jhharlan
7 Answers
Benthere
Ducky
Yes, I was blown off by a nurse practitioner when I had polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), an inflammatory muscle disease. Such pain I have never experienced in my life! Her response, "We'll wait a couple of weeks and do some blood tests". Knowing that something was seriously wrong with me, I went immediately to a walk-in clinic and was seen by a doctor on call, who went through the roof about this situation being ignored. She sent a scathing note to the NP. I later learned that the high rate of inflammation in my body, could have caused a stroke, an aneurism, blindness or a heart attack! Thanks to her (Dr. on call), I'm still here and doing well.
| 8 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
Bob/PKB
So far, so good. I'm an advocate for myself, though.
| 8 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
lindilou
I heard the floor nurses talking outside my hospital room door when I had ceasarian surgery to get Storm out. They were saying that I might have Munchausen by proxy because I kept asking and asking what was wrong with my baby's spine....
I left very soon after that and was quite angry about it.
She was diagnosed with congenital spinal scoliosis attached to a genetic mutation known as pseudoachondroplasia when she was 2 years old.
| 8 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
Our hospitals are bad like that...scabies and staph infections, for example.
terryfossil 1
My wife has,she was diagnosed with cancer,and we were made to wait 5 days to see a specialist,who then told us it was not cancer,,but it was 5 days of a lot of imagination running wild..>>>>>>><<<<<<<..
| 8 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
sunnyB
When I was sixteen I had a poisonous hand. The hospital doctor prescribed penicillin, unfortunately they gave me a course of tablets, and told me to call at the hospital every day for an injection, I had a double dose. After three days I couldn't keep awake, fortunately my sister called the doctor, he told me to stop the tablets, that was a close one.
| 8 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
zorro
My wife is a chiropractor. She sees a lot of people that had bad luck with medical doctors. One good example a mother brought her 4 week baby in because he had been crying all the time. Pediatricians could not figure out the problem. She adjusted his neck and the baby suddenly stopped crying. Baby probably had a problem during birth and was in pain. Remember all doctors are humans. They make mistakes. Its best to have a couple of doctors available to have a different perspective of treatment and experiences.
| 8 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
