Exactly Ron! Just a short time ago because I had my skin split in my groin area ... I went to my regular physician and she always knew that she could examine me (but my home health agency could to report to her) and during my "wellness visit" she put me through an hour of filling out paperwork and then having her medical assistant ask me questions (above the usual stuff) and then my physician came in. Prior to this "wellness visit" I was only going to this physician for a script for my pain medication every month as required by her. Every other physician I have had has let my spouse, family member or caregiver pick it up for me every month. Further, she never looked at me during my visit... she kept staring at her computer as she asked me questions. The first time I was there to visit her I asked if she would look at me but she said she could listen to me while looking at her computer.
Anyway, during this last "wellness visit" and putting me through all of that time filling out paperwork and having her medical assistant asked me the usual questions... and having my doctor asked me the same questions (usual questions) at the end of the visit she turned around and told me that she was discharging me because she couldn't "examine me." She knew I had taken photos of it but that was not good enough for her and she only gave me 30 days to look for a new doctor! When moving back to Arizona and found that 99% (or more) of the physicians are either not taking on patients on pain medication DESPITE THE DIAGNOSIS and I am only on one that is only 10 mg twice a day finding a doctor who is not an easy task! I called 30 general practitioners with either of them not taking new patients or not taking patients on any pain medication! My urologist later told me that that I was not the only one she heard from that discharged a patient for no good reason. The Dr. above was not the first doctor to discharge me since moving back to Arizona. The first doctor I had when I moved here was not only arrogant and not letting me talk but because 3 home health agencies would not take me on (because of my diagnosis and being a long-term patient and because of my insurance) he was too lazy to look for another home health agency that would take me on and so HE discharged me! And I had only gone to him twice! And it was he who caused me to be discharged from the first home health agency I had by him complaining to them about the home health aide I had who I loved (but he would not listen to me) so by doing this the home health agency called me to discharge me saying that the home health aide was not comfortable coming back to me which was not the truth!!! I finally found a "good" physician and she is super. BUT, my urologist since 2006 this this urologist this requiring me to go to *another *urologist in case I need a reconstruction surgery (like it bladder neck closing) after the first nurse who came to my home to do my catheter change blew the balloon up in my urethra stretching it terribly and has led to problems to this very day when, *after 36 1/2 years I have never ever had a nurse *(who was probably close to 1000 catheter changes over those years) who blew the balloon up in my urethra and causing me to lose my urologist because she does not do any type of reconstruction surgery and has not been able to stop the leaking around my catheter which never ever happened in my life before -- causing skin breakdown and more chux, etc. etc. etc. She has always been a great urologist familiar with neurogenic bladders and removing bladder stones from my bladder so now I am losing her after what happened to me with that nurse back at the end of January. I was hoping my urethra would tighten back up and be like it always has but during my last cystoscopy (what my urologist since 2006 could possibly see what was happening, if anything up there) she confirmed that my bladder was badly stretched and for the first time ever my bladder was, what she called a "war zone"). We knew that my bladder had been stretched but during my follow-up visit I asked her why she thought my bladder looks so bad since the last time she was up there (late 2012) she said that my bladder was still in "pristine" condition (like always) and like I have never had a catheter in my bladder for over 33 years. I had one fairly large bladder stone (that she crushed and got out of my bladder during her cystoscopy in early July of this year). She was "hoping" that iit was because the way the bladder stone was positioned or something but that was just a guess. She removed 10 bladder stones in late 2012 and those did not cause any damage and she removed very very very big bladder stones in 2006 and those did not cause any problem either. What is this world coming to! ~Lori On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 4:21 PM, RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > How can a doctor really examine a quad other than bring in a photo? I > think quads that run to the doc at every whim aren't going to live very > long. You got to clean between your legs in the shower, then dry it out. > Get clean of any accidents as quick as possible. Use cream when it gets > red. My fee is $350.00 for that.lol > > Ron > > > On Thursday, October 20, 2016 2:54 PM, "jume9...@comcast.net" < > jume9...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > You shoul see Dr. But in the time antibiotic cream could help ease the > redness. Niastation cream is good through presription. > > Sent from my LG Mobile > > ------ Original message------ > *From: * > *Date: *Thu, Oct 20, 2016 7:49 AM > *To: *lissw...@hotmail.com;quad-list@eskimo.com; > *Subject:*Re: [QUAD-L] Groin rash > > > See a doctor, There are creams that you need a prescription for. It is > treatable. I have had it too. > > > > > > In a message dated 10/19/2016 2:54:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > lissw...@hotmail.com <%20lissw...@hotmail.com> writes: > > Hello everyone, > > I hardly ever write here but I read the emails frequently. This time I > need help though. > I've had a terrible rash in my groin/inner thigh area for about 2 months > now. I have tried different ointments, corn starch, > Chamomile and nothing works. I'm 10 years post injury and this has never > happened to me before. I have no feeling there but > when I'm being cleaned my body get pain reactions, strong spasms, chills > and my face gets really hot. > Anything someone could recommend? Do I need to see a doctor? > > Thanks in advance and best regards to all. > > ------------------------------ > From: g...@eskimo.com <%20g...@eskimo.com> > To: quad-list@eskimo.com <%20quad-l...@eskimo.com> > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:47:43 -0700 > Subject: [QUAD-L] Internet > > I've been having very bad internet problems, so I had them come out. I've > been paying for fast cable internet. I found out the modem / router they > put in a long time ago can't handle those speeds. So Its been slower than > it should be... Good news is, our area is one of the first with Gigablast. > 1gbps. And its less than I pay now. Can't wait. Greg > = > > > > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz