When Blood Collides
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Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin
Hi, Shari
= OMGoodness!! What ridiculous help some of these places have.
= DUH, what do I do if it isn't plastic? What's money--real paper money? Bah!
= Can't blame you for getting ticked off.
= At least the shots are helping Frank. A huge plus, at least.
= So sorry you guys have to go through so much.
= It's amazing how stressful going to a doctor can be. Jeesh!
<> A Smile Is A Frown Turned Upside-down (*>*)
<> Cheers & Blessings <> Jax
<> Published as <> Jacqueline M Franklin
reply by the author on 05-Sep-2016
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Hi, Shari
= OMGoodness!! What ridiculous help some of these places have.
= DUH, what do I do if it isn't plastic? What's money--real paper money? Bah!
= Can't blame you for getting ticked off.
= At least the shots are helping Frank. A huge plus, at least.
= So sorry you guys have to go through so much.
= It's amazing how stressful going to a doctor can be. Jeesh!
<> A Smile Is A Frown Turned Upside-down (*>*)
<> Cheers & Blessings <> Jax
<> Published as <> Jacqueline M Franklin
Comment Written 04-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 05-Sep-2016
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Your right about a visit being stressful. One thing, I learned from this experience though is to use a check.
Comment from TheWriteTeach
You really got those receptionists down pat. They think they run the place and act as though they are God. To use your words, they are all dim witted. I have a serious dislike for medical receptionists. For whatever reason, they are power hungry and want everyone to know they are VERY important. They don't seem to realize they can be replaced in a snap of the fingers. Thank goodness you are on top of things and got your money back. Your life is high stress. When things settle down, and they will, you won't know what to do with yourself!
Suzanne
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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You really got those receptionists down pat. They think they run the place and act as though they are God. To use your words, they are all dim witted. I have a serious dislike for medical receptionists. For whatever reason, they are power hungry and want everyone to know they are VERY important. They don't seem to realize they can be replaced in a snap of the fingers. Thank goodness you are on top of things and got your money back. Your life is high stress. When things settle down, and they will, you won't know what to do with yourself!
Suzanne
Comment Written 04-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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Love that you gave me a six. I work so hard to perfect my work.
Receptionists can be control freaks. Guess it impresses their friends that they work for a doctor.
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You are a talented writer, and your work shows that you put effort into it and care about the finished piece.
Comment from dejohnsrld (Debbie)
You have a twenty-five dolllar co-payment. (dollar)
Incompetence is so prevelant in the medical field. After my nightmare last year, I don't trust anyone. I still have the changes occurring in my bones of the ankle and knee which no one seems concerned about. I only have one leg--I'd prefer to keep it.
I hope you are feeling better, my friend~Debbie
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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You have a twenty-five dolllar co-payment. (dollar)
Incompetence is so prevelant in the medical field. After my nightmare last year, I don't trust anyone. I still have the changes occurring in my bones of the ankle and knee which no one seems concerned about. I only have one leg--I'd prefer to keep it.
I hope you are feeling better, my friend~Debbie
Comment Written 04-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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Thanks for catching the spag. It's hard to find good care. Follow-up in the worst. It takes so long to get an appointment with your regular physician. Mine's booked up solid for three months, but did pass me on to another doctor which is okay by me. It's like getting a second opinion.
As for your leg, call the office every other day and complain. Is there an Urgent Care office close to you? Come the afternoon around three and they aren't that crowded.
Feeling a wee bit better. :-)
Comment from Thomas Bowling
Great chapter. This is another reason I don't go to doctors. Last year I thought I was coming down with the flu. I went to a doctor . He examined me and told me to go to the drug store and buy some Musinex. When I got home I collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. The doctor there told me I had heart attack and almost died. I spent 21 days in the hospital.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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Great chapter. This is another reason I don't go to doctors. Last year I thought I was coming down with the flu. I went to a doctor . He examined me and told me to go to the drug store and buy some Musinex. When I got home I collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. The doctor there told me I had heart attack and almost died. I spent 21 days in the hospital.
Comment Written 04-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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OMG. How scary is that. So glad you got to the hospital in time. I've heard similar stories where a patient is pronounced and a week later dies of a heart attack.
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
I feel for you. Hospitals are impossible. They hire rejects and that causes wasted time. I was there yesterday for some tests. Doc gave me the results (not pneumonia, just bronchitis, yay) and said I could leave. This was after two hours. A nurse came in with paperwork, but didn't unhook me from IV/bloodwork thingy in my arm, blood pressure cuff that kept going on once in a while, and heart monitor wires. I ripped them all off, stopped the blood flow with the white blanket, got dressed and called for a wheelchair.
Oh, you can't leave!
Watch me. By then hubby was waiting outside. I found someone to push me to the door and left.
What a waste of a day. All to learn what I already knew... I didn't have pneumonia, heart attack, heart failure, or any other of the stuff TWO docs in TWO days had suggested. Why even bother? I told the first doc I needed zpack. Finally, at the hospital, I got zpack. Sigh... I'm feeling a LOT better today, btw. :)
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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I feel for you. Hospitals are impossible. They hire rejects and that causes wasted time. I was there yesterday for some tests. Doc gave me the results (not pneumonia, just bronchitis, yay) and said I could leave. This was after two hours. A nurse came in with paperwork, but didn't unhook me from IV/bloodwork thingy in my arm, blood pressure cuff that kept going on once in a while, and heart monitor wires. I ripped them all off, stopped the blood flow with the white blanket, got dressed and called for a wheelchair.
Oh, you can't leave!
Watch me. By then hubby was waiting outside. I found someone to push me to the door and left.
