You would think that one could sue for negligence, improper treatment, cruelty, but I was just about treated the same way as Karen and I contacted three attornies, and asked if I could sue for the refusal of pain medication, pain and suffering, misdiagnosis, etc., and was told no. Evidently, they can treat any way they want, and can cover their butts, to say they had no way of knowing how much pain we were in, etc., and were protecting us from becoming addicted to drugs. On almost every visit to my second gyn (not the one that did the hyst. on me he would write, prescribed 20 tylox "warned Mrs. Chalmers of the possible consequences of continuing to take narcotic pain medication." He was more concerned about how much pain medication he was prescribing than he was about the amount of pain I was in. My first gyn told me to take 4 advil and deal with it, blood ran from my nose and rectum from trying to take so much advil to releave the pain. My pain specialist said that taking so much advil was worse then taking narcotic pain medication.
I ran into similar circumstances with another ARD sufferer today that had us both crying on the phone, but I will let her tell the story. The unbelievable suffering that goes on with ARD sufferers is mind boggling, when there are medials that prove the patient has adhesions, has been to the ER screaming in pain, and yet, no doctor will help them. I have found that most of us are having to find our way to a pain specialist (and there are not many) to find adequate pain medication to control the pain we are enduring. Many are nowing having to travel to other states to find these doctors, but we have to do what we have to do. If you are one of the lucky ones that has found a PCP or has had one that believes you God Bless you, as you are truly blessed.
In Friendship,
-- Helen Chalmers
-- Helen Chalmers