I was sitting here reading through everyones posts, and Ive noticed a lot of new people (less than 5 posts) popping up. So I started thinking what it was like when I was new, and then for some reason I thought about all the doctors, all the emergency room visits, etc that I have had in my life. And one always popped into my head. I had a regular doctor who was treating my back issues, and he had given 60 percocet a month for about six months. Well my company goes and changes health plans, so I join a new "very established" group, and go to my old op, gather up my records, and head over to the new place. So the nurse comes in, says the doctor will see you shortly, and leaves. No vitals, no nothing. About 1 hour later this gumpy old silver haired doctor walks in, with my recently trasferred files in his hand, and he keeps reading, and looking at me, and reading, and looking at me. Then, without even introducing himself, he says matter of factly "Your not gonna get any drugs here, we dont treat pill fiends" Holy f**k, I though, I felt so small, so humiliated, so slapped in the face and spit on. I was speechless. I stumbled with the words excuse me, and he goes 'I dont like people like you, you here for one thing, and I am not giving it to you. Go to shoprite, and get yourself some aspirin, and dont come back here." I pulled my dignity off the floor, and left. So about 2 days later , I get a call from the new doctors office, and its the receptionist. She keeps telling me they made a terrible mistake. It turns out my records had like a listing of me getting the percocet every month, but my MRI's reports, and x-rays that were supposed to be transferred by courrier, never got there. SO this doc thought I was coming into the old place, picking up my 60, and walking out. The few notes my old doc had written were very vague in the med records, and more detailed in the mri and xray reports. Needless to say I never went back to the new place. So thats it. Just felt like getting that off my chest. Anyone else have any horror stories?
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