Guest guest Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 HI SHARON, I AM SOO HAPPY THAT YOU WROTE ME. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT WHEN I POSTED AND MELISSA ANSWERED ME..... I AM COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF THE SMALL TOWN I LIVE IN, I CAN NOT SHOP ARROUND. I AM ALSO 45 AND MY RHEUMATOLOGIST MADE ME STOP DRIVING SEVERAL YEARS AGO ALREADY AND IF I WERE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT WOULD BE THEIR BURDEN. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GO SO OFTEN....IT WOULD BE HARD... THIS RHEUMY IS IT.... I REMEMBER EVEN ON MY LAST VISIT I HAD ASKED ABOUT ENBREL, OR HUMIRA ETC... BECAUSE HE SAID AS I QUOTE, " I AM A RHEMATOLOGIST, I DO NOT DO PAIN. " THAT WAS WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE ENBREL...... HE TOLD ME THAT THESE THINGS WILL NOT WORK FOR ME. NOW, HOW DOES HE KNOW THAT ? I SHOULD NEVER HAVE ASKED, I SHOULD HAVE KEPT MY BIG MOUTH SHUT AND HE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT UP. I HAVE BEEN HIS PATIENT FOR 3 YEARS NOW....TRIED IT ALL.....PLAQUINEL, AND ALL THE OTHERS I HAVE LONG FORGOTTEN..... I AM COMPLELETY FRUSTRATED AS WHOLE WITH THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND THEIR PAYMENT POLICIES AND THE WAY THEY GO AFTER YOU BEFORE YOU ARE BARELY HOME FROM A PROCEDURE OR OFFICE VISIT....EVEN OUR FRIEND, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR BANK, AND THE BANK WHO DOES FINANCING FOR THE CLINIC/HOPSITAL HERE, OWED $100.00, AND HE GOT A COLLECTION NOTICE AND IF HE COULD NOT PAY WAS TOLD TO GO TO HIS BANK AND GET A LOAN !!!!! WE HAD TO, AND THE LOAN OFFICER TOLD MY HUSBAND, SHE THOUGHT THE WHOLE TOWN HAD BEEN THROUGH THE DOORS GETTING LOANS FOR THEIR DOCTOR BILLS, SINCE THEIR POLICY CHANGED...... IT JUST HIT US EVERYWHERE, BLIND-SIDED AND NO REAL DOCTOR HELPING. GOING TO APPTS WEEKLY AND GETTING NO WHERE.....NO HELP, NO ADVICE. ALL THAT MONEY SPENT.....I ACTUALLY CANCELLED EVERY APPT WE HAD AT THIS CLINIC/HOSPITAL UNTIL I COOL OFF. OF COURSE, IT IS TO MY OWN DETRIMENT. I AM WAY OVERDUE FOR A BLOOD PANEL. AND NO ONE CARES THAT I DID THIS IN PROTEST AND TOLD THEM SO....BUT I NEED SOME COOLING OFF TIME....THANKS SO MUCH FOR UNDERSTANDING, SHARON....IT REALLY MEANT ALOT ! CINDI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 HI SHARON, I AM SOO HAPPY THAT YOU WROTE ME. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT WHEN I POSTED AND MELISSA ANSWERED ME..... I AM COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF THE SMALL TOWN I LIVE IN, I CAN NOT SHOP ARROUND. I AM ALSO 45 AND MY RHEUMATOLOGIST MADE ME STOP DRIVING SEVERAL YEARS AGO ALREADY AND IF I WERE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT WOULD BE THEIR BURDEN. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GO SO OFTEN....IT WOULD BE HARD... THIS RHEUMY IS IT.... I REMEMBER EVEN ON MY LAST VISIT I HAD ASKED ABOUT ENBREL, OR HUMIRA ETC... BECAUSE HE SAID AS I QUOTE, " I AM A RHEMATOLOGIST, I DO NOT DO PAIN. " THAT WAS WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE ENBREL...... HE TOLD ME THAT THESE THINGS WILL NOT WORK FOR ME. NOW, HOW DOES HE KNOW THAT ? I SHOULD NEVER HAVE ASKED, I SHOULD HAVE KEPT MY BIG MOUTH SHUT AND HE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT UP. I HAVE BEEN HIS PATIENT FOR 3 YEARS NOW....TRIED IT ALL.....PLAQUINEL, AND ALL THE OTHERS I HAVE LONG FORGOTTEN..... I AM COMPLELETY FRUSTRATED AS WHOLE WITH THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND THEIR PAYMENT POLICIES AND THE WAY THEY GO AFTER YOU BEFORE YOU ARE BARELY HOME FROM A PROCEDURE OR OFFICE VISIT....EVEN OUR FRIEND, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR BANK, AND THE BANK WHO DOES FINANCING FOR THE CLINIC/HOPSITAL HERE, OWED $100.00, AND HE GOT A COLLECTION NOTICE AND IF HE COULD NOT PAY WAS TOLD TO GO TO HIS BANK AND GET A LOAN !!!!! WE HAD TO, AND THE LOAN OFFICER TOLD MY HUSBAND, SHE THOUGHT THE WHOLE TOWN HAD BEEN THROUGH THE DOORS GETTING LOANS FOR THEIR DOCTOR BILLS, SINCE THEIR POLICY CHANGED...... IT JUST HIT US EVERYWHERE, BLIND-SIDED AND NO REAL DOCTOR HELPING. GOING TO APPTS WEEKLY AND GETTING NO WHERE.....NO HELP, NO ADVICE. ALL THAT MONEY SPENT.....I ACTUALLY CANCELLED EVERY APPT WE HAD AT THIS CLINIC/HOSPITAL UNTIL I COOL OFF. OF COURSE, IT IS TO MY OWN DETRIMENT. I AM WAY OVERDUE FOR A BLOOD PANEL. AND NO ONE CARES THAT I DID THIS IN PROTEST AND TOLD THEM SO....BUT I NEED SOME COOLING OFF TIME....THANKS SO MUCH FOR UNDERSTANDING, SHARON....IT REALLY MEANT ALOT ! CINDI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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