I have posted several hundred times on the VIP board, but with my hubby retiring, I had to cut back on extras and gravitated back to the Free Board.

I posted a long series of stories about how a pain dr. refused to help me three times and then had me thrown in the drug lock down because he "said" I sounded suicidal.
That's it in a nutshell. I was quickly released and given all my paperwork, but the police picking me up was burned in my memory and in the memories of my neighbors forever.
I was furious down to my bone marrow.

I wrote everyone I could think of. The Texas State Board of Examiners didn't find any law that had been broken, but I did get several small rewards - such as the Arthritis Foundation won't recommend Dr. Z to any of their people.

Sometimes you just have to wait. There were people on the VIP board who sympathized with me, but I didn't get the feeling that they genuinely thought I would be able to get any action on this misdeed without spending a huge amount on high-powered lawyers. Those lawyers didn't want my case because there wasn't any catastrophic injury.

But I got a letter today from the Office for Civil Rights, Dept. of Health and Human Services, and they didn't see it quite the same way as the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. They seem to think my civil rights were infringed. BTW, this is the same hospital that separated the Egyptian twins.

There is a good chance that the dr. and the hospital will be prosecuted! Isn't that fabulous? Don't give up. Keep pumping those letters out, and there's a chance someone will see it YOUR way. All right! Flavia