Wednesday, February 3, 2010
UNC Fails Again
So for about the past four years I have suffered from these very intense pains in my lower stomach. Every doctor I went to ran about one or two tests but when they couldn't figure it out they just kind of wrote me off. The pains are so sharp that typically I need to lay down until they pass because any movement just intensifies it. Fortunately, the pain usually only lasts a few minutes and it slowly eases away. However, recently these pains are more frequent and tend to last longer. Also, I've had extreme heartburn, nausea after eating, and stomach discomfort. Now I'm no doctor, but that's not right. So I went to the UNC clinic and the doctor seemed very concerned, even dropping the words, "future cancer," so I figured she would figure it out. After three hours of tests including giving three things of blood, she sent me home. I get a call TWO weeks later saying she would look further into it Friday. Then today I had an attack but this time the pain lasted over an hour. After I told the clinic that I was in extreme pain they graciously let me in before a few people with stuffy noses. This doctor actually listened to me, made me direct ultrasound appointments, and didn't even charge me. Health care is really getting ridiculous. Anymore you have to hound a specific place before anything gets done. Thank goodness I have an appointment at the hospital tomorrow, and should have some answers soon. Pretty much I'm disgusted with the student clinic. I realize they are an establishment of the University but this was one situation where I was really let down and felt cheated seeing as I pay about $900 a semester for health care. Thank you UNC for failing again.
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I am praying for you Fats. I hope everything is okay. Let me know if you need anything.
ReplyDeletep.s- I totally understand your frustration with the university's clinic. APU's sucks too. It took them forever to diagnose me when I was sick last year.
Love,
K
A few years ago I went through a couple of months of kind of the same symptoms you mentioned, with the exception of the extreme pain. When I went to my doctor the first time about it, she gave me two options: "You either have acid reflux disease or you're pregnant." What?? These are two really different things! Anyway, that was just the start of a few months of going back to the dr at least once a week, getting on different drugs that all did nothing (or made it worse), a CT scan, ultrasound, specialists, the works...and nobody ever figured out what was wrong with me. I lost a lot of faith in doctors and the health care system after that. Hope you get some answers!
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