Re: Please Help!!

From: Robin (rmasse2333@aol.com)
Wed Jun 5 02:07:13 2002


Dear Karen, Your best hope for now is to find a DR that will get you relief. I am so sorry you are going through such a tough time. I think all of us on the board have been treated badly by DRs. It is very degrating and makes us feel hopeless & helpless. Maybe someone on the board will know of a good DR close to you that will help you. I live in New Mexico. Robin

At Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Karen wrote: >
>Hi Y'all,
>
>I am Karen from Birmingham, Alabama. I have had several abdominal
>surgeries and have already had two surgeries to remove adhesions. Both
>were successful and I felt wonderful after. Now, however, I have no
>insurance and I am having another flare-up of severe abdominal pain. I
>have "charity care" through the University Medical Center in Birmingham,
>but the ER doctors (I have been twice in the past week) Say I am not
>dying so they sent me home. I finally got an appointment with a general
>doctor but he just gave me a prescription for an anti-depressant and
>sent me on my way. He NEVER even requested my record from my previous
>doctor who is familiar with my problems and who has done my previous
>surgeries! I am flabbergasted! I even asked this new doctor if he would
>at least communicate with my previous doctor and he just said that I had
>extensive blood-work done and a chest and stomach x-ray when I went to
>the ER and since those were negative, I must be fine.....WHAT!! I know
>this type of treatment happens everyday to patients to some capacity,
>however, this is the first time it has happened to me. I feel
>defenseless and desperate because I have no insurance and I can't "shop
>around" for a doctor who cares. I cannot live this way and feeling
>hopeless is making me absolutely crazy!
>
>Does anyone know of a doctor somewhere out there who can help me? I can
>even fly within a certain air mile radius of my home through a
>charitable oragnization called AirLifeline. They are wondeful. My
>challenge now is finding someone who can help me even without insurance.
>I wish we could go back to the day of bartering ;)
>
>Thanks in advance even if I don't find help, I am happy I have found
>this network of people who at least understand the way I feel.
>
>--
>Karen Earl
>


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