tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post3243941520800765321..comments2024-03-26T16:46:21.764-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Things that make me grumpyGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-86012256535105158982010-02-04T19:05:26.764-05:002010-02-04T19:05:26.764-05:00And yes, they do surveillance in Canada too looks ...And yes, they do surveillance in Canada too looks like.Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-14691590542974478912010-02-04T18:47:10.748-05:002010-02-04T18:47:10.748-05:00Here's a link to a story of what they do to in...Here's a link to a story of what they do to injured workers.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHJiwnSzILc&feature=relatedChrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-86371921934766175022010-02-04T15:32:51.612-05:002010-02-04T15:32:51.612-05:00I know this is besides the main point for posting ...I know this is besides the main point for posting this, but I had no IDEA that insurance companies would film people without their knowledge like this. I live in Canada, so the system is very different. Does anybody know if this happens here? The thought of it is creepy, and makes me really uncomfortable.Christine Nectarinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-67398336460382919302010-02-01T07:06:36.002-05:002010-02-01T07:06:36.002-05:00I am a bit confused as to why oxycodone (Percocet?...I am a bit confused as to why oxycodone (Percocet? or Oxycontin?) is a abused drug.<br />I had it 3 days post complex major op, and it was revolting. nausea, vomit vomit, constipation!<br />Obviously I am missing some vital attractive feature about it.Kymmareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14990564796316528022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-73912813128940887262010-01-30T00:04:03.589-05:002010-01-30T00:04:03.589-05:00Glad this faker got caught, and am in total agreem...Glad this faker got caught, and am in total agreement with Ay Chingada. I watched my dad suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis, go in and out of remission, and fight endless with SSDI. It was a wonderful childhood. As someone who deals with chronic illness, chronic pain, works a full time job and pays her own bills, takes narcotic pain meds only when nothing else works and never, ever asks for them early, I'd like say to Canadian Pharmacist: Judgmental much?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31891160330131262852010-01-29T15:29:46.418-05:002010-01-29T15:29:46.418-05:00NO WAY!!!
This one is so far out there it's j...NO WAY!!!<br /><br />This one is so far out there it's just plain crazy!!Sarah Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420097146485393526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-66606973516706752732010-01-29T10:50:59.118-05:002010-01-29T10:50:59.118-05:00I should have given this one: http://www.ohioinjur...I should have given this one: http://www.ohioinjuredworkeradvocacy.org/Ohio_Injured_Worker_Speaks.htmlChrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-2289497570851193662010-01-29T10:44:46.452-05:002010-01-29T10:44:46.452-05:00I found this site, Dr. G. What it's really li...I found this site, Dr. G. What it's really like for injured workers. One thing to remember too, they were "working," they weren't free loading when injured. All these bad eggs get more air time. Innocent people are put through an awful process. The system is NOT good for protecting any injured worker.<br />http://ohioinjuredworker.blogspot.com/Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-57139470679276594132010-01-29T10:24:00.549-05:002010-01-29T10:24:00.549-05:00@ Canadian Pharmacist:
You opined:
"Thin...@ Canadian Pharmacist: <br /><br />You opined: <br /><br />"Things like this [Dr. G's bogus disability guy?] just prove theories that almost all people with chronic pain are milking the system and us (docs, pharmacists, etc.) every way they can."<br /><br />Since you did not qualify your statement, I will take it at face value.<br /><br />"ALMOST ALL PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC PAIN ARE MILKING THE SYSTEM AND US...EVERY WAY THEY CAN." <br /><br />In the first place, that's one hell of a leap - from Doc G's malingerer to "ALMOST ALL PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC PAIN ARE MILKING THE SYSTEM AND US...EVERY WAY THEY CAN." You should take up the long jump - I see Olympic gold in your future.<br /> <br />I fear you've developed a myopic view<br />of chronic pain patients stuck behind your pharmacy counter, so allow me to educate you and lift you from your ignorance.<br /><br />Many chronic pain patients do not use narcotics for relief. I hope you're sitting down for this, but some patients don't even use Rx medications! I know this must be very difficult for you to comprehend given your Rx pill-centric perspective; but some ice, some use TENS units, and others have home traction units or go for PT. <br /><br />Then there are the OTC users...Ever heard of Tylenol? <br /><br />Next we come to the hard-core drug-addled junkie fucks who use Rx meds like Neurontin, Lyrica, and Lidoderm to control their pain. You claim to be a pharmacist - do you ever read JP's blog? He has peripheral neuropathy from standing behind the pharmacy counter for the last 40+ years, and he uses Neurontin to control his chronic pain. Do you include him in your excruciatingly asinine statement,<br />"ALMOST ALL PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC PAIN ARE MILKING THE SYSTEM AND US...EVERY WAY THEY CAN."?<br /><br />Oh, let's not forget the needle people...you know, the steroid addicts - the ones who have epidurals and all other sorts of pain<br />management injections consisting largely of steroids with possibly a tiny amount of painkiller mixed in.<br /><br />Next, we have chronic pain patients using opioids (which I personally don't feel is the best way to deal with CHRONIC pain). So what? So bloody fucking what? If a patient has exhausted every other means of relief to no good effect, there is no reason, with today's technology, for that patient to suffer needlessly.<br /><br />And who's paying for the overwhelming majority of these chronic pain treatments? Insurance companies and individuals without insurance paying out of pocket. In terms of the big picture, the "system" is paying for a miniscule minority of the cost. <br /><br />So you think Dr. G's bogus disability guy "just prove(s) theories that almost all people with chronic pain are milking the system and us (docs, pharmacists, etc.) every way they can."<br /><br />It sounds like you've drank too much of the Angry Pharmacist's Kool-Aid.<br /><br />Maybe it's not too late to get your stomach pumped.<br /><br />Jesus Christ!Ay Chingada!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-65969426501381004952010-01-29T09:03:18.708-05:002010-01-29T09:03:18.708-05:00I wouldn't get too jaded Dr. Grumpy. The insu...I wouldn't get too jaded Dr. Grumpy. The insurance companies aren't out to help anyone. They have many ways they use to get between the doctor/patient relationship. They will try to bias you against the patient, and they have been known to do many unscrupulous things to make a legitimate sufferer look well. I think there are many people that could go and enjoy a picnic, but not be able to do a 40 hr. a week position. Some of these truly injured are suffering in more than just a physical manner. How would anyone like being followed around all hours of the day or night? The same psychological things can manifest as having a stalker with you, because....they are stalking.Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31201926573481324122010-01-29T07:30:00.528-05:002010-01-29T07:30:00.528-05:00Kim Kasch- more common than you'd think, actua...Kim Kasch- more common than you'd think, actually.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-43781058339518635332010-01-29T03:35:41.678-05:002010-01-29T03:35:41.678-05:00Well, I guess Dr Prik doesn't sound quite like...Well, I guess Dr Prik doesn't sound quite like so much of a scammer relatively speaking. <br />Is there any way to report this person to the police for some sort of fraud?ERPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-77799461639233567832010-01-29T01:41:45.755-05:002010-01-29T01:41:45.755-05:00Call me naive but I find this hard to believeCall me naive but I find this hard to believeKimbra Kaschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955657301998255029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-66843290920057663092010-01-29T01:34:22.448-05:002010-01-29T01:34:22.448-05:00That's most of the patients my husband deals w...That's most of the patients my husband deals with on a day to day basis. I love me a subrosa video... <br /><br />But they do make mistakes. One that sticks out in my mind was where they filmed a patient's daughter thinking it was the patient. <br /><br />Sadly, it's the crooks that wreck it for honest injured people.The Nice Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10187680266629928391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-16588083128499527652010-01-28T23:59:22.601-05:002010-01-28T23:59:22.601-05:00Although it does sound like fraud in this case, I ...Although it does sound like fraud in this case, I would like to point out that chronic pain patients are not "milking" the system. My true chronic pain patients never cry and whine to get meds early. They get their meds when they are due not early. And by having a spouse with chronic pain due to peripheral neuropathy, I understand that they can have good days and bad days. On good days, my spouse can do some "normal" things, like yard work. But only a bit, and then he pays for the "normal" activity for days. He is ususally in bed for 2-3 days afterward. Have some sympathy for these patients. They do "normal" things to feel normal and not helpless or worthless.TiredRPhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294796830418609134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-41190753247282196042010-01-28T22:21:53.592-05:002010-01-28T22:21:53.592-05:00Moose, you are absolutely correct..I know better t...Moose, you are absolutely correct..I know better than most that there are people out there who are truly in pain and have trouble moving around. <br /><br />Trust me when I tell you, this woman was not one of them.The Evil Receptionistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-377722961712696132010-01-28T21:53:09.499-05:002010-01-28T21:53:09.499-05:00Hey, Moose, I have applied for SSDI too. Good luc...Hey, Moose, I have applied for SSDI too. Good luck with that! The process sucks, and jerks like the good doctor posted about makes it harder for people like us. I hope you get it and not have too many probs.<br /><br />Hey, Dr G, thank you for writing that report. I am glad to see there are honest doctors out there weeding out fakes like him.Dananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-1490375532313953612010-01-28T21:49:53.547-05:002010-01-28T21:49:53.547-05:00holy sh!t. just when i thought i'd heard of a...holy sh!t. just when i thought i'd heard of all the crazy-ass stunts people are willing to pull...now this?! <br /><br />now i know why the disability people were such ardent asshats when i worked in the burn unit. but, come on, it's the BURN unit. you can *see* the disability (and horrible disfigurement). i always thought the insurance people were just cold. but dealing with people like this? wow. okay, maybe they can't believe even a burn is real. what a sucky job. <br /><br />i like myoclonicjerk's suggestion: lock 'em up & throw away the key.student dr. blazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307156914515136574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-43375444748971209622010-01-28T19:28:09.442-05:002010-01-28T19:28:09.442-05:00Gee, Evil Receptionist, that's some tale.
