Gunny,
Great story! Wish I had a judge for a friend, that would help a lot!
Good for you. I don't have the energy for all that, but I can
hire a lawyer if I have to.
Thanks for sharing that.
Kevin
Gunny wrote:
Kev:
Just a short story totell you how I handled a similar situation. I
call the Doctor's office to get my vicadin script refilled, now, this
happened some 9 years ago. Same story, he has to see me. Now here's a
guy who couldn't diagnose me, I had to go to Cleveland Clinic for
that, but, this mutz is my pcp. so I ask why does he have to see me?
Reply is, he hasn't seen you for six months. Ok, I go to the office,
appt. is at 1:00 PM. 2:30 I'm walkin out the door. Here comes the
nurse, where are you going? I'm leaving, my appt. was at 1:00. Here
comes the Dr. saying "hey I'm a physician". Ok, here's what I heard
you say I say to him, your the Physician and I'm nobody, but because
your a physician, your more important than I am, yet I'm the guy who
helped pay for your Mercedes sitting there. I'll tell you what Drt., I
bill myself out at $65.00 an hour, so to round it off, you owe me
roughly $90.00. Guess what, he says it doesn't wotk that way. I say,
oh yes it does. Now, I go to small claims court and file suit against
him. $45.00 to file, anyway, Judgr Bernard who is a very close friend
of mine, gets the case. Bernatd hates Drs. as it is. After hearing
testimony, Bernard makes Dr. slemmons pay me the $90.00 plusd the
filing fees totaling $135.00. Judge says, "You'll pay Mr. Boyle in
cash right now. If you don't have the cash, we'll wait till you get it
but do it today."
I win the case, fire the Doctor, and the best part is, I call my
Neuro in Clevelkand and he faxes in a script, no problem. There ya go.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Wolfthal
Sent: Jun 19, 2007 11:22 PM
To: Natalie Boyles , [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT: Doctor won't refill medications.
Hi Natalie,
I am sorry that your doctors cannot help you. Unfortunately that
is my situation also,
EXCEPT for the blood pressure medication. And it took me about 3
years to get
the proper combination of BP meds, Vasotec and Metoprolol, to
regulate my
BP.
I happened to like this doctor until now. I also understand that
they are obligated
to see patients periodically. But did he have to cut off my
medication completely
to strong-arm me into making an appointment? All they had to do
was call me and
tell me he has to see me. I will make an appointment, and use an
ambulance to
get there probably. My Mother's doctor calls her when he wants to
see her, and if
she tells them she feels fine, they accept it. They don't just
cut off her prescriptions.
This is criminal and unconscionable, and I will probably fire this
doctor after
I get my medications.
Take care,
Kevin
Natalie Boyles wrote:
Hi Kevin,
You need to do what I am going to do - stop going to the doctors
unless I am dying. And, then, I guess I will not need them. I do
not think they can help some of us. Just the way it is. So, I
will go only when there is no other option. I will go for thyroid
blood test, perhaps a mammogram and if I get so sick I think even
a doctor could not do more harm. These are the only reasons.
You need to go to someone and get your blood pressure meds
though. Or, maybe they goofed there too and you really do not
need them. The doctors almost erroneously put me on them.
Thinking about doctors and tests and apptments is bad for ones
health. Unless of course the doctors can help. In my case, they
evidently cannot.
Natalie
On 6/18/07, *Kevin Wolfthal* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Sandy,
I wonder if my doctor would be legally liable if I get sick
because I
couldn't come
in and he refused to refill my blood pressure medication?
I think the doctors got together and figured out a way to
milk out some moe
of our insurance money.
In case there's any doubt, I don't trust the medical
profession. For those
who are happy with their doctors, you are very lucky.
Kevin
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