I had a spinal fusion on the 18th. My pain doc left the practice on the 10th but I was transferred to her partner for a normal appointment on the 26th, the day my meds run out. It's getting rediclious lately with all the hoops you have to jump thru thanks to the gooberment but that's a different story.
I go in on the 26 and was told the dr will not see me. I'm like I made this appointment a month ago and just had back surgery and am not allowed to even goto the ER for pain management because of the contract I signed with the practice 8 or 9 years ago. First they say he doesn't accept my insc. I say bullsheit it's a Medicare advantage plan and even if he doesn't take it he does take Medicare and thus in emergencies he will be paid. Besides I will gladly pay cash and submit for reimbursement myself. They bumbled and stumble and say he wont take cash payments. Again thanks gooberment cause cash customers are a red flag.
I remind them I've been coming her for 9 years and have 20 years of pain management records I gave them and JUST HAD BACK SURGERY so that BS doesn't pass the smell test.
The phucking coward wouldnt even step out of his office...I was looking at him...and talk to me. I told them they are violating the contract and best med practices cause even if I failed a piss test and get booted they are required to prescribe at least a month of meds.
They let slip hes an Interventional pain doc, meaning the only drug he prescribed is steroids he injects. He doesn't even do the pain pumps as he would have to fill them every month.
This whole environment is BS. Just like everything the gooberment tries to help with all they do is phuck the law abiding. 20 years ago pain meds used to be cheap. Then the gooberment wants them reformulated to make them abuse resistant. The drug companies are like cool, our patents expired so here you go a new abuse resistant drug with new patents. It was 15 bucks last month now its 650.00 bucks. Oh and guess what? The drug addicts have instructions online how to beat the coating or abuse resistant additives before the pharmacy even has it in stock.
It's all BS. 12 fricking back surgeries and I worked thru most of them in some stupid attempt to be productive and not give up almost dying from an infection in the process. 20 years in pain management cause of permanent damage done by the infection and surgeries. Never failed a piss test. Never "lost" meds or got them "stolen".....which means took too much or sold them cause no one loses meds or leaves them out to get stolen. I have even passed all the report to have your meds counted tests they toss in to make sure your not selling them. Every problem I have is verified by a test or scan or xray. Nothing is transient or unverifiable just take my word for it pain. I've tried the stimulator where it felt like I was being electrocuted as well as literally 100s of injections, most all do work to some extent, and try out every new gadget on the market and this punk ars noob doc just phucks me and boots me out the door on a friday afternoon a week after surgery knowing I have no meds left.
You follow the rules for nothing. Again thanks to the gooberment you cant just get meds from another doc. Not even my surgeon would prescribe them till he talked to the pain docs office on Monday. He was pissed and filed a complaint against the pain doc, you know how rare that it. I also filed a complaint but who knows how that will go.
I called 47 pain management dr on my insc before I found one who would see me and they had to verify my story first because this isnt supposed to be able to happen. So I see one friday but in today's environment who knows how that will go. I cant blame them I guess as they are being imprisoned for over prescribing. Some do but some are the only doc in hundreds of miles so who knows.
20 years ago I'd be in jail. That bastard is lucky I've mellowed and just had surgery. That and I had to keep the wife from getting to him, lol. The rage I felt was such I havnt felt in a long long time, not since some punk inmate attacked me from behind during a disturbance. Since I dont work anymore I dont really have to watch what I say so closely. I still gotta be nice till I get my records cause I need those. I might even try a lawyer but who knows.
When other dr are filing complaints and telling you to do so and to get a lawyer you know you're right to be a bit pissed.
There will be a reckoning for that arrogant little punk. I've had "parking lot conferences" with fellow officers cause they did something stupid enough to endanger others and I was never as angry as I am now.
Rant off.
My surgeon prescribed about 2weeks of meds and got an appointment on friday with a new doc. That's world record time cause it took almost 2 months when we moved here in 11.
There are no words.
I gotta take up voodoo doll making for the short term. Give the doc experience at healing his self. Not everyone is a drug seeking con artist. He needs some refresher training.
I go in on the 26 and was told the dr will not see me. I'm like I made this appointment a month ago and just had back surgery and am not allowed to even goto the ER for pain management because of the contract I signed with the practice 8 or 9 years ago. First they say he doesn't accept my insc. I say bullsheit it's a Medicare advantage plan and even if he doesn't take it he does take Medicare and thus in emergencies he will be paid. Besides I will gladly pay cash and submit for reimbursement myself. They bumbled and stumble and say he wont take cash payments. Again thanks gooberment cause cash customers are a red flag.
I remind them I've been coming her for 9 years and have 20 years of pain management records I gave them and JUST HAD BACK SURGERY so that BS doesn't pass the smell test.
The phucking coward wouldnt even step out of his office...I was looking at him...and talk to me. I told them they are violating the contract and best med practices cause even if I failed a piss test and get booted they are required to prescribe at least a month of meds.
They let slip hes an Interventional pain doc, meaning the only drug he prescribed is steroids he injects. He doesn't even do the pain pumps as he would have to fill them every month.
This whole environment is BS. Just like everything the gooberment tries to help with all they do is phuck the law abiding. 20 years ago pain meds used to be cheap. Then the gooberment wants them reformulated to make them abuse resistant. The drug companies are like cool, our patents expired so here you go a new abuse resistant drug with new patents. It was 15 bucks last month now its 650.00 bucks. Oh and guess what? The drug addicts have instructions online how to beat the coating or abuse resistant additives before the pharmacy even has it in stock.
It's all BS. 12 fricking back surgeries and I worked thru most of them in some stupid attempt to be productive and not give up almost dying from an infection in the process. 20 years in pain management cause of permanent damage done by the infection and surgeries. Never failed a piss test. Never "lost" meds or got them "stolen".....which means took too much or sold them cause no one loses meds or leaves them out to get stolen. I have even passed all the report to have your meds counted tests they toss in to make sure your not selling them. Every problem I have is verified by a test or scan or xray. Nothing is transient or unverifiable just take my word for it pain. I've tried the stimulator where it felt like I was being electrocuted as well as literally 100s of injections, most all do work to some extent, and try out every new gadget on the market and this punk ars noob doc just phucks me and boots me out the door on a friday afternoon a week after surgery knowing I have no meds left.
You follow the rules for nothing. Again thanks to the gooberment you cant just get meds from another doc. Not even my surgeon would prescribe them till he talked to the pain docs office on Monday. He was pissed and filed a complaint against the pain doc, you know how rare that it. I also filed a complaint but who knows how that will go.
I called 47 pain management dr on my insc before I found one who would see me and they had to verify my story first because this isnt supposed to be able to happen. So I see one friday but in today's environment who knows how that will go. I cant blame them I guess as they are being imprisoned for over prescribing. Some do but some are the only doc in hundreds of miles so who knows.
20 years ago I'd be in jail. That bastard is lucky I've mellowed and just had surgery. That and I had to keep the wife from getting to him, lol. The rage I felt was such I havnt felt in a long long time, not since some punk inmate attacked me from behind during a disturbance. Since I dont work anymore I dont really have to watch what I say so closely. I still gotta be nice till I get my records cause I need those. I might even try a lawyer but who knows.
When other dr are filing complaints and telling you to do so and to get a lawyer you know you're right to be a bit pissed.
There will be a reckoning for that arrogant little punk. I've had "parking lot conferences" with fellow officers cause they did something stupid enough to endanger others and I was never as angry as I am now.
Rant off.
My surgeon prescribed about 2weeks of meds and got an appointment on friday with a new doc. That's world record time cause it took almost 2 months when we moved here in 11.
There are no words.
I gotta take up voodoo doll making for the short term. Give the doc experience at healing his self. Not everyone is a drug seeking con artist. He needs some refresher training.
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