Re: asking experts


"Cheryl Isaak" <cherylisaak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 5/13/06 6:01 AM, in article E7i9g.10916$pj4.7795@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Pat P" <eaxstitchNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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Karen C - California wrote:
Lucille wrote:
Saying to me don't worry, I know what
to do is definitely not something I think he should have said to an
adult
who doesn't appear to be senile or retarded, especially because of the
malpractice problems doctors face.

Lucille.



Precisely. Ginger's doctor didn't know he shouldn't give this to
someone with that allergy, and didn't take the time to look it up. He
brought that malpractice suit on himself.

My doctors falsified medical records. The law says that I can trust my
doctor to keep accurate medical records and not fictionalized ones.
Their malpractice was their own fault, not some failure by me to give
them information -- handwritten notes show that I gave them the right
information and they ignored it; they dictated something far different
than I told them but forgot to destroy the evidence of what I really
said. They sent me a 6-page form to fill out about my symptoms, living
situation, things I have difficulty with, allergies, etc. -- then tried
to put the blame on me for not telling them, except, lo and behold,
there was all that information in writing on their form. They were
forced to testify that I wasted an hour by filling out a form that they
didn't even bother to look at.

While there are people who sue for malpractice over that 1% chance of a
potential problem that they were made aware of, there are plenty of
people who sue for malpractice over the doctor's laziness or
incompetence that led to some result they weren't warned about. I
certainly was never warned that my doctors hadn't looked at the forms I
filled out, or that they didn't believe in CFS and were going to
dictate
notes disparaging it as "self-diagnosed" so they could change the
diagnosis I'd received from several specialists to something they liked
better. If the words "I don't believe in CFS" had ever escaped that
man's mouth, I would've been out of there before he said another word.
He lied, and my only mistake was believing his lies.


--
Karen C - California

What exactly do you gain by repeating the same stuff in this forum
almost daily?

If there is some benefit, I'd love to hear about it, because all I see
is a waste of your energy, something you have in short supply due to to
the CFS.

Caryn
p.s. go ahead and bash away at me for "slamming poor Karen" I really
don't give a crap.

The only thing that fascinates me about "Poor Karen" is that she ALWAYS
seems to be the victim. If anthing can go wrong - it does. If there`s
a
wrong decision to be made or an error to be made - it`s ALWAYS down to
someone else`s shortcoming. You`d think that there was a "get Karen"
campaign going on. Frankly it would make you terrified of having to
receive
medical treatment in America, and I can`t believe that THAT`S true!

Pat P


Since I know another "Calamity Jane", I suspect some people are just plain
unlucky.

This poor woman (I've known her about 15 years) just seems to have a black
cloud over her head in all areas except her garden (which is how I know
her). Two doctors told her that lump was nothing, forget about it. Three
years later, after the radical, she starts reacting to the new meds Doc #3
put her on. Turns out that she is allergic to horses (something she never
knew) and that is the animal the replacement hormone is "harvested" from.
That took ages to figure out. Meanwhile, with out the hormones, she is
having other nasty problems.

That is all figured out, there is an accident across the street from her
house. The downed pole takes out both cars and the front porch. Her
homeowners has to cover as it was a stolen car and an uninsured driver.
That
company drops her, no one else will pick her up at reasonable rate and her
basement floods (usually covered here in NH) taking out her rec room and
tons of damage. (turns out that her house had a history of accidents that
she didn't find out from the pervious owners.)

Her husband decides to take a hike after having at least one affair, too
much stress, leaving her with the second mortgage she knew nothing about.
She's starts having some immune system problems as does oldest daughter.
She
moved to AZ a few years ago and we lost touch, but I sincerely hope life
got
tons better for her.

Cheryl

Let`s face it - it couldn`t have got much worse!

You`re so right - some families seem to get it all, and it can just be a
matter of luck - I have a friend like that, too, (we`ve been great friends
for 66 years) If anything CAN go wrong for her, it will, though, and this
bad luck seems to afflict the rest of her family, too. She and her brother
have both had severe illness, both had young children die, and both lost
their spouses at an early age - but they`re both still great to be with and
both do a lot for their communities.

Positive people like that aren`t rarities. However, a lot of people could
take a lesson from them and improve their own lives in the process.

Caryn and Victoria have problems but they are actively fighting them.
That`s the whole point. They don`t sit and whine about how badly other folk
treat them, or don`t help them.

We just got back from the hospital where our oldest daughter ended up
yesterday, after her sons couldn`t get any sense out of and phoned for help.
We THINK she had been trying to cut down her medication too fast. At the
hospital, they aren`t sure if it`s Clinical or psychological until the tests
have been completed. At this moment in time she`s perfectly well and happy
but totally insane. She insisted we look between her toes as "There are
little people living there - and they came with her hanging under the
plane!" Our other daughter, Jane, sorted everything out yesterday, and we
take it in turns to go up there.

We left her there quite happily, and feel better for the visit. The
atmosphere is wonderful, the staff are great, the surroundings are really
beautiful- we told her to just relax and treat it as a holiday - I THINK she
took that much in.

She suffers from Bi-Polar and Epilepsy, so diagnosis of her current state is
pretty problematic. She`d also got dehydrated as she thought someone was
poisoning her, which didn`t help. She`s a lot better than when she arrived,
though, and looks so WELL!

Everyone has problems - even me - but not everyone usually (note I said
USUALLY) inflicts them on everyone else. In fact, problems are much better
discussed by letter or email than on a public forum. You`re more likely to
get a well thought out and lengthy, thoughtful response.

Pat P


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