Ann228
01-27-2007, 06:51 AM
I have been getting very depressed lately as it has been very slow progress in treating my pain. I have IC/endo/VV/pelvic muscle disfunction. I had such horrible exerience in past with MD's staff. Have been told by two different NPs that since I didn't respond as expected to their treatment I was imaging all this. After these ordeals, I did not want to see anymore docs but my husband nagged at me til I agreed to see one more. I feel very hopeless and am afraid my current doc will drop me like others in the past because I have had such slow improvement . I get very nervous and anxious when I have to go to MD. Blood pressure goes up and I start shaking. I am afraid to tell my doc about depression or ask if he can increase elavil to see if that helps. I don't want him to think I am a mental case and stop treating me. Pyridium plus helps my bladder spasms, but I used all thirty pills he gave me back in July and I am afraid I will be called a drug seeker if I ask for more and he wom't see me anymore. I need some advice on how I can ask him for these things? Another problem I have is the NP there is very rude and hateful if he asks her to give me a coctail. She treats me like I am a real problem and a burden to do this for me. She is pleasant to me in front of the other staff, but is very hateful when in the room alone with me. I would rather hurt than have to face her again. Any suggestions about how to handle this situation?
I also had a situation at a uro my doc insisted I see because I had a lot of blood in my urine and I have a history of UTI's. I went to see uro even though I dreaded going. He was nice and wanted to do office cysto just to make sure I didnt have cancer or something. I told my doc this during followup. He was wanting to do cysto/hydro on me again and sent a letter to uro to ask if he could just do that instead of office cysto. My doc didn't want me to have to go through two procdures. The problem started when I called to cancel office cysto til heard back from uro. Lady that took call was very nasty and rude. She got irrate and wouldn't cancel appt. even though it was still almost a week before. I explained what my doc said and about the letter to uro and that made her even more hateful. She wouldn't let me cancel and told me to call back next day. She said she was going to tell uro about me!. I called back next day and she cancelled the appt but said very threateningly that some one from the office would be calling me about this!! Over a week went by nobody called so I figured matter was over. My doc could just do cysto/hydro. Well uro called me Thurs but I was sleeping (work night shift). Hubby took message. Uro said he was calling about cancelled cysto and he had talked to my doc about me!! Also said I needed to call him back. He was gone when I called back but nasty lady told me call next afternoon. Luckily nicer lady answered phone when I called and left message for him to call me Mon. I really don't know what to say to him when he calls? I am so upset he called my doc before talking to me. Any suggestions on how to handle this situation?
Also have been having other medical issues: legs swelling, rash across cheeks and nose won't go away, knee and hip aching and joints on finger and toe swelling. I guess I need to see a GP but am afraid I will again be told I'm making things up even though you can actually see these problems. I do not know how to get over this horrid complex. I went to see psychologist before when I was told all my pain was imaginary. The psychologist said I was a medical case not mental but did help me in dealing with chronic diagnosis. I would go back to see if could help me with doctor issues but am afraid my doc would find out. I don't want him to think I am a nutcase.
Sorry that post so long but am tired of dealing with all this and don't know what else to do. I would so appreciate anybody that can give me advice on this. I just find this all so confusing the way docs and their staff act. I am a nursing supervisor and I make it clear to the staff they either treat the patients kindly or they will be out of a job. Our manager expects the patients to be treated respectfully no matter what!!
I also had a situation at a uro my doc insisted I see because I had a lot of blood in my urine and I have a history of UTI's. I went to see uro even though I dreaded going. He was nice and wanted to do office cysto just to make sure I didnt have cancer or something. I told my doc this during followup. He was wanting to do cysto/hydro on me again and sent a letter to uro to ask if he could just do that instead of office cysto. My doc didn't want me to have to go through two procdures. The problem started when I called to cancel office cysto til heard back from uro. Lady that took call was very nasty and rude. She got irrate and wouldn't cancel appt. even though it was still almost a week before. I explained what my doc said and about the letter to uro and that made her even more hateful. She wouldn't let me cancel and told me to call back next day. She said she was going to tell uro about me!. I called back next day and she cancelled the appt but said very threateningly that some one from the office would be calling me about this!! Over a week went by nobody called so I figured matter was over. My doc could just do cysto/hydro. Well uro called me Thurs but I was sleeping (work night shift). Hubby took message. Uro said he was calling about cancelled cysto and he had talked to my doc about me!! Also said I needed to call him back. He was gone when I called back but nasty lady told me call next afternoon. Luckily nicer lady answered phone when I called and left message for him to call me Mon. I really don't know what to say to him when he calls? I am so upset he called my doc before talking to me. Any suggestions on how to handle this situation?
Also have been having other medical issues: legs swelling, rash across cheeks and nose won't go away, knee and hip aching and joints on finger and toe swelling. I guess I need to see a GP but am afraid I will again be told I'm making things up even though you can actually see these problems. I do not know how to get over this horrid complex. I went to see psychologist before when I was told all my pain was imaginary. The psychologist said I was a medical case not mental but did help me in dealing with chronic diagnosis. I would go back to see if could help me with doctor issues but am afraid my doc would find out. I don't want him to think I am a nutcase.
Sorry that post so long but am tired of dealing with all this and don't know what else to do. I would so appreciate anybody that can give me advice on this. I just find this all so confusing the way docs and their staff act. I am a nursing supervisor and I make it clear to the staff they either treat the patients kindly or they will be out of a job. Our manager expects the patients to be treated respectfully no matter what!!