Spent 7 hours waiting in the local Emergency Room yesterday...

Horus45

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Sat Dec-10-05 01:35 PM
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Spent 7 hours waiting in the local Emergency Room yesterday...

just to get a refill on my pain pills because my doctor's nurse refused to call my doctor at home on "His day off".
I am so livid about this I cannot think straight, I don't yet know how I am going to address this with my doc.

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benny05

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Sat Dec-10-05 01:36 PM
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1. Sorry to read that

Sucks...:hug:

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Midlodemocrat

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Sat Dec-10-05 01:39 PM
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2. Doesn't your doctor have someone who covers for him?

I couldn't begin to deal with that situation because of the meds I have to take, my husband, my FIL, it would be a full time job just trying to get things refilled.

Plus, just a thought, although too late, if it is a chronic medication, sometimes the pharmacy will give you enough to get by for a day or two.

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Horus45

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Sat Dec-10-05 01:42 PM
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4. Oh, I asked about that

I asked the nurse who is on-call for him when he is out.
She said "No one, he covers himself", that was when I said "Then call him!", she refused.

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Elidor

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Sat Dec-10-05 01:40 PM
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3. Time for a new doctor

If five minutes of his time is more important than seven hours of yours, I'd tell him to go fuck himself.

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Horus45

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Sat Dec-10-05 01:44 PM
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5. I don't know yet if he is aware of what she did, I plan on seeing him...

on Tuesday.

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purr

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Sat Dec-10-05 02:01 PM
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6. Thats terrible!!!

She as a nurse should be reprimanded. Their main concern is YOU as their patient - not if the doc is off. I have a couple of doctors who dont have an answering service or whatever and that scares me. What IF I needed help after hours and its not a big enough deal to go to the ER?

Find a new doc asap and make sure you let that doc know what she did. I bet he wont appreciate it - you can almost always tell how good a doctor is by his nurses and she sounds LOUSY.

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