I'm SO SORRY, I'm NOT sure how this works yet. I had THE most miserable experience with an ER visit yesterday!!!!!!!! Here's what I wrote to the hospital!!
"I am writing regarding an ER visit that I had on 2/19/15. I have Crohn's Disease, am not on any maintenance meds, and therefore, rely on pain relievers, prescribed to me by my GI at the Mayo Clinic, where I have been receiving care for 4 years. My Dr. at the Mayo is one of the best, and will not experiment with drugs until he knows what is going on. I get internal bleeds and am in constant pain. I was horrified at the Dr. that was on staff in the ER around noon. I have always gone to Monticello, have recently had a stay in St. Cloud, and since I live in Buffalo, have also gone to the closer Buffalo ER. Yesterday I went to the Monticello hospital, because they seem to keep better track of my history. The Dr. on staff (Dr. Simons) insinuated that I was lying about my pain, and jumping hospitals. How does he know what my pain threshold is? He basically, in not so many terms, referred to me as a junkie. I even called him out on it, and of course he denied it. I'm sick about this. He told me I was "exaggerating" my pain. How would HE know what my tolerance was, and since a SPECIALIST almost twice his age, at the Mayo clinic has been prescribing me nothing but pain relievers until we can find out where my internal bleeding is coming from, I was sick that this Dr. in Monticello basically called me a liar! I have never been treated so poorly at your clinic (which I've delivered 2 of my children) or hospital, and am VERY displeased with how HE treated me. He also said, "There is nothing wrong with anything in your blood" yet prescribed me Prednisone? Isn't that for inflammation? For the record, I did NOT fill his pain relief Rx, because he claimed to have "Told all the hospitals about me"? I'm sure this is not a big deal in the realm of ER doctors, but I will NEVER recommend your hospital after such a horrible experience. I understand it is policy to keep track of narcotics, however I have a lot of faith my Dr. at the Mayo Clinic, and he has been very up-front with the risks associated with addiction. I even told the ER Dr that I can stop Narcotics without side effects, yet he still proceeded to prescribe them. I know nothing will come of this, nor do I care if it doesn't, but how DARE he say the things he said!! I will tell everyone (and unfortunately, I have a lot of friends and relatives in the near area), what a humiliating experience I had. I pray he never ends up with Crohn's, and someone treats him that way, as a junkie and a liar. God bless.[/I"
I am FURIOUS! How can a Dr. Do that! Overide a GI at the Mayo, "tattle" on me? I can't find the source of my bleeding so my GI doesn't know how to treat me. I've had every procedure out there and so he keeps me on pain meds so I can work! I am a single Mom of 3, working full time, and narcotics literally don't affect me---if anything, they make me nauseaous!! Do you guys think I did the right thing?? [/I]