So I've been having some chest pain again recently. The doctor has me getting some tests to see whats going on, etc....yesterday I am having an echocardiagram and the tech says "I see a wall in your heart fluttering and I'm going to get the nurse to hook you up to an IV and inject a dye into your bloodstream. There might be a hole in the wall of your heart and we'll see it with the dye."
I say okay, do what you need to do. Next thing a nurse comes in with the IV setup and the dye to inject into the IV once it's in. Then another person comes in (Radiologist???) 30 minutes later and says "Everythings all right, we don't need to inject you with the dye, ewverything is fine." So I am a little relieved, but I'm wondering what just went down. I knew I had a prescription for an echocardiagram without dye, but I guess they figured I was there, lets do it. Then I wonder if they decided not to do it because I didn't have the script for a "with dye" proceedure and they didn't want to go ahead because of it.
Well today I get a call from the cardiologist that they want me to go AGAIN to have an echocardiagram, this time with dye!!! Un****ing beleivable!!!! All they had to do was do it yesterday when I was already there!!! But nooooo!!!! They want to get paid to do it twice and could give a shit less about my health or my time!!! We'll I went again today, taking more time from work, because they couldn't do what they had started to do yesterday. I'm told that I do not in fact have a hole; there is some concern about the fluttering of the wall but they say it's not an issue that is to be worried about immediately. I'm just so pissed that they started to do the right thing yesterday, only to stop and lie to me telling me it's okay. As much as it would've annoyed me yesterday to hear the truth, that they would not do the dye proceedure because of my not having a prescription and authorization for it, I really woul've preferred it. Now I get a blood pressure rising call that I need to go back today, for what they would;ve done yesterday. ****ING ASSHOLE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE SHIT THAT THEY CAUSE US ALL IS JUST BULL SHIT!!! Rant over.
I say okay, do what you need to do. Next thing a nurse comes in with the IV setup and the dye to inject into the IV once it's in. Then another person comes in (Radiologist???) 30 minutes later and says "Everythings all right, we don't need to inject you with the dye, ewverything is fine." So I am a little relieved, but I'm wondering what just went down. I knew I had a prescription for an echocardiagram without dye, but I guess they figured I was there, lets do it. Then I wonder if they decided not to do it because I didn't have the script for a "with dye" proceedure and they didn't want to go ahead because of it.
Well today I get a call from the cardiologist that they want me to go AGAIN to have an echocardiagram, this time with dye!!! Un****ing beleivable!!!! All they had to do was do it yesterday when I was already there!!! But nooooo!!!! They want to get paid to do it twice and could give a shit less about my health or my time!!! We'll I went again today, taking more time from work, because they couldn't do what they had started to do yesterday. I'm told that I do not in fact have a hole; there is some concern about the fluttering of the wall but they say it's not an issue that is to be worried about immediately. I'm just so pissed that they started to do the right thing yesterday, only to stop and lie to me telling me it's okay. As much as it would've annoyed me yesterday to hear the truth, that they would not do the dye proceedure because of my not having a prescription and authorization for it, I really woul've preferred it. Now I get a blood pressure rising call that I need to go back today, for what they would;ve done yesterday. ****ING ASSHOLE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE SHIT THAT THEY CAUSE US ALL IS JUST BULL SHIT!!! Rant over.
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