law suit against doctors

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Hi all,

I have a question. I have left my old internist because she would not cooperate

with any of my specialists about my problem. I had been on Vicodin for 2 1/2

years (we all know about the intolerance and not working after so long), but she

refused to give me anything else. She didn't think I needed it. At the end of

June, I ended up in the ER after trying to battle an 8 day attack by myself and

just couldn't do it anymore. Anyway, the ER doc (who was wonderful and knew all

about CP) called her and told her I needed to be switched from Hydrocodone to

Percocet for breakthrough. Also, she had a letter from Dr. Fogel (a speaker at

the Symposium) and also from my GI doc here in town that my symptoms would

dictate further pain medications, etc. By the time the ER doc talked to her and

I got home her nurse had called my home. I get home and my mom (who was

watching my kids) said that her office had called. I thought, " great, she is

going to help me now with my pain meds. " No such luck. Her nurse said to me,

" Dr. wants you to see a pain specialists to " get control of your pain. "

I was furious.

Anyway, she still refused to do what 3 doctors (specialists) recommended to her.

I then left her practice. I got copies of all my records and she has things so

wrong. She has me quoted as telling the ER doc that I had never heard of

Percocet!!!!!!!!!! For one thing, I am a medical transcriptionist for 14 years

and, of course, I have heard of it. Also, I had been asking her to switch me to

this!!!!! Also, I had some lab work done that showed elevated amylase and

lipase and she never informed me of this. The icing on the cake is that she

called my pharmacy and told them to discontinue any pain med scripts that had

been called in by my GI doc and only she was to give me pain meds!!!!!!!!!!!!

How can she do this if she wasn't the doc who prescribed them. She had referred

me back to my GI specialist because I went through a 2 week cycle and I called

her and she said " I can't keep increasing your Hydrocodone! " He then prescribed

something else for me and her nurse called me and chewed me out about it. I

explained that Dr. had referred me back to the GI doc and if he

thought I should have something else, of course, he was going to prescribe it,

but I knew he was sending her a letter and I was going to call her office for

further refills. Also, the day after I left her practice she called Dr. Fogel's

office (I haven't seen him since January) and also told them not to give me pain

meds!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, with the new HIPPA act or any other act, does anyone think I have

something against her for whatever, negligence, etc. etc.

Please help and advise me. I am going on vacation Saturday. If anyone can

answer before I go, I would appreciate it. Otherwise, I'll check when I get

back. Please say a prayer that I don't have an attack while in California with

my husband and NO KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks,

T. (ohio)