re: True Story: From Mother's Hospital at UAB, The Dark Side of Medicine

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Doctors are like mechanics now days.

They can tell you, you need this or that.

And you have no idea if they are just trying to make more money and lying or if you really need it.

In other words they got you by the balls.

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Don't worry, the insurance companies will deny unnecessary and sometimes necessary procedures.

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The Dark Side of Medicine

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See COVID and the dumbass “sCIenCE” bros

I am convinced there are two goals in the medical world.

- Find as many things as possible you might need, that they can charge your insurance for.

- Put you on as much prescribed drugs as possible.

My mom was diagnosed with ALS a few months ago. By the time they found out, the progression of it was at the point she needed assistance walking, a lot of her muscle deteriorated, etc. There are things available that slow down the progression, which she was prescribed. Then she was contacted and told there is another type of medicine which she was prescribed. When she had to get that one refilled again she wasn't able to because it cost a lot and her insurance wasn't going to pay for it.

She had home health nurses come to her house and there is always some bullshite she is given that is supposed to do this or that and it ends up being something that doesn't even work. This past week she had an appointment for something not medical related. The home health nurse called her at 930PM the night before and told her she would be by there at a certain time, in which she was told that my mom wasn't going to be available.

This bitch says "well that's the time I am available, I am not sure when I will be able to come by again". Bitch don't call 17 hours before you planned on coming then get made because you have to change your scheduled because you just assume everyone you go see will always be around waiting for you.

I might be wrong and I am sure there will be some people challenge me on this, but it seems like home health is more about what the company can charge insurances for than actually providing care. I mean, I know every company's goal is to make as much as possible, but these companies let their nurses make their own schedules. They don't give a frick as long as they can charge for each visit and anything that the patient might "need".

Its all a big fricking scam. There are some places that operate better than others in which patients don't have to deal with as much bullshite, but it all comes down to what they can charge your insurance for.. And if it turns out its in the best interest of the patient that's good, but these places are pretty much like drug dealers. You have those at the bottom who just know that they have a job and will be getting paid, but couldn't even tell you what those at the top even look like.

Those at the top don't give a frick about those at the bottom because they can always replace them with someone else. They just need them to go in the homes and if there is an opportunity to give the patient any type of product that can be charged to their insurance, give it to them.

At the end of the day its all just a bunch of bullshite.

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Doctors should teach nutrition not pharmaceutical addiction.

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go to a nutritionist if you want nutrition. you dont seem to understand what a dr is trained to do.

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So would you have continued with the surgery if you would have know this was a possibility?

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Of course.

Just would have been nice to know that this is an apparently common occurrence.

What would change if that occurred? You can’t catch the ICU delirium if they aren’t in the ICU.

What was wrong with her hip to dictate 5 surgeries in that timeframe?

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asked, in an unpolite manner, if there was in case in which they would not have prescribed my mother psychotropic drugs. They stammered, and they stammered, and I told him to GTFO. I am incredulous that these certified professionals first and only reaction/cure is drugs. It was a disgusting experience.

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Are you also surprised when you got to a bar and the barkeep recommends booze?

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My wife recommended she speak with someone due to her emotions, but docs didn’t recommend it.

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A lot of times psychiatric stuff is deferred to the outpatient setting. They probably want to get her medically stabilized first. It makes no sense to do a non emergent psych eval on a patient who isn’t at baseline due to a medical problem (delirium, which can wax and wane). You would have to do the whole evaluation all over again once she recovers anyway. Just wanted to give you some context to what I’ve seen during inpatient stays.

Doc sounds like an odd bird but I don’t think they did anything wrong. If the medicine team consulted the psychiatry team every time a patient felt sad or tired from being in the hospital the psychiatrists would never get to the patients with psychiatric emergencies.