I am so NOT pleased. Monday, they doubled Rob’s blood pressure medicine, even though his blood pressure is in normal range 99% of the time. Why did she change it? It was up when we were there. Why was it up then? We had been running errands and had -just- came from lunch, where-in he consumed 3 glasses of COKE. Ya know, caffeine. Something that will raise blood pressure.
I questioned it, but figured it would be fine. So he came home, took a double dose, as instructed and life went onward. Friday, we’re at Wal-Mart getting one of my prescriptions filled and we were going to get his filled, but lo and behold, it’s not covered on their plan and we sure as hell didn’t have the expendable cash to pay the price they wanted for it. So we’re waiting for my prescription to be filled and we’re talking about me calling Connie (Our FNP) for a different script and he says something to the effect of tell her about .. and he proceeds to list off dizziness, light headedness, chest pain, nausea, high heart rate and shortness of breath.
I was not pleased that he waited -4- days to tell me all this. But he thought that they would go away after a few days. So I asked when it started and he told me that it started Monday. Right when it was doubled. So I’m like.. Okay, cut back to the original, we’ll see if it goes away. I call when we get home, the office was closed. Fine, call in the morning. So I called Saturday and Connie was gone on vacation, but I talked to a Nurse. In her infinite wisdom, she says “Go to the ER.”
So I say alright. Internally, I’m saying screw you. I didn’t tell her we had cut it back, so whatever. I talk to Mom and we decide to find a different doctor for him. We both know, as does he, that he’ll get told to consult his doctor if he goes to the ER. That’s really just the simple truth of it. Because there was nothing really wrong, his bp was running in normal levels. So we talk and decide what to do.
So today rolls around and he looked like DEATH on a stick. So more talk ensues and in the end, we took him to Urgent Care tonight. They’re nice, friendly, etc, so I can’t complain about the service. The nurse comes in, asks all kinds of questions, does everything she needs to do. She leaves, the FNP on site comes in, checks him. She told us, as we suspected, that it was the dosage doing all of it but the chest pain. She checked everything she needed, sