NicksWifey
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I'm sorry y'all, but I really need to RANT here, so bare with me!
As a lot of you know, I had thyroid cancer and had 2 surgeries and my radiation iodine treatment recently. I started taking my lifelong prescription of Synthroid almost three weeks ago.
I've seen so many doctors in the last year and a half, that I'm really freaking frustrated and tired of them. My mom works for two surgeons that removed my thyroid during both surgeries. During the first surgery, the assisting surgeon came out of the OR and my parents saw him, so they approached him and asked him how the surgery went. He said "They're stiching her up now, it was benign." (Referring to the isthmus and thyroid nodule they removed, which in fact was NOT benign). He was just being an ass and assumed and then I find out two days later I had thyroid cancer. Being that my mom knows him quite well she confronted him and blasted him for giving her and my dad false hope. He never even apologized, what a dickhead!
Then the icing on the cake is my thyroid doctor herself, my endocrinologist. I have been seeing her since August 2007, she had tracked my nodule all the way. There aren't many endocrinologists around my area, so I pretty much have to stick with her. I did manage to find one, but he is booked through the end of the month and my medical insurance expires on the 31st. The entire time I've been her patient, she has been a smart ass and has objected to me getting bloodwork done at the hospital I work for, since that is more convienient for me instead of driving a little over an hour to get it at the hospital that she is affiliated with. She was against me getting a fine needle aspiration (biopsy) of my thyroid nodule from the the doctors at the hospital I work for, instead she wanted it done at her hospital, once again. Of course, I'm the patient, so I do what's best for me and I had it done at the hospital I work at, by doctors I know. She was also against me getting surgery, but tough shit.
She has challenged my mother and I every step of the way. I had regular bloodwork and ultrasounds done every six months and even though my nodule kept getting bigger, she kept saying I didn't need a biopsy, in her opinion. Thank god I elected to have one against her wishes on my own with doctors I know because if I had not, I'm sure I would still be living with thyroid cancer and wouldn't even know it.
I went in for a full body scan at the University of Virginia hospital the day before Thanksgiving. I was told by the technician, that the doctor's office would be notified that upcoming Friday and I could get my results on Monday by calling my endocrinologist. I called Monday afternoon and was told the DR would return my call. Never did. I called again on Tuesday and was told the same thing. Finally, on Wednesday I called and asked what the fuck was going on, I was told "This is strange, your results are right here, the DR will call you." Big surprise, because she never called!! On Thursday, my mom called and went off and was assured once again that the DR would call her this time. My mom waited by the phone all day for the DR to call and she wouldn't. So I called their office after hours, left a pretty nasty message on their answering machine and said if I didn't hear about my results yesterday morning, I was going to send them a fax for release of medical records to continue my care elsewhere. Of course, I threatened them, so they called me ASAP yesterday morning and told me the DR wanted to see me this coming Monday to discuss my results and talk about "why I'm upset".
I told the office staff, that I didn't need to drive 65 minutes to tell them why I'm upset, I'm upset because she won't return my goddamn phone calls like most doctors do for their patients. I told them all I wanted to know, was the outcome of my treatment and if the cancer spread elsewhere, which of course, they wouldn't tell me. I asked them to fax me my info, they refused. So now I have an appointment next week, just to go see this doctor in person and tell her "I'm upset with you because you're a bitch. You have challenged me every step of the way, got pissed off that I had surgery against your wishes, when it was in my best interest, never apologized for making me wait so long to get a biopsy in the first place, and you won't return my fucking phone calls. IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU??!?!"
I mean honestly, why can't an endocrinologist just fall out of the sky and land in my lap and be my best friend for life? Hopefully if I show my ass enough, they will black list me from their office and I can try and get in with another endocrinologist somewhere.
My mom has worked for surgeons for over 20 years. Comparing how they treat their patients when they demand their medical records (which by the way, you have legal access and rights to) to this bitch, I'm just ready to report her and her office staff, but I don't know who to.
Sorry you guys, I just needed to rant!
As a lot of you know, I had thyroid cancer and had 2 surgeries and my radiation iodine treatment recently. I started taking my lifelong prescription of Synthroid almost three weeks ago.
I've seen so many doctors in the last year and a half, that I'm really freaking frustrated and tired of them. My mom works for two surgeons that removed my thyroid during both surgeries. During the first surgery, the assisting surgeon came out of the OR and my parents saw him, so they approached him and asked him how the surgery went. He said "They're stiching her up now, it was benign." (Referring to the isthmus and thyroid nodule they removed, which in fact was NOT benign). He was just being an ass and assumed and then I find out two days later I had thyroid cancer. Being that my mom knows him quite well she confronted him and blasted him for giving her and my dad false hope. He never even apologized, what a dickhead!
Then the icing on the cake is my thyroid doctor herself, my endocrinologist. I have been seeing her since August 2007, she had tracked my nodule all the way. There aren't many endocrinologists around my area, so I pretty much have to stick with her. I did manage to find one, but he is booked through the end of the month and my medical insurance expires on the 31st. The entire time I've been her patient, she has been a smart ass and has objected to me getting bloodwork done at the hospital I work for, since that is more convienient for me instead of driving a little over an hour to get it at the hospital that she is affiliated with. She was against me getting a fine needle aspiration (biopsy) of my thyroid nodule from the the doctors at the hospital I work for, instead she wanted it done at her hospital, once again. Of course, I'm the patient, so I do what's best for me and I had it done at the hospital I work at, by doctors I know. She was also against me getting surgery, but tough shit.
She has challenged my mother and I every step of the way. I had regular bloodwork and ultrasounds done every six months and even though my nodule kept getting bigger, she kept saying I didn't need a biopsy, in her opinion. Thank god I elected to have one against her wishes on my own with doctors I know because if I had not, I'm sure I would still be living with thyroid cancer and wouldn't even know it.
I went in for a full body scan at the University of Virginia hospital the day before Thanksgiving. I was told by the technician, that the doctor's office would be notified that upcoming Friday and I could get my results on Monday by calling my endocrinologist. I called Monday afternoon and was told the DR would return my call. Never did. I called again on Tuesday and was told the same thing. Finally, on Wednesday I called and asked what the fuck was going on, I was told "This is strange, your results are right here, the DR will call you." Big surprise, because she never called!! On Thursday, my mom called and went off and was assured once again that the DR would call her this time. My mom waited by the phone all day for the DR to call and she wouldn't. So I called their office after hours, left a pretty nasty message on their answering machine and said if I didn't hear about my results yesterday morning, I was going to send them a fax for release of medical records to continue my care elsewhere. Of course, I threatened them, so they called me ASAP yesterday morning and told me the DR wanted to see me this coming Monday to discuss my results and talk about "why I'm upset".
I told the office staff, that I didn't need to drive 65 minutes to tell them why I'm upset, I'm upset because she won't return my goddamn phone calls like most doctors do for their patients. I told them all I wanted to know, was the outcome of my treatment and if the cancer spread elsewhere, which of course, they wouldn't tell me. I asked them to fax me my info, they refused. So now I have an appointment next week, just to go see this doctor in person and tell her "I'm upset with you because you're a bitch. You have challenged me every step of the way, got pissed off that I had surgery against your wishes, when it was in my best interest, never apologized for making me wait so long to get a biopsy in the first place, and you won't return my fucking phone calls. IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU??!?!"
I mean honestly, why can't an endocrinologist just fall out of the sky and land in my lap and be my best friend for life? Hopefully if I show my ass enough, they will black list me from their office and I can try and get in with another endocrinologist somewhere.
My mom has worked for surgeons for over 20 years. Comparing how they treat their patients when they demand their medical records (which by the way, you have legal access and rights to) to this bitch, I'm just ready to report her and her office staff, but I don't know who to.
Sorry you guys, I just needed to rant!
