Day 282

What a crazy mess this is turning into.

Last month I had the ear infection in my left ear. It was painful as hell and I called Hershey on a Friday to ask what I should do. My doctor was out for the weekend and I was told by the attending doctor to go to my local ER have it checked....she didn't want me waiting the weekend out with the infection without having it looked at and treated.

So off we went to our ER. I hate the Hospital here (bunch of quacks) , but hey it was just an ear ache.

At the ER we told them about the Hep C and all the drugs I'm on. We also told them over and over again to get a copy of their report to Hershey.

They checked me out, did a CAT scan, gave me an IV antibiotic and sent me home with scripts for ear drops and an antibiotic called Augmentin 875 mg.

3 weeks later I have an ear infection in my right ear now. I called my research nurse at Hershey and she said that the Hospital here never sent a report. They asked what it is that the hospital put me on and I told her.

After she spoke to the Doctor she called back.

I should Never have been prescribed Augmentin! According to her, and now that I've looked it up on the net, Augmentin is the very worst antibiotic to give someone with Hepititus!

They don't want me going back to the hospital here. I have an appointment this morning with my family doctor. He needs to look into my ear to verify that it's an infection and I'm to tell him that if it is he needs to prescribe Keflex for it.

They also want me to stop the interferon and Ribavirin and I have to go to Hershey on Monday. They want to run blood work to check me out partly because of the infections and partly because of the Augmentin.

In the mean time I called the Hospital telling them that have got to fax the report from the ER visit to Hershey immediatly! The lady (using the phrase lady lightly) in the records department said she didn't get a HIPA release form from the ER to send it.

I told her I signed one and I asked them to make sure they sent it. She said "Well I didn't get it from the ER and I'll have to send one to you in the mail and you can mail it back".

I said no! I don't have time for that, Hershey needs it right now! Fax the form to me and I'll fax it back.

She say's I'll fax it to you but you can't fax it back.

Now I'm pissed!

Fax it and I'll bring it back to the hospital myself. So she say's "if you do that I'll have to have a photo id or drivers license from you!"

OMG! Fine! I have a License! I'll be there tomorrow!

This Hospital screws up and now I have to fight to get my records!

I'll go to my Doctor this morning and on the way back I'll stop at the hospital to drop off the form. If my records are not faxed to hershey by the end of the day I'll go back to the hospital tomorrow and I'll demand to see the Head Administrator or I'll cause a ruckuss big enough to make the news paper!

I don't think this Hospital has ever seen full fledged Riba-Rage before.

So that's my day....

My ear hurts, I'm sick to my stomach and the Hazleton General Hospital is full of a bunch of quacks!!!!!!!!!

Hope your day is better than mine!