What a waste of a day. All to learn what I already knew... I didn't have pneumonia, heart attack, heart failure, or any other of the stuff TWO docs in TWO days had suggested. Why even bother? I told the first doc I needed zpack. Finally, at the hospital, I got zpack. Sigh... I'm feeling a LOT better today, btw. :)
Comment Written 04-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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Good for you. They want to keep you there for the insurance money, I suppose. Glad you got what you needed and hubby was there to rescue you.
Comment from nancy_e_davis
I swear if you're not sick when you go to a doctor you will be after a few visits fighting with them over how much you owe. Thank Obama Care for that horrible fact. My part D medical costs me as much as my medications! More some months and it makes me boiling mad! Don't get me started. LOL Nancy
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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I swear if you're not sick when you go to a doctor you will be after a few visits fighting with them over how much you owe. Thank Obama Care for that horrible fact. My part D medical costs me as much as my medications! More some months and it makes me boiling mad! Don't get me started. LOL Nancy
Comment Written 04-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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Seems I struck a sour note with this story. Everyone has horror stories like mine and worse! Thanks for the review,
Nancy.
Comment from liz burgoyne
Oh...I just can't imagine the frustration you would be feeling by this point. It's a good thing you are a "Spitfire" and can stand up for your rights. Congratulations for making such good use of a story that would have most people wallowing in self-pity. You amaze me.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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Oh...I just can't imagine the frustration you would be feeling by this point. It's a good thing you are a "Spitfire" and can stand up for your rights. Congratulations for making such good use of a story that would have most people wallowing in self-pity. You amaze me.
Comment Written 04-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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In my youth. I was not that assertive at all. Rather a pussycat who let people step on my tail. As you get older, you get tired of all the s**t and boy, does it feel good to blow off steam.
Comment from Sasha
OMG! How frustrating. I am glad I am down here and the office appointment is cheaper than the co-payments up there. Dealing with incompetent people would sent me off. I am impressed you maintained you calm throughout all this. Great work with this and I hope the shots were worth the headache...probably a migraine if it were me.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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OMG! How frustrating. I am glad I am down here and the office appointment is cheaper than the co-payments up there. Dealing with incompetent people would sent me off. I am impressed you maintained you calm throughout all this. Great work with this and I hope the shots were worth the headache...probably a migraine if it were me.
Comment Written 04-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2016
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Glad you felt my frustration. I know now that the squeaky wheel gets the oil. LOL
Comment from jlsavell
Spitfire, how exasperating. I deal with MEDICAL insurance everyday and I deal with billing. Your Doctor's office has a programs which checks your insurance and it explains benefit. It is a medical billing program, which is as efficient as it gets. Everything is electronic and all invoices and filings are attached to the patients info and insurance. Also, the program allows for patient notes and clarification. This was uncalled for. The receptionist should be duly trained. We all make mistakes. I do and I have been doing this a long time.. WOW...
JLSAVELL
reply by the author on 05-Sep-2016
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Spitfire, how exasperating. I deal with MEDICAL insurance everyday and I deal with billing. Your Doctor's office has a programs which checks your insurance and it explains benefit. It is a medical billing program, which is as efficient as it gets. Everything is electronic and all invoices and filings are attached to the patients info and insurance. Also, the program allows for patient notes and clarification. This was uncalled for. The receptionist should be duly trained. We all make mistakes. I do and I have been doing this a long time.. WOW...
JLSAVELL
Comment Written 04-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 05-Sep-2016
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Thanks, JL, for explaining the billing department. They did however, make an error later on--that's in the next chapter.
Comment from Mary Wakeford
Shari, this is such a disturbing read, not for the presentation, but for the experience you and Frank are enduring. In a country where this seems to be the norm anymore. What the hell has happened to America? Do you think for one minute any of our politcals have to go through this crap every time they or their family members goes to the doc? No, they've exempted themselves and have the best policies.
The incompetence and quite frankly the nerve of that receptionist to do what she did in your absence, unconscionable! Taking advantage of a man obviously not with it. You know this happens over and over again.
This is well described, to the point and left this reader in a tear.
Factor in our veterans and the VA...I come uncorked. God bless you both.
There is a section where spacing erraticly appears starting here:
DR. BANDA: Then Frank has to take another blood test
to see if his levels are still dropping. The
girl at the desk will give you the form for
Quest Diagnostics. As soon as you get it done,
make an appointment.
Spelling nit:
SHE: You have a twenty-five dolllar co-payment.-> dollar
reply by the author on 05-Sep-2016
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Shari, this is such a disturbing read, not for the presentation, but for the experience you and Frank are enduring. In a country where this seems to be the norm anymore. What the hell has happened to America? Do you think for one minute any of our politcals have to go through this crap every time they or their family members goes to the doc? No, they've exempted themselves and have the best policies.
The incompetence and quite frankly the nerve of that receptionist to do what she did in your absence, unconscionable! Taking advantage of a man obviously not with it. You know this happens over and over again.
This is well described, to the point and left this reader in a tear.
Factor in our veterans and the VA...I come uncorked. God bless you both.
There is a section where spacing erraticly appears starting here:
DR. BANDA: Then Frank has to take another blood test
to see if his levels are still dropping. The
girl at the desk will give you the form for
Quest Diagnostics. As soon as you get it done,
make an appointment.
Spelling nit:
SHE: You have a twenty-five dolllar co-payment.-> dollar
Comment Written 04-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 05-Sep-2016
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I checked both versions on my computer and found no spacing problems.
But Jay S had a similar problem but only with my work.
I don't know if there's a way you can change the font on your PC which would make a difference in presentation.
It is disturbing. A friend came up with a solution for the desk girl to put a note in my file. Doesn't matter now. I'm not going back. Unfortunatley, the same bimbo works for Urgent Care some days of the week.
