I hate Dr’s and the Medical profession.

Here is my story. My daughter rolled her ankle and fell down a few steps. Here Ankle was really messed up.
She hade had a previously surgery on this Ankle to have a band put in to replace / support badly damaged ligaments. So she contacted the original podiatrist / surgeon. She was told it most likely had not damaged the band to start with a local Dr. The local Dr. looked at it and ordered Xrays. After looking at the Xrays the Dr. said he could not see anything broken. She was referred to a local podiatrist to see if there was ligament or tendon Damage. This Dr. after hearing of the prior surgery ordered a Ultrasound. After getting the images she could not see any damage to anything. After not getting better my daughter contacted her original surgeon and she made a appointment with her. She said she would need to have a MRI done to check the original band replacement. Here the Ultrasound would not show any damage to the Band or anchors. After getting the results back the surgeon calls her to tell her she had indeed broken the original band ( Something the Dr. said would be almost impossible ) She scheduled a appointment with my daughter and us this time to discuss options. turns out the only option is to have surgery again to replace the broken band and also fix another torn ligament and possibly also band that one. Here is where things start to get me rather mad. She scheduled another appointment prior to the surgery ( Today ) This can not count as the pre op. So she has to have that next week. Then the surgery, followed up by at least 3 follow up appointments and probably therapy. Why could she not made the 1st appointment with the podiatrist / Surgeon who would have ordered the correct test in the 1st place, Why could not her appointment today also count as her pre op. To me it is just the medical profession all making sure as many people as possible can get paid all along the way. Sadly this will meet my out of pocket cost right at the end of the year. Only to start all over again on Jan. 1st for next year. End of rant !

good luck to her!! I have a bad ankle to I live.. torn tendons and all

Good thing you have medical insurance

Youbetcha wrote:

Good thing you have medical insurance

Sadly its a high out of pocket one. When we picked it we were not planning on our daughter being back on our insurance or I may have picked a different option. I may have to rethink that prior to next year.

i was told once by a Dr after a discussion about formulary and non formulary meds….

his answer…….the Ins companies decide the rules……and for the most part there are medical professionals working with Ins companies dictating them rules!!!!

also until you have a referral by a MD….Ins wont pay for specialist appts and further treatment!!!

Can she wait till after the new year to get it done so you have free health care all year?
North Memorial charged my wife $100 for being a new patient. Just stupid

All about the almighty dollar. We are so fortunate to have insurance companies dictating how our medical companies operate and use common sense

Good luck to your daughter! I had an equally frustrating experience with a Dr. My regular physician did blood work and didn’t like some of the results so referred me to a specialist who I did a virtual visit with. My Dr told me what she thought the problem was and I told this Dr that and she said no and she didn’t even have any of my medical records.

Hope things go better for your daughter Thumper.

Health insurance, coverage, etc in this county is a complete joke.