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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, boy. I had an emergency c-section at a hospital an hour and a half away from my home (long story). My OB made a mistake on my prescription for Percocet when I was discharged, so the pharmacy wouldn't fill it and Advil wasn't cutting it. She told me the best thing to do was go to the local ER. (We all thought it would be faster than my husband driving 3 hours round-trip to her office - you can't call in Percocet)

So I did, and was treated so horribly that I walked out in tears. My milk had just come in, I was in pain with a fresh incision and newborn, and the ER doc told me he "thought I was just looking for oxy." I've never been so ashamed and horrified in my life.[/quote]

That's horrible; I'm so sorry it happened to you. [/quote]

Seriously.  That is lawsuit worthy in my opinion.  Something not quite as horrible, but still awful happened to my 14 year old.  He was injured at school.  I rushed him to the ER.  They did xrays.  The ER doctor missed a serious fracture.  They have him very little pain medication.  I took him to an orthopedic surgeon the next day after a horrible night of severe pain.  He had a torn ACL and a broken leg.  The orthopedists called the ER doctor "incompetent" and suggested the radiologist who read the xray was probably reading it from his bed at home while watching Netflix.

This was just one medical nightmare too much.  I have ZERO trust in doctors now.  I'll see a PA or a nurse practitioner.  But I avoid doctors like the plague when I can.  I'm convinced ER docs must be the bottom of the barrel. [/quote]

I think it's worse for a kid. Sorry that happened.

For me, I've forgotten the physical pain (except my milk coming in - I think I'm traumatized from that). But the accusations and shame stuck with me for a long time, and contributed to some pretty awful PPD. And like you, I don't trust doctors anymore. Love PA's and NP's.

And lest people like the PP think it's a socioeconomic thing, it's not. We were white, married UMC, and in our mid-30's. DH was an Navy O-5 at the time - which they knew since it was on my ID (used for insurance). Some doctors are just on a power trip and see drug abusers everywhere.[/quote]

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