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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 495240" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Whew.....Okay... I am finally home! </p><p></p><p>I had a wonderful time having dinner with my old therapist and now wonderful friend and we talked and talked. Felt wonderful to get a ton of stuff out there and she even bought me dinner...lol. </p><p></p><p>Ok...now doctors. Yesterday I saw my family doctor and he said I definitely have a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). We cultured my sores and we are 90% certain they are MRSA so are treating as such. Thankfully the medication that will treat the MRSA will also treat the Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). I just have to be on it for 28 days if it is MRSA, if not, only 14. They also had me get some stuff from the drug store with lidocaine and something else in it to wash the areas. I am also now on Lactulose for being full of $hit...lol. I think we all knew I always was that but now I have that diagnosis...lmao. Seriously, with all the medications I take I have a very difficult time with that end of things. It doesnt want to happen. I have to take two tablespoons a day of this stuff until something happens and then I take one a day from then on. I never thought this would be an issue but otc stuff simply wasnt doing anything. Even using miralax along with carters little pills didnt do anything! Keep me in your prayers...or maybe keep my septic system in your prayers...lol. Maybe that is why I am not losing any weight. </p><p></p><p>Now psychiatrist. I understand why he closed his practice, I really do. He was an one doctor/owner proprietor. He had to pay his staff, overhead, malpractice insurance, plus hope he made money. He took medicare/medicaid patients and regular insurance. However a very large part of his practice was medicare/medicaid. The government has just cut payments on those programs. Medicaid now pays 5 dollars per patient for psychiatrists. Now he is a salaried doctor working for a group that is under contract with the hospital system. Better for him. At least he wanted his patients to follow him. He had an offer to go work for the Army but he couldnt have taken his private patients with him so he turned them down. </p><p></p><p>I dont think I will like this clinic as well because they dont allow him to do the every three month appointments like we had been doing. I have to go every month. I dont like that. But I will deal. There were quite a few of my psychiatrists patients in the lobby today who were quite upset and some VERY vocal. It really is probably not a good thing to confuse and upset the mentally unstable...lol. They were getting loud and obnoxious and some were getting upset when I got called in. One poor lady kept asking me how I got in there. I told her that I called the office to make an appointment when I found out that the other place closed. We were both from Lumberton and both found out the same day. The difference was she freaked out and just showed up at the clinic demanding to be seen and I had called to make an appointment. She didnt get the difference so when I was called back before her she started to freak out. I have learned a bit about the old vinegar and honey thing along the way. </p><p></p><p>I did have one good laugh though. They were asking me these questions in a psychiatric evaluation type of thing..new practice and all...and one of the questions was ....have you ever thought about hurting or killing yourself or anyone else? I laughed hard and told the lady that yes and that this was really not the week to ask me that question!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 495240, member: 1514"] Whew.....Okay... I am finally home! I had a wonderful time having dinner with my old therapist and now wonderful friend and we talked and talked. Felt wonderful to get a ton of stuff out there and she even bought me dinner...lol. Ok...now doctors. Yesterday I saw my family doctor and he said I definitely have a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). We cultured my sores and we are 90% certain they are MRSA so are treating as such. Thankfully the medication that will treat the MRSA will also treat the Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). I just have to be on it for 28 days if it is MRSA, if not, only 14. They also had me get some stuff from the drug store with lidocaine and something else in it to wash the areas. I am also now on Lactulose for being full of $hit...lol. I think we all knew I always was that but now I have that diagnosis...lmao. Seriously, with all the medications I take I have a very difficult time with that end of things. It doesnt want to happen. I have to take two tablespoons a day of this stuff until something happens and then I take one a day from then on. I never thought this would be an issue but otc stuff simply wasnt doing anything. Even using miralax along with carters little pills didnt do anything! Keep me in your prayers...or maybe keep my septic system in your prayers...lol. Maybe that is why I am not losing any weight. Now psychiatrist. I understand why he closed his practice, I really do. He was an one doctor/owner proprietor. He had to pay his staff, overhead, malpractice insurance, plus hope he made money. He took medicare/medicaid patients and regular insurance. However a very large part of his practice was medicare/medicaid. The government has just cut payments on those programs. Medicaid now pays 5 dollars per patient for psychiatrists. Now he is a salaried doctor working for a group that is under contract with the hospital system. Better for him. At least he wanted his patients to follow him. He had an offer to go work for the Army but he couldnt have taken his private patients with him so he turned them down. I dont think I will like this clinic as well because they dont allow him to do the every three month appointments like we had been doing. I have to go every month. I dont like that. But I will deal. There were quite a few of my psychiatrists patients in the lobby today who were quite upset and some VERY vocal. It really is probably not a good thing to confuse and upset the mentally unstable...lol. They were getting loud and obnoxious and some were getting upset when I got called in. One poor lady kept asking me how I got in there. I told her that I called the office to make an appointment when I found out that the other place closed. We were both from Lumberton and both found out the same day. The difference was she freaked out and just showed up at the clinic demanding to be seen and I had called to make an appointment. She didnt get the difference so when I was called back before her she started to freak out. I have learned a bit about the old vinegar and honey thing along the way. I did have one good laugh though. They were asking me these questions in a psychiatric evaluation type of thing..new practice and all...and one of the questions was ....have you ever thought about hurting or killing yourself or anyone else? I laughed hard and told the lady that yes and that this was really not the week to ask me that question! [/QUOTE]
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