I hate to always sound like Debbie Downer, so I apologize in advance. This is the new state of our medical system. Medicare & Medicaid both chopped visits down to 15 minutes tops, 8 minutes for things like refill visits etc. I was forced to stop working 4 years ago, unbeknownst to me I had a tumor on my spinal chord in my neck. These idiot Drs.sent me to a psychologist to convince me the pain was all in my head? Close, but a few levels down!
A letter to the President of the “Major” Healthcare System (Insert anyone you can think of!)from my attorney had me in front of a “Rookie” intern Neurosurgeon within the week. By then 4 vertebrae collapsed from the tumor and I lost use of my right arm. Needless to say, they couldn’t read my 5,000 page medical history if they had a month, let alone 15 minutes! By being forced to order an MRI, I cost my Drs. their annual bonuses, isn’t that just terrible? And I was one slip away from quadriplegic!
My right arm never regained full feeling, shakes like hell and feels like it’s on fire most hours of the day. I was told that’s the result of the tumor crushing my spinal cord at 4 different levels. Nothing they can do, just keep working out to regain the muscle mass.
Moving along, I twisted my right knee hiking at the beginning of
Covid, couldn’t get treatment unless I was bleeding or a broken bone, HONEST TO GOD!
Finally got a good Dr. to now replace my entire knee, but he was concerned the crutches could further damage my shoulder? I told him that had been repaired, it was my spinal chord. He reached over and pulled on my arm and again it popped right out of the socket!WT Heck!
All this time I had a very torn rotator cuff, but now it’s too damaged to repair, from doing TOO MUCH physical therapy?? The good news is I tore both biceps tendons, the triceps tendon and my bicep right down the middle, but they’re going to put that all back together, but the scapula tendons etc. over the shoulder looks like a
horses tail on the MRI, nothing they or I can do….
My point is our healthcare system is on Life Support. ObamaCare destroyed it! They pretty much gave the insurance companies the right to dictate all facets of our healthcare. If you haven’t noticed, the
insurance companies dictate your care these days, not the doctors. You don’t have to worry about the “Death Squads” choosing who will live or die, it’s now death by a thousand slices!
BTW, 16 month wait for my wife to see a new Primary Care, 2 years to see a Gyno (She has to fly back to Chicago currently) I injured my knee 04/18/2020, and just saw the Ortho 2 weeks ago…
Sorry to BITCH to all you, you’re always awesome! Our system is a wreck! Azred should not have to go through all this, and I’ve had a pretty @#&&*!y Week. This is the kind of stuff that makes my dealing with incontinence seem like a walk in the park!
I hope you all have a Great weekend!
