Venting... depression.. doctors... argh

[Michaelangelo]

Well new updates....

Went in for blood test today, if they came out good I would have that test surgery on the 17th.... *sigh* they didn't come out good... they came back with a problem, they said it was the same one that I had back in July 2008... but when I mention what I was told it was before - they said that's not the problem... so I'm confused... was I really told what was wrong with me those years ago?  What is really wrong with me?

This has me so sick... so very sick right now... I want this surgery more than I can express and it seems like anytime I get close some huge road block jumps in at me..

I go in for another test tomorrow morning, if it comes back bad again... well my test surgery is cancelled and well... I sit here not knowing what's wrong with me again, not able to go to a doctor... not able to do a damn thing... and I'm just so tired of this circle of hope to be crushed... over and over... and over....

I think those who make up the laws about health care in the US are stupid morons who don't realize how many people are hurting by their choices!  And Doctors fighting over their blood money pisses me off just as much... I mean what the hell, we go in to get looked at for something where they just tell us that we got a cold drink lots of liquids and sleep, btw here's a $80 to $120 bill for their 15 minutes of time!!  Where do they get off thinking their time is that important, we should give them a bill for $500 for our time wasted in their waiting room for 2 to 3 hours to be told just go home to sleep!

Sorry venting... but I see so many people who are without ways of being cared for... money is more important than our lives are... and if we do break down to go to the doctors for serious junk we get bills for the rest of our lives because most of us could never afford to pay off all these bills... basically we're screwed... and well... I fall in that list...

I had insurance when I was working... but when I got hurt at work and couldn't stay there, I lost it and even when we offered my job to pay to keep it going... they turned me down and I don't have any medical care what so ever... so I sit here with problems that are affecting me from moving forward with my life and no way to handle it.

Wednesday we'll know if it's canceled...  I'll update here... though I'm learning having hope only leads to being crushed... 

[CriticalCrittles]

*hugs I'm sorry babe...have they told you specificly what the problem with the blood test IS? And if there is anything you can do to FIX it? Cuz that's not fair, you should be told specificly what the issue at hand is, you have a right to know!

[Michaelangelo]

That's the problem, they don't know how to fix it and want to send me to a specalist who won't see me without insurance... so... basically I loose out... I sit here wishing I knew what was wrong with me... but I don't have insurance so I don't deserve an answer I guess.

[Raphael]

Sorry you're going through this, Mike. It certainly doesn't seem right.

I used to work with a lady who had lived in the US before moving here...and she used to insist, almost argue with me, that EVERYONE in the US had health care and it was better than any care she'd gotten here (she was having a hard time getting in to see a specialist because of wait times). I knew she was wrong, but arguing did no good. Made me wonder how many other regular US citizens were equally misinformed...

[Michaelangelo]

hard to think that there could be that many so blind to this with all the people I know with no health care what so ever... and I know others... including a few here on TMNT-L... 

We sit here and twiddle our thumbs waiting for some help to come... but even the new things that says it's to help everyone get health care has draw backs.... the newest thing is saying you get a tax break... well with worker comp I don't do taxes - I miss taxes that was pay day... but even when I did do taxes when I did things for tax breaks they're like "oh that's long forum" so I even got screwed back than with that kind of stuff...

blah... sometimes life just seems hard....

[Raphael]

I was surprised that she'd get so insistent, because I knew of you and others who were having issues with health care, so I knew she was wrong.

I'm still trying to figure out how your problem now is the same one you had before...but isn't the same one. What did you have to do in 2008 to fix things?

[Michaelangelo]

We had nothing back in 2008 to really fix it... we had a lot of being told of going to doctors that I couldn't afford and sitting around....

THOUGH

Good news!

My test results are in and some how they are better!!!!  So Monday I'll be going in for my test surgery!!!!


-  I still stand by what I said though, the fact that people have to fork out more money then they have to see a doctor for anything even if it's to save their lifes where they don't have a choice... is WRONG... yes Doctors should make money, yes Doctors should get paid for the work they do.  Yes Medical needs fundings... but squeezing out of every person who walks through the door is just plan wrong... there's other ways to handle this and a lot of people are suffering because of this.

[Leonardo_Mystic]

A long time ago, doctors used to care about the patient and not the money. They even would come to you at your house. One day, they looked at this system and went "We're not making ends meet here. We have to start charging more". So then it became more about the money and less about the people they were supposed to help. House calls became as extinct as the dinosaurs.

We also sit and wait for hours on end only to see them for a total of maybe 15 minutes. That could be an entire day lost we never get back, $50-$100 sucked out of your savings just to tell you to go home and take Zyrtec or something and they continue to squeeze blood out of a turnip. Somehow they still get more.

Then I've heard enough horror stories to fill a novel about how they mix up medicines and patient charts and give the wrong thing to the wrong person. Or they put people in a room with a patient who is supposed to be qaurantined and then try to play it down when someone questions it. We are supposed to trust these medical practioners with our lives, but some of them screw us up more.

I have a basic insurance plan with my employer that does help a little, but I still have to pay a little heavy. I rarely go to the doctor unless I can't stand suffering anymore.

[CriticalCrittles]

I find it kinda awkward that they know something is wrong...but dont know what that thing is...but it's something wrong....huh? lol

Anyway, glad to hear you're finally gonna get your surgery babe, you've waited long enough for this and you deserve it! I hope everything works out for you!

[Michaelangelo]

This is only the temp surgery, been at this point before... 2 years ago... had it, loved it... it was taken away than my blood messed up the real surgery... and it's been a two year wait... now they throw me back through the test... I just want the real thing... not this test..

I have to wait a month after this is removed before they'll look into doing the real thing, than I have to worry about my blood tests again in hopes that it doesn't mess me up like it did two years ago.

[CriticalCrittles]

i'll keep my fingers crossed for ya babe

[Leonardo_Mystic]

Me too. Really pulling here for you, Ivey.

[Leonardo the 2nd]

I whish you the best, my friend. 

And keep in mind, that you are not alone. You have many friends here who are with you in their heart.