As ...Gee, Evil Receptionist, that's some tale.<br /><br />As someone with joint problems I wouldn't know anything about what it's like to be ok to walk for a bit but then cope with slowly growing pain as things get worse and worse. That flexibility I had when I first got out of the car is gone 50 feet later when it's reached the point that I'm completely numb down one leg, which no longer wants to support me, or maybe a hip that screams with every minor movement. But, hey, if I could walk fine for the first 10 feet I should be fine all the way, right?<br /><br />Thank god I've never had to deal with a medical office who accused me of faking it because I got progressively worse the longer I moved.Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397412122635951126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-80866825229792135342010-01-28T18:34:03.487-05:002010-01-28T18:34:03.487-05:00We once had the opposite happen--we watched a woma...We once had the opposite happen--we watched a woman park in the lot, hop out of the driver's seat and drag her walker out of the car trunk. The closer she got to the building, the slower and weaker she moved. <br /><br />By the time she got to our suite, she was putting on quite a show. She, of course, had no idea we can actually see out of the tinted windows, and was flabbergasted when the doc called her out on her BS.The Evil Receptionistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-42491471642483452842010-01-28T18:26:10.604-05:002010-01-28T18:26:10.604-05:00Interesting. I am sure Mary and/or Annie are goin...Interesting. I am sure Mary and/or Annie are going to get one heck of a phone call when this "quack" is denied disability.<br /><br />I would tell the gals to put him in Ed's Voice Mail and if he can't swim......to quote the words of my father, "He is shit out of luck!" <br /><br />JS in ILAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31596669778013258432010-01-28T17:02:20.470-05:002010-01-28T17:02:20.470-05:00I think my doctor's front desk lady has taken ...I think my doctor's front desk lady has taken offense to <i>my</i> perma-perky voice. What she doesn't know is that I'm perma-perky-friendly due to it being a hazard of my employment...<br /><br />...which is as someone who, also, works at a front desk.<br /><br />Sometimes we're hyper-friendly just because we have to be to deal with the public All. Damn. Day.<br /><br />Then we come on the intarweebs and bitch about it.<br /><br />We're not all trying to get something... (but those who are need to be smacked)Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775794907218052899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-83832018781992745422010-01-28T16:47:31.753-05:002010-01-28T16:47:31.753-05:00I guess that plan went to hell in a hand basket. ...I guess that plan went to hell in a hand basket. "Life suckers" is what i call those types.Reality Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00078087201358056618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-59391205298627587792010-01-28T16:11:29.862-05:002010-01-28T16:11:29.862-05:00It's kind of like when people want oxycontin o...It's kind of like when people want oxycontin or other narcotics for their "pain". They cry and shed tears because they need their pain meds...but as soon as the pills are in their hand, they are all smiles and pleasant.<br />Things like this just prove theories that almost all people with chronic pain are milking the system and us (docs, pharmacists, etc.) every way they can. And the rest of you, you're getting milked our of tax dollars at some point too.The Canadian Pharmacisthttp://canadianpharmacist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-90690198171743113092010-01-28T14:39:54.505-05:002010-01-28T14:39:54.505-05:00So does this mean he won't get free Percocet f...So does this mean he won't get free Percocet for life?<br /><br />Bummer, dude!Owww, it hurtsnoreply@blogger.com