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Doctor's office rant (long)

mconklin84mconklin84
in December 2012 Moms

So i went in for a routine checkup today and ended up leaving stressed and pi$$ed. They gave me my glucose test at 24 weeks, i passed. Then when i went in today they said "ready to take your glucose test?" I said no i already took it and passed. They say "oh well you took it early so they need you to take it again". First of all I didnt fast and had just eaten breakfast because they told me it was a routine appointment. Second of all, what the heck, not my fault you guys cant figure out whats early and whats the right time. Plus they said if i fail i have to come back for the 3 hour test, thanks for setting me up to fail. I told them i'm probably going to fail because i ate, had coffee and basically had no idea this was even going to happen today. I was so angry and had no problem expressing this to my doctor. My doctor completely brushed it off and really didnt seem to care that I was upset.

The icing on the cake was the simplest question i asked her. She had JUST checked the babies Heartbeat and sat down. I asked her what his heart rate was and she said "ugh, you wanted me to count? I don't know I didn't count it sounded good to me". HER EXACT WORDS. Thanks for not even trying to care enough to pay attention to my baby and give me an attitude about it. Don't they have to document  visit what the baby's heart rate was? It's a clinic so every time I go in there it's a different doctor. I have never felt like me or my baby mattered less, this was disgraceful.  Sadly I could go on even more because there are even more ridiculous things but i'll stop here. It was a horrible day

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  • mdevine06mdevine06
    sorry about this!  :(  ugh, they could at least pretend to care....I don't care if they see a thousand women a day, this is your baby, they should care!
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    Gross.  I love the practice I go to, but you never know when you'll get them on a bad day...
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  • WiscoMom67WiscoMom67

    Sorry you had a bad experience, but you actually don't have to and aren't supposed to fast before the 1 hour glucose test... You only need to fast for the 3 hour test.  Your results should be accurate.

    I hope the next appointment goes better!

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  • mconklin84mconklin84

    thanks, yea unforunately thats not my first appointment i've had that went bad. There was a lot more to yesterday's bad appointment too.

    She explained the not having too fast thing but in an incredibly rude way and at the very end of my appointment . I had other concerns addressed there before and they laughed them off even though they were pain related. yesterday was the icing on the cake of my experiences with them. Ive heard even more horrible stories from close friends about there since. 

    I'm finding a new doctor today.

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  • kelsflanagankelsflanagan member
    I have been super frustrated with my doctor as well. Yesterday I had my glucose test done, I was waiting to get my blood drawn and no one was coming out to get me and the hour mark was almost up, so finally I asked the woman at the front desk (who is always rude, I've complained about her many times) and she said someone would be right out. 15 minutes past the hour mark of drinking that drink when I should have had my blood taken, and many reminders later, the nurse finally comes out to get me and didnt even take my blood.  I had to remind her I needed my blood drawn, it was 15 minutes past when  I should have, I had been reminding the woman at the front desk. The woman at the front desk never gave the nurse my file, so she had no idea! She felt really bad, and did it right away. She assured me it wouldn't hurt my results, but I'm still a little nervous. I had a follow up with my doctor after, just to check in, and he was an hour late. Not once did the nurse peek in to say he would be late or anything, I had to go out and track her down to see what was happening. I feel your pain about not being treated nicely at the office, especially for FTM this can be a really anxious time, for me it is, im always wondering if something is normal or should i be feeling this, and to have it brushed off isnt a good feeling. I hope you have better luck with your new doctor!
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