My Nonprofit Reviews

I absolutely love the staff. They are all so friendly, including the nurses there. The female nurse practitioner truly has hurt my feelings and her medical advice could cause me to die.

I am 29 years old and had gotten covid along with endocarditis at the same time. I was truly floored by this because I had no open wounds or anything for MRSA to get into my blood, cause sepsis, and move into my heart and lungs. I now need heart surgery or I die. Until heart surgery time though, my life is only sustainable on antibiotics. I also got diagnosed with MS the same week as covid due to me going paralyzed in one of my legs and the Drs not knowing why. This all happened in the beginning of january. Other past history is that I am a recovering drug addict. I've had 12 years clean, relapsed, and now have about 2 months clean and am never looking back.

Anyways, the first time I had seen her we had gone over my medical records and she had talked very condescending towards me. I'm never rude towards anyone and I just let it go. She tried blaming the demylination on my frontal lobe on my past drug use even though it has been declared that I indeed have MS. She literally tried telling me that and then I had to correct her and explain about my flare ups and everything else. I told her there weren't more tests done or whatever because I've been literally on my death bed these last 6 months, fighting for my life. That was just one of about 12 things she made that were rude towards me about my past drug use. It was more of a "did she mean that in an undermining way". Don't get me wrong, I know that we have to talk about it but it was more how she said what she was saying, if that makes sense.

Then I see her a few days later to tell her that these antibiotics are not working and I have been in sepsis for days... I've had 108 degree fevers while in the hospital and have also gone down to the 95s so it is no joke and can most definitely kill me. I ask her if we can please alternate the clindomyacin because she was even telling me a few days prior how she's worried I'm getting immune to it since I had been on 2000mgs daily for months. I know my body and have lived off and on with what seems like constant battles with sepsis for the last 6 months so at this point I know when it first starts... Even after max dosing on ibuprofen my fever will be at 104-106 (my thermometer only goes to 105 and the lowest it'll be is 102). And then even if I can get it down then I'm dropping sweat and then going under normal. Well her first words to me are "are you doing drugs". I said no you can screen me right now. Then she said well how long have u been clean. I said almost 2 months and she said no you could still be withdrawaling and I said no, I'm not. How would it have worked before and up until now if that were the reason? I didn't say that but thought it. And I told her of the only 2 differences in my regiment that could have kept that antibiotics working at that dose previously and not now we're that I was 1. Taking this amazing supplement called shiaqga. Not sure how it works but it boosted my immune system and even my blood work had improved and 2. They had given me Prednisone for anaphylaxis that I had been taking right up until about the same time as my shiaqga supplement ran out.

Last night I honest to goodness thought I was going to lose my life because I was so ill. I've been fighting for such a long time. I remembered the Prednisone and took 2 pills yesterday and 1 today and I feel much better today. She scolded me for that and then was wondering how I obtained the prescription which I told her last time about my attacks .. which she had also given me epi pens (which I condone her for). The Prednisone though makes me retain water like crazy and hurts my liver since it's hard on it. Last time I had gained 10 lbs water weight after reviewing the shot and 10 more lbs that week and then lost 20 lbs before seeing them 4 days prior. She told me to keep on the Prednisone and dose myself off by Friday but she refuses changing my antibiotics and to take ibuprofen and acetaminophen for my sepsis.

That doesn't get rid of the sepsis though!! How could she give that as medical advice! She also said I don't need blood work because I've had enough from being in the hospitals.. but when I'm in the hospitals I'm usually literally an inkling away from death so how would that help with now?! This medical advice will kill people. So I'd say if you have no health insurance and not many health problems that it's better than nothing (I guess) but do not see them if you have any sort of health insurance or Medicaid because obviously she doesn't know what she's talking about and it could literally kill you.

I'm not mean, rude, or nasty towards anyone.. even when I should be. I can just tell that she looks at me as a dirty drug addict that's basically just a piece of crap and it's just not right or ethical by any means. I was just appalled. Why treat someone so horribly that's trying to do better with their life? Why make them feel so ashamed and embarrassed/humiliated for even sharing this information in the first place? Not a kind person at all.