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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / February 2005GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! RANT WARNING!
Okay, I have not had my beloved kineret OR methotrexate in over a week because of my messed up white blood counts. Had my blood drawn for the 4th time this week this morning at the RD's office. I ask the nurse, will I know the results TODAY so I can start taking my meds if it's normal. "Sure, just call us at 4:15." So I call, get this total B@*CH who says "Your dr isn't in today, I can't give you the results." EXCUSE ME? "A Dr has to see them before we can tell you." Fine, there are a bunch of other RD's there, have one look at it. "Oh no, they don't like to do that. You'll have to wait til your dr is in on Monday" I patiently explain that I have been off the kineret and am starting to flare. Waiting til Monday means 3 more days without my meds. I can possibly stop this flare if I start taking it today, but by Monday it's going be full blown. Basically she said too bad, so sad, can't help ya. Then I start to get p*ssed! Telling her that by law, if I walked into that office right now she'd have to give my chart with the results. "By law I don't have to give you anything unless a doctor says so and yours isn't here." This went on for 15 minutes, with her refusing to let me speak to her supervisor OR one of the RD's in the office. By the time I finally hung up on her, it was after 4:30 and now the office is closed. I am soo freakin ticked off I can't see straight! So now I wait 3 more days with no meds. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!! My RD will be hearing about this!!!!! ~KJ Akron, Ohio > Okay, I have not had my beloved kineret OR methotrexate in over a week because > of my messed up white blood counts. Had my blood drawn for the 4th time this [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > ~KJ > Akron, Ohio KJ, you poor thing! You are nicer than I. I have driven to my doctor's office and pounded on the door until they opened it after something like that. Of course, I no longer have *that* doctor, but still... I wish there was something I could do to help. If it were here, all it would require is calling *any* nurse at the hospital, and they can pull up my labs on the computer (so that's a good thing). Don't you *love* front office staff? When did they get so rude? I remember calling my PCP (a different one than above) on a day I was sick (home from work), and getting in that day. Since I've become disabled they won't see me on the same day, normally it's a week or so later. When I asked about being able to get in before, they told me that was because I worked, since I don't work now, it isn't "vital" (for who?) that I be seen as quickly! Grouse, grouse, grouse... Smokie Darling (Annie)--who will be getting a new PCP this year too. I got spoiled. The accounting firm I used to work for did all the accounting and taxes for the big clinic here in town as well as most of the doctors. I was responsible for those accounts as well as for incorporating most of the doctors back when that was fashionable. When I needed to see the doctor I was treated like a man. Got an appointment right away, didn't have to wait, and had adult conversations with them on occasion. If I complained about their staff, they listened. Those were the good old days. The clinic has been sold to a big group and most of the doctors I used to know are retiring. Jo >> Okay, I have not had my beloved kineret OR methotrexate in over a > week because [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > (for who?) that I be seen as quickly! Grouse, grouse, grouse... > Smokie Darling (Annie)--who will be getting a new PCP this year too. >So I call, get this total B@*CH who says "Your dr isn't in today, I can't >give >you the results. I sure hope you got her name. If she was working for me, she would be joining the unemployment line. That is totally inexcusable. No wonder your ticked. I hope you dont get a full blown flair hon. Saying a prayer that it is a false alarm/. Char "Remember, I'm pulling for ya'. We're all in this together." Red Green > So now I wait 3 more days with no meds. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!! My RD will > be hearing about this!!!!! > > ~KJ > Akron, Ohio That's ridiculous! There is no reason another doctor could not have looked at the results for you...that's why they have more than one doctor in the office! I hope you let your doctor know how ticked off you were and what you had to go through because of all this. HUGS, Carole grrrr is right! and where was the nurse who told you to call at 4:15? i'm so sorry. i know how you feel. diane Call the office after hours and get the answering service...and at least talk to the RD....sometimes they can get labs online. Sometimes they can call the lab...Please call him and explain what happened. My husband is a doc and had similar situations when he left the office for a half day. There are ways around it sometimes. Those records are yours...you don't need RD permission. You were correct about that! If there is no answering service, than you may have to wait.....I'm so sorry you are dealing with this and that B*^(h of a person! Janet R : Okay, I have not had my beloved kineret OR methotrexate in over a week because : of my messed up white blood counts. Had my blood drawn for the 4th time this [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] : ~KJ : Akron, Ohio > My RD > will > be hearing about this!!!!! As well he should be!