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Old 12-01-2015, 09:08 PM
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kzaug2014
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Hi guys!
I'm really glad to see you, Winslow. Yea, there are bad apple docs around, but that's to be expected. They're human too & some them are in it for the money. My hubs PA ( that got me booted from my doctor's office last yr ) was an extremely conniving person. I don't think I've told that story yet.

My hubs & I had been going to the same doctor's office ( different doctors though ) on & off for about 8yrs. There was a brake in there, but a total time of 8yrs. Anyhoo, I also had been seeing a pain specialist at the same office & my hubs had seen her earlier on. He wanted to see her again, but needed a referral from his PA.

The pain specialist knew my hubs well, so she talked to his PA about referring him. A few mos went by, no referral. So she talked to him again. Again, no referral. She talked him 1 final time, 7mos from when she originally talked to him.

My hubs had an appt. set & was to see this PA in 2 wks.. Strangely, his nurse called me & told me that my hubs PA wanted to meet w/me, regarding my hubs. And he wanted to meet w/me in a wk, at the moved up appt. time. This was highly unusual for 2 reasons. One...never in my life had I'd gone to my hubs GP appts. Specialists yes, gp no. Secondly, why did he make a new appt, when my hubs already had a,set appt?

But I was taking methadone, Norco & klonopin, so my head wasn't in the right place for the prior 10yrs. Ugh! We went to the appt. & the 1st words outta that PAs mouth were "so you're the woman who thinks I'm a lousy doctor." If I had had my bearings about me, I would have known he was bating me. But, I didn't so instead, I said "1st of all, your not a doctor yet & yes, I think you're a lousy PA!" Yikes lol! I always had such balls on those meds lol.

He told me that under no circumstance would he ever refer my hubs to the pain specialist. Also? He never addressed my hubs during "his" appt. He continued chewing me out & this time, I just burst out in tears & asked him what kind of doctor ( so to speak ) was he??? As he left that exam room, he told me that he was going to see to it that I lost my own doctor. He told me this going out the door purposely because he knew I'd follow him in the hallway. That was part of his complaint against me...that I got too loud in the hallway, which I did, but when the nurse told me to plz be more quit, I did.

By this time, I was a total wreck! Half bawling, half pissed & 100% confused. I told him "good luck, I've been here for 8yrs! You just started last yr.!"

I really never thought that he could actually have me kicked out of my doctor's office because I didn't think I had done anything wrong. A 1wk. later, not only did my dismissal letter come, but my hubs too. And he said a word to him lol.

When I had my last appt w/my own doctor, I was so leary that I recorded the appt. She didn't even want to hear a word I had to say, at 1st. She was a cold fish ( always had been really. ) But, I asked her "how she could just throw me under the bus w/out talking to me at all?" & "was she aware of the fact that this had absolutely nothing to do w/lies the PA had written about me." Finally, "didn't she know me by now?" She finally gave in & listened to my side. When I left, she told me that she expected that visit to go much much differently lol.

I had 1 last appt. w/my pain specialists as well. She told me she had gone to bat for us, but there was nothing she could do. I have no idea if she really did go to bat for us, but it was a nice thing to say.

Patricia, I'm sure there's a proper term for it, other than I'm confident because my hubs has my back lol. I research a bit. I'm really glad you found something that works for your insomnia!

I'm also worried about Isamybella. I sure hope she's not feeling horrible ( & if she is, I hope she can successfully get through it. )
In order to sleep better, you may want to lay off the coffee a bit. I can just see how it could become a merry go round routine...Didn't sleep well last night, need extra caffeine today, but w/all the caffeine, now I can't sleep well. Yay know? Maybe when you have a day off, you could forgo the coffee & see if you sleep any better ( may take a couple days in a row though. ) I'm tel

(( Hugs )) to everyone!
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