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34. I've experienced similar idiocy.

Mon Jun 18, 2018, 03:15 AM

Jun 2018

My wife suffers from chronic migraines (now fairly well controlled, but there was a year which took her out), but she CAN'T take opioids -- they make her horribly sick. So we show up at an ER after a 5 day protracted migraine for her last ditch solution, an IV cocktail of benedryl, reglan, and toridol, and make it absolutely clear we don't want opioids, just this cocktail, and they stick us in the room with the one way mirror and make us wait. And then they try to give her dilaudid. Seriously? Did you hear nothing we were saying?

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ER Doctor Suspended After Mocking Patient Suffering From Anxiety Attack [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2018 OP

... Anon-C Jun 2018 #1

News & Video of incident. Dr. Keegstra was suspended after the abusive visit.. appalachiablue Jun 2018 #8

Wow. Loathsome person. She has a real problem with people. Judi Lynn Jun 2018 #20

"Do no harm" yuiyoshida Jun 2018 #31

She ought to be terminated Purple Mountain Maje Jun 2018 #43

i've encountered this kind of crap all my life arithia Jun 2018 #2

Yep. I hear you. a la izquierda Jun 2018 #32

I Have Anxiety RobinA Jun 2018 #42

I hear that. arithia Jun 2018 #44

Unfortunately, there are people out there who throw what we call 'pseudo-seizures' as a way Aristus Jun 2018 #3

She didn't make much of an effort to figure out whether that was the case. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #5

Exactly. Aristus Jun 2018 #6

Yes. That is true. FarPoint Jun 2018 #10

The "making the black people wait arbitrarily" trope may have been the staff consulting on their Anon-C Jun 2018 #12

Not in my experience. I can't speak for hers. Aristus Jun 2018 #16

Trying to score a single klonopin shouldn't be the metric. eggplant Jun 2018 #17

I agree. Aristus Jun 2018 #19

I've experienced similar idiocy. eggplant Jun 2018 #34

Post removed Post removed Jun 2018 #35

In your experience, is it usually the pt or doc who drops the f-bomb first? moriah Jun 2018 #45

How do you even get to be a doctor with an attitude like that? The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #4

the saying goes, they don't teach bedside manner in medical school. unblock Jun 2018 #9

The doc has been suspended according to the news video report above. appalachiablue Jun 2018 #13

Remember this classic line from Dear Abby matt819 Jun 2018 #18

When I worked in an ER on weekends about 40 years ago, that was almost SOP. The night shift... George II Jun 2018 #7

She spent more time berating the guy than it would have taken The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #11

Hope someone points that out to her in her own circle of acquaintances. She needs to hear it. Judi Lynn Jun 2018 #24

My daughter who was not drinking broke both ankle in a fall off a bleacher ..concert. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #22

Good for you! And eventually the hospital. Hortensis Jun 2018 #28

Let's all be honest - it's because he was black. Oneironaut Jun 2018 #14

All the more reason why she shouldn't be allowed to work in an emergency room. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #15

Are physicians trained on mental health? Renew Deal Jun 2018 #21

I told my younger daughter's story...and the fact is there is very little mental health care in this Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #23

This is just awful keepleft101 Jun 2018 #25

While racial profiling is probably a factor here, the sad reality is this occurance is the sad state still_one Jun 2018 #26

White poor people get similar assumptions Boomer Jun 2018 #40

That is why I think it is important to have an advocate with you. In California patients have still_one Jun 2018 #41

Anxiety attacks are awful The Genealogist Jun 2018 #27

That sounds terrible. Hortensis Jun 2018 #30

I take very mild meds now The Genealogist Jun 2018 #38

I thought I was havin a heart attack. a la izquierda Jun 2018 #33

Same thing happened to me, back in the day Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #37

That sounds terrible! The Genealogist Jun 2018 #39

Bad experience at El Camino ER Frances Jun 2018 #29

Disgusting this woman is allowed to "practice" medicine Raine Jun 2018 #36