospital to get a TEE on my heart,and the hospitall didnt have any of my records,boy the doctor was pissed,kept checking to make sure I didnt have any signs of bleeding because of the neglect of the doctor and other hospital.He wasnt going to do the TEE,but he did,They did find I have a hole in my heart,that never closed.Now living with an avm in my brain,dont know how big,the only thing I do know its on my left side,where my tn is.A ticking time bomg in my brain,thats how I feel right now.
Porcelina said:
It's amazing what goes missing or just plain old doesn't get done. I never had a referral done when they told me they would for a medical complaint (other than TN) and I have a friend that now has heart damage because doctors sat on the same problem that I have ... even at work yesterday I had someone ring up saying that they were supposed to have a referral to a lactation consultant while they were a patient in our ward and I said well as a nurse I can do a referral until the maternity ward told me they will only do outpatient appointments for 6 weeks and the baby was 13 weeks old ... I had to ring them back and tell them that because someone hadn't done their job while in hospital they couldn't get any help other than calling La Leche League. So I've been on the end of that and also having to apologise for stuff not getting done in a hospital! I think we all feel like we are going around in circles :(
Great examples of why we have to TEAM with doctors -- because they can't do it all - especially with the patient loads and insurance tying their hands -- most mean well -- but the bigger the establishment - the harder to get answers!!!