http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/12/29/when-your-doctor-fails-you/ GO columnist Georgette Braun is curious about a lot of things. She'll answer your questions, pose some of her own, and comment on everything from entertainment to life and death. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:44:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/12/29/when-your-doctor-fails-you/#comment-722 Georgette Braun Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:12:46 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/12/29/when-your-doctor-fails-you/#comment-722 dudessabides: Thanks for sharing your troubles. Sad that it's so hard to find someone who truly listens. Glad you found a nurse who found you the right medical care. dudessabides: Thanks for sharing your troubles. Sad that it’s so hard to find someone who truly listens. Glad you found a nurse who found you the right medical care.

]]> http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/12/29/when-your-doctor-fails-you/#comment-721 dudessabides Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:02:21 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/askgeo/2008/12/29/when-your-doctor-fails-you/#comment-721 If you have insurance coverage that allows you to switch doctors, you can switch. If you have no insurance and can't afford to pay a doctor out of pocket, you have to go to the ER. Then you are really out of luck because most ER docs just read your previous chart and repeat what the other ER docs have already said. If they think you will probably not die that day, they will just write a bogus dx that might fit, and send you home. My horror story is too long to fit here. Sometimes I become angry and try to work with others to change the system that caused me so much grief for so many years. But mostly, I try to be laid back and enjoy the additional years I have because a nurse practitioner finally heard me and found medical care for me. I need to write it down sometime soon. God bless nurses. Dudess If you have insurance coverage that allows you to switch doctors, you can switch. If you have no insurance and can’t afford to pay a doctor out of pocket, you have to go to the ER. Then you are really out of luck because most ER docs just read your previous chart and repeat what the other ER docs have already said. If they think you will probably not die that day, they will just write a bogus dx that might fit, and send you home.
My horror story is too long to fit here. Sometimes I become angry and try to work with others to change the system that caused me so much grief for so many years. But mostly, I try to be laid back and enjoy the additional years I have because a nurse practitioner finally heard me and found medical care for me.
I need to write it down sometime soon. God bless nurses. Dudess

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