Wednesday, September 09, 2015

On An Upnote

So Saturday I head to my PCP, ISO muscle relaxers to help with this unrelenting shoulder-elbow agony. Somewhat reluctantly he writes the Rx for skellaxin.

Interestingly enough, there I was, full in the throes of two weeks (perhaps more, at that time) of this new, throbby-sobby pain, only to be surprised that my BP reading that morning was 114/72. Best numbers ever!

Protip: If You Work At a Diagnostic Center or Doctor's Office, Take Heed



You might be a moron if:
I schedule both, an abdominal AND a transvaginal ultrasound, and you only manage to schedule the abdominal, which results in me having to get up an hour earlier and make yet another "enjoyable" visit to your facility. Granted the first time I rushed into the facility only to realize I forgot my Rx at home, and you were totally unwilling to assist me (by way of having my husband scan it--yes he was home--and email it to you--and I could have either brought the actual hard copy Rx in later that day OR you could have called my doctor's office and get them to fax the Rx), thus creating a scenario where I have to return to your facility for the abdominal, to realize you ONLY scheduled the abdominal and not both.  So. Okay. The first one? That's on me. I forgot my Rx, but what the fuck? Due to your ineptitude, I now have to fuck up THREE mornings instead of just two. Yes, Hartsdale Imaging, I'm calling you out.

You might be a moron if:
My doctor faxes a Rx for an MRI of a cervical spine, to happen the very evening when I return from vacation out of state--only to rush home to messages, first calling to confirm the appointment, then calling an hour later to reschedule the appointment because the machine is offline.  And of course the appointment is two hours AFTER my scheduled appointment with my physiatrist, of whom I NEEDED THE IMAGES for a proper diagnosis.  So, I arrive at the imaging center the next day, on time, to be asked for my Rx, when my doctor faxed it in FOUR DAYS PRIOR.  Then you call my doc, he tells you to do the MRI and he’ll fax it the next business day (he already faxed it, yet, inexplicably you couldn’t find it). The MRI was supposed to be of cervical spine, yet the CD of the images says “shoulder.” (Images did turn out to be of the cervical spine--so that disaster averted--however, HELLO, how about properly labeling the CD?)  The best of the best? I go to my doctor's office last night, in hopes of relief and hoping to find out what's been causing me severe, acute pain for three weeks--only to find out that you never forwarded the radiology report to my doctor. Yes, Upright Imaging, Yonkers, I'm calling you out. 

You might be a moron if:
At yet another facility entirely (name withheld, as the appointment is still pending, and I bet dollars to doughnuts it will be rescheduled YET AGAIN), my fine needle biopsy was scheduled for 9/25, only to be rescheduled to 9/23 (since they only do FNA on Weds). And 24 hours later, it was rescheduled to 9/30. Oh it also doesn't help matters that your phone demeanor (such as it is), is lacking.

Three separate diagnostic centers or medical offices, three separate fuck ups, with three separate issues still of undetermined  diagnoses due to you just not giving a fuck. Who has time for this shit?