Doctor's Misunderstanding

I had a disagreement against a physician which I wrote about to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts. It was rejected by them, without ever giving me a reason why.

I had to visit this doctor, because I belonged to the insurance group, Advantra, and he was my primary physician. This visit was a just a routine visit. The doctor’s diagnosis was a suggestion to take a pharmaceutical (Amox-Clav) and exercise for ‘ROUND SHOULDERS.” I don’t think he was listening very well, because when I told him over and over again, I have had round shoulders ever since I was six years old and I did not think
any pharmaceutical could change that at my age, which at the time, was over 80. I’m sure an antibiotic will not fix round shoulders, but I did have some of the bad side effects from one dose of the drug, which was bleeding.

I returned to the doctor’s office, only to be told by the receptionist that I needed to go to the emergency room. But instead, I waited four hours in his office before he would see me. After finally getting to see the doctor, and having a quick conversation, he told me that I needed to go to the hospital. It was I who had to ask if I still needed to take the Amox-Clav or not. You would think he would have told me that himself.

I didn’t feel I could or should go to the emergency room by myself, so this trip required calling a friend to accompany me to the hospital. After a grueling day, I ended up with a three day hospital stay, where they didn’t find anything wrong with me. This doctor didn’t come to check on my condition until the end of the third day, too late to discharge me that day, but staying any longer would not be cover by my insurance company. I left the hospital without his discharge authorization.

I’m sure I’m not alone with this type of medical experience, but there should be a listening ear to hear for the patient’s benefit, not just for the doctors.