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September 06 What kind of world do we live in?What kind of world do we live in when the $7/hr receptionist at the doctors office gets to determine your healthcare provider? I'm so pissed and all i can do is write this damn blog. Here's the situation. I'm new to town with three kids 11,7,and 7mo. I ask around to get references for a pediatrician. I'm referred by several people in the area to GT Pediatrics so I call to set an appointment with a particular doctor and I'm told he wasn't excepting new patients but I could get my child in to see the new doctor. Since I was running behind on having the babies immunizations done since the recent move I wanted to do it soon so i said o.k. I was not told that once I saw this doctor i would not be able to have my child seen by any other doctor in that practice. After my sister delivered her baby in the hospital and automatically was put with the dr. that i originally had try to get my children in with I had her ask the dr why he wouldn't accept new patients and he told her that he was and to have me contact his nurse to get in with him, so i did. At that point when I asked to make an appointment and said that one of my children had been seen there only once for a set of routine shots I was told that even though I was dissatisfied with the care of the dr we were put with that their policy was not to switch a patient within the practice. So, I asked to talk with someone and I explained the situation. Once I received a return phone call about the matter, I was told that the dr we had seen the one time was made aware of the situation and he said if i was not happy with the care i received that instead of transferring my child's paperwork to his "partner" he'd rather I take my child elsewhere for care.
I was not happy with that answer and felt that it was not only very unethical to send us down the road but very unprofessional to send business for his supposed "college's" away without concern. So I went up there to make an appointment with the other dr. and was told that I may not do so once the nurse that I had spoke with on the phone found out that I was the one she had spoken to on the phone. She said that both dr.'s in question were aware of the situation and they were both fine with sending me away. I was told that my infant child was an "established" patient since he'd been there once. And other members of my family could see dr.'s in that practice since they'd not been there before but my baby would have to see the fucking quack that I didn't like or go to another practice that it was not possible to have all my children be with the same pediatrician. So after trying very calmly to get my questions answered to make sure I was not jumping to conclusions or that I could not reason with someone in person I was treated very unfairly and will do everything in my power to make sure that no one else has to be treated in the same manner. People work to hard and put out too much money on health insurance to be treated like shit by strangers that hold no value in their care. Please know that this is the short version of the events and I tried very hard and carried myself with grace and kept my dignity and composure in the situation even though I could have been very irrational and mouthy given the circumstances I was dealing with. So, I will say to anyone that will listen if you are tired of people getting away with treating you like shit and having no concern for your well-being "Do not" give your business or money to Georgetown Pediatrics & Internal medicine in Pawleys Island, SC. If you would like to know a little about the person who you are reading about. I'm the Girl Scout Leader in this area and volunteer many hours to the children in this community as well as my own. I say to any of the doctors or anyone who knows the dr.s of this particular practice, if this is your way of taking care of your community then you are doing a very shitty job and I will make sure that everyone within earshot hears from this woman scorned!~! So to every doctor that doesnt take care of the children in their community due to a implemented policy or tries to railroad someone into seeing a dr that is not up to par then I say "F*ck you & the Mercedes you rode in on".
August 17 Child Sex Offender's BewareIn reference to the latest on the JonBenet Ramsey case I say "how sad". What I mean by that is how sad for her family. Not only is it bad enough that such a tragedy occurred in these peoples lives and such a gorgeous, talented little life was taken from the world but for the parents to have been blamed and criticized by all the world as they suffered through such grief. I cannot fathom the pain of the Ramsey's and it brakes my heart to think of their torchered lives. Too many people have had to suffer from the lose of their children to predators and how terrible it must have been to suffer as the Ramsey's did for a decade of their lives. With Patsy's passing to her battle with cancer and not being able to have closure to this tragedy in her life I say "how sad". My sincere hope for the Ramsey family is that they will find some of the answers that they would have never known had the bastard not been apprehended and they can find some sort of peace for themselves. Now, my comments on child sex offenders. Given the fact that there is so much personal information on the internet for predators to be able to find your child it scares me beyond belief. We raise our children to be cautious of strangers and to protect themselves from situations that could give a petafile the opportunity to strike. With the exception of the obvious monitoring and software protectants to keep our children from being so vulnerable to cyberspace, what are we to do about the occasional one that slips through. Being a person that was violated as a child myself and now raising three beautiful children whom will no doubtingly catch the eye of many I am scared shitless. I do not want to raise my children to be so fearfull of people that they cannot manage in life without having unhealthy relationships because of such a protecting wall they have built for themselves. I walk on pins and needles when my children are away for fear that I will not be there to protect them when/if a situation were to arise. That is the case for most mothers I'm sure. However, if you were assaulted as a child and know how the long-term affects of this act can control your everyday life you may take side with me in saying. Child Sex Offenders Beware for I and many others are watching out for you. You may be stronger or more overpowering than a child but for every child in the world there is a mother that you will indeed have no power at all over, no power over her desire to do "Whatever It Takes" to protect all aspects of a child's life. There is no wrath like the one of a mother that values her child's life more than her own. Predators of children should suffer a slow cruel death for they do not deserve humanity's kindness as they are the lowest of all human kind. I could be very political or sensitive to others for their behavioral problems but everyone is responsible for their own actions and must have consequences for their actions. So don't tred lightly when thinking about someone else's child, you could run into a protector that may just end all your sick little problems for you. Be well! August 14 mutitasking mommytyping 1 handed with baby in hand. this is a skill that all mothers & some fathers will eventually learn to perfect i suppose. new 2 win live spaces and blogging in general. it seems to be very interesting and a great way 4 me to journal. i should do this more often i have always said BUT like many things that i intend 2 do for myself i never get around to it or run out of money before "mommy time" ever comes around. i've always wanted to jot down a few thoughts or memories on paper so that my children can understand what kind of person i was when they were growing up and maybe they can relate or at least understand situations better later in life. between babies and kids and careers & all that intells its a wonder that any marriage survives. well i guess that's all in the persception of an individual. but from my point i'll be lucky if my marriage makes it through all the challenging obstacles that are nearing our future. people always say that people that get married at a young age never make it into their retiring age together. i wonder if that's true because people change so much in their teen years & early twenties trying to find their footing in life. Or, in today's time we are more intelligent as a society and have so many options as to meeting and finding "the one" even if we have already married "the one" we thought we had found. I guess it's an understatement to say that the divorce rate is phenominal and people feel that it's easier to start over with someone new than to fight to stay together. I guess it depends on how much you have to "fight" in order for it to be worth it. who knows? August 11 sad and frustratedToday is the first day I've had to sit down and write my first blog. I have had so much crap going on its not even funny. One of my little chinchillas died last Sunday and it has been upsetting.
Onto a new chapter in our lives: My oldest child will enter the 6th grade this year and will nodoubtingly go through many changes. One thing that is already started to change is his attitude, for the worse I might add.
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