Not This Morning

Posted on October 15th, 2008 by Jenn

Well scratch going to the doctor this morning.  I had my Grandma call to see what time the office opened because as with almost everything else around here most doctor’s offices either open late or close early on Wednesdays if they’re open at all.  There’s some like golden rule of the area where everything closes so everyone can hit the flea market early in the morning before work or right after lunch…and of course the flea market is only open on Wednesdays.  That’s small town life for ya.

Anywho, she called at 8:30 to see if they were open yet.  They were, but she was told they needed to reschedule her blood work for tomorrow, so now I have to have her there at 9am tomorrow morning.  Apparently they’re going to run a few more tests on her, and they decided it’d be best to do them all at once.  Then she has to go back again on Friday.  Then she’s got 2 appointments Monday and another one Wednesday.

I feel so sorry for her because she’s freaking out.  This is all so much for her to handle, and she’s going crazy over it.   She missed her appointment yesterday because they’re throwing so much stuff at her she can’t keep up with it all.  Then half the time either my aunt or myself has to call back and talk to the doctor because my Grandma didn’t understand what was said to her during the appointment or the nurse called her with information on her next appointments, but she talked too fast and my Grandma only wrote down half the info.

The doctor keeps telling her she’s rushing her, putting all these appointments on her so she can get them done by the end of the year.  At this point I’m trying to figure out if she means she’s doing that for my Grandma’s sake or for her own sake.  My Grandma is so ran down I don’t know how much more of this she can take right now, so I think I’m going to have to have my own sit down with the doctor tomorrow.

It doesn’t do any good to rush so many tests and appointments to try to help her quickly if you’re running her down even more in the process.  She told me this morning she’s been getting flustered over it all and having major panic attacks daily.  I might have to see if the doctor can slow down and let her breathe for a minute.

 
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    The only reason I can think of for the doctor to be rushing like that is if there is something that is going to change with your Grandmother's insurance. A lot of tests are being denied by insurance companies now, especially by Medicare. It's a lot of crap that the patient doesn't know about or understand.

    Also it sounds like her doctor and her doctor's nurses are not well versed in dealing with the elderly. Rushing all the tests won't help - especially if they're rushing so much they end up doing tests that weren't necessary. This is why I dislike doctors.
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    She's got medicaid, and you're right. Medicare and Medicaid are both bad about denying a lot of stuff as of lately. She's got a supplement insurance to cover the things medicaid doesn't want to cover. My sis-in-law received a packet in the mail a few days ago asking her to choose certain doctors and different options. She totally doesn't like it. She's on disability, and has to take whatever they'll give her.

    My Aunt decided to take the day off so she can sit down with the doctor and find out exactly what's going on. There's so much stuff she's not telling us, and so much stuff she tells my Grandma, but my Grandma doesn't understand. It all started with an appointment for arthritis pain in the knee and has moved on to everything under the sun, at least 3 appointments a week.

    If she needs all this that's understandable, but if the doctor is running all these tests, sucking up her insurance, and testing her for everything under the sun when it's not needed, I've got to put a stop to that.
 

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