This info needs to get out to the mainstream media. There are 5.6 million people in Wisconsin and a 137 million dollar shortfall after the deepest recession since 1929.That's less than $25 per person. Give me a break!
After 13 years with the same doctor I got dumped. It was not concerning billing. Im not sure what the real reason was I can only speculate. I have always had chronic headaches; but I had no problem with my doctor until I needed fmla papers filled out. She seemed not to want to but she did. 1or 2 days amonth.for migraine so that my job was protected thanks to Clinton's Family Medical Leave Act. Anyone with a serious medical condition and been on your job 1 year and 1250 hrs. I have now been at my job 23yrs. Ive always had chronic pain all through my body. It is "said" I have Fibromyalgia. In the past 4 years ( in addition to depression ) I have gotten worse and worse. Anxiety came and went sleep trouble. I would complain to my doctor. She did help me, but never gave me the clear clinical diagnosis nor sent me to someone who would. I began to feel she was not on my side in life and I guess I was under the misconception that my doctor should care about me and my health and well being. Well last year something came over me and my legs wouldnt work. They felt heavy and wouldnt move. It took great effort and terrible pain to walk. I called and called to get in to my doctor as I felt if you cant walk something is wrong! Especially if youve always been a very fast walker! I finally got in to see a nurse practitioner. A new one. Let's call her Jane. Well I told Jane all my symptoms and how bad my legs hurt how helpless I felt how bad I hurt and she just told me "well, were not going to give you anything."Like I was there looking for drugs. I was crushed. If you cant go to your doctor for help what do you do? I got blown off. I got so depressed and my legs got so bad I couldnt get out of bed except to drag myself to the bathroom etc. I keep calling to get an appointment with the DOCTOR. I finally got an appointment I could make. My job hours have my life schedule a mess. I work from 3pm to 2:30 am Mon thru Thurs. Off on Fri unless there is mandated overtime. Well my doctor put me on the anti deressant EfferER and back on Klonipin and I got better. I also ask her for a mri as my symptoms were like MS a friend said .I was terrified. The results were negative. Well since then my fatigue headaches and PAIN in my body hit an all new limit. I could barely move somedays Almost everyday. Im 54 so I thought menopause hormonal imbalances may be a point. To end this long story, i needed fmla papers filled out again. The company makes us renew them every year even in the most chronic of cases such as HIV. which is stupid cuz a contion is a condition in certian cases. The papers were in that office "lost" and ignored for a week. The Nurse at work wanted me to get more time on there this time as the 1or 2 days didnt always cover me. I think she didnt like that and the fact that I was online researching pain clinics near me and pain specialist til I found one I thought was of reasonable distance and covered on my plan. The only referral she ever reluntantly gave me was far away and I cant do mornings as I have to sleep. And It was another doctor from INDIA like her. Anyway i left the name and numbers of the doctors and pain clinic that would serve me best with the ans machine and phone nurse. They said they put it all in her mailbox. Well, the next day I got a letter that I was being dropped due to lack of compliance and bad doctor patient relationship. After 13yrs Im non compliant? after 13 yrs Idont have a 'good relationship" with my doctor? and it is my fault? It was when I became more aggressive and pro-active toward my own care that she got insulted and dumped me. Im felt she could have talked to me after 13 years of taking my money. It hurt and Im very very scared now. If you cant count on your doctor what can you do? so now what? She didnt care about me and if we had a bad relationship it was because of her I was always honest and open with her . i just tried to get the help I needed.
Lisa,
Very interesting article. I have been trying to keep up with the situation in Madison, WI as it has been something that I have been very interested in. I am a retired union worker, and I grew up in Madison. The things that Scott Walker has been trying to do in Madison is nothing short of a horrible crime against the middle class, as well as the people of Wisconsin. Since my retirement I have been able to spend more time on educating myself on these issues. You, and people like you, that are dedicated to writing about these issues in a factual way are doing an outstanding service to all Americans. It is so refreshing to hear things like this instead of hearing such negative things from people like Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck.
Thanks for all you do!
Diane
p.s. we share the same last name!
Dear Lisa,
Thank you for your pursuit of the truth. I have watched, appalled and aghast, as the election process has become a sham, manipulated by a few to advance a self-serving agenda to the detriment of the public and our country.
Please keep up the good work!
Dear ORConservative:
Give me some documented facts, if you have any. Oh, and in case it's not apparent to you, blackboard ramblings from the disturbed mind of Glenn Beck aren't facts.
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