I ... do not know and cannot even. Too much, blargle, augh!
I ... do not know and cannot even. Too much, blargle, augh!
Dad's really bad, right now. They are trying to move up his surgery date to see if it gives him any pain relief. Meanwhile, the palliative care group that made so much difference last year - no longer exists. I mean, there's a phone number, and people answer it, but they are getting out of the palliative care business. They were apparently even the group that the insurance company referred people to, only, surprise, they don't exist any more. So they are not an option.
His primary doctor is away, and that seems to mean that your options are the emergency room. So much for a group practice. After I spoke with the insurance company, they called the doctor's office and now there's an appointment for a different doctor to see my dad on Friday. Wth, it's only 5 days after we first called them. We could always go to the emergency room.
The office that will be handling the surgery finally offered some meds. Then the stupid federally mandated electronic transmission didn't work and they didn't get it in writing because it was electronically submitted and by the time they figured that out the doctor had left for the evening so we have to wait until tomorrow.
In case it wasn't, it is becoming abundantly clear why many patients feel abandoned by the medical system. Not to mention several other things I'd like to say, but won't. Ok. I'll say this one.
When you make it overwhelming and impossible for patients with real, documented, validated, severe pain to receive timely and pain-relieving attention, they will ask you to let them die. When you make the system so difficult that they are left with no other options to moderate the pain, other than death, they will ask you to let them die. If you think that it is wrong to support access to euthanasia, fix the fscking system so they have an option other than asking you to kill them.
I may have an opinion on this subject.
Dad's really bad, right now. They are trying to move up his surgery date to see if it gives him any pain relief. Meanwhile, the palliative care group that made so much difference last year - no longer exists. I mean, there's a phone number, and people answer it, but they are getting out of the palliative care business. They were apparently even the group that the insurance company referred people to, only, surprise, they don't exist any more. So they are not an option.
His primary doctor is away, and that seems to mean that your options are the emergency room. So much for a group practice. After I spoke with the insurance company, they called the doctor's office and now there's an appointment for a different doctor to see my dad on Friday. Wth, it's only 5 days after we first called them. We could always go to the emergency room.
The office that will be handling the surgery finally offered some meds. Then the stupid federally mandated electronic transmission didn't work and they didn't get it in writing because it was electronically submitted and by the time they figured that out the doctor had left for the evening so we have to wait until tomorrow.
In case it wasn't, it is becoming abundantly clear why many patients feel abandoned by the medical system. Not to mention several other things I'd like to say, but won't. Ok. I'll say this one.
When you make it overwhelming and impossible for patients with real, documented, validated, severe pain to receive timely and pain-relieving attention, they will ask you to let them die. When you make the system so difficult that they are left with no other options to moderate the pain, other than death, they will ask you to let them die. If you think that it is wrong to support access to euthanasia, fix the fscking system so they have an option other than asking you to kill them.
I may have an opinion on this subject.
Plussing the opinion, not the situation. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteThat's an awful awful situation. I'm so sorry.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping something turns around for you and your family soon.
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