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn fool idiot nurse or ASSistant or wahtever. Geez, sure do hope that flare decides to chicken out this weekend. No flare in its right mind would want to take on you in this state of mind anyway! ((((((Tina)))))) go get 'em first thing Monday morn!  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare (((((((((((((kj))))))))))))) geeeeeesh! that sux beyond major bigtime! everybody already said what i was going to say and then some. well, except for this from maxine's wisdom--- take what the B*+@h said with a grain of salt . . . stuck on the rim of a huge margarita glass, full to the brim and make sure the glass is being refilled constantly. seriously, hon, i'm very good at putting both my feet up the arse of anybody who messes with somebody i care about. can i come over and walk all over and inside that dragon lady for you? please? can i, huh? if i promise to keep your margarita glass full for you, too? can i? i promise i'll wear my wellies, hose them down when i'm done with her (i mean, them) and leave them outside your house. just say, "sic her, katie!" and i'm there in a heartbeat. wishing you a flareless weekend and a phone call from your doctor about your labs. kate > Okay, I have not had my beloved kineret OR methotrexate in over a week > because [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > ~KJ > Akron, Ohio That really sucks big time. It amazes me how some of the least understanding people on the planet manage to choose jobs where they need the most understanding. If you can't manage to contact your RD before Monday, at least save some of that rant for when you go in... maybe SHE will be working. Janet N. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{KJ}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Awwwww, KJ, you are far too nice! If it were me, I would just have waited until they switched over to the answering service and then I would have called the doctor on call and told him that you needed to know your results in order to proceed properly with your medications and that you had been promised the results before the office closed. The on call doc usually has access to the lab results or at the very least can call and get them from the lab itself! I sure as heck wouldn't be waiting until monday! Sure hope you get to feeling better!!! BTW, if it is of any help, I can be sicker than a dog and never run a fever at all. In fact, it is quite rare for me to run a fever! I just got out of the hospital, and when I was first admitted, my WBC was _23.8_ and some of the other stuff was pretty wacky as well, and my temp stayed right at 97 the entire hospitalization---go figure! I think it is from the immunosuppresants myself, but that is just a guess. Donna G >Okay, I have not had my beloved kineret OR methotrexate in over a week because >of my messed up white blood counts. Had my blood drawn for the 4th time this [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >~KJ >Akron, Ohio {{{{{KJ}}}}} Everybody pretty much said what I would say to you. I hope that lady is looking for a job Monday afternoon. ~Kenny KJ, Have you been able to get back on the Kineret or MTX yet. How is the white blood counts coming. How are you doing? We need an update. Sending lots of love and hugs and healing thoughts your way. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > KJ, > > Have you been able to get back on the Kineret or MTX yet. > How is the white blood counts coming. How are you doing? > We need an update. Sending lots of love and hugs and healing thoughts your > way. Hi Jo! I'm back on the kineret but not the MTX. Count is still high but better than it was. Just had it drawn again this morning, so maybe I'll know something tomorrow. Thanks for asking! ~KJ Have they figured out why yet? Or just your body let you know who is in charge. Duckie >>KJ, >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > ~KJ Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) > Have they figured out why yet? Or just your body let you know who is in > charge. > Duckie My thoughts and questions too. Harv Nope, still have no idea why. Good news though. I just found out that Monday's white count was 9.9, perfectly normal and my H and H came back up to. Really makes no sense to me how my hemaglobin dropped almost 2 full points in a few days and came back up just as quickly. Oh well, as long as it stays normal I don't care! ~KJ > Have they figured out why yet? Or just your body let > you know who is in charge. > Duckie > Really makes no sense to me how my hemaglobin dropped almost 2 >full points in a few days and came back up just as quickly. It probably didn't. There is such a thing as "lab error" that is not really an error, but a haemoglobin can vary as much as 1 gram from reading to reading. We used to look for a trend, not just the individual readings unless there was a marked difference. --- Joan I am going with a quirk in their machinery. There, all better. Duckie > Nope, still have no idea why. Good news though. I just found out that > Monday's white count was 9.9, perfectly normal and my H and H came back [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > ~KJ KJ, How is your blood count coming now. I hope much better. Have they figured out yet what is doing it. I hope your meds are working to help with the pain and such. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo >> KJ, >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > ~KJ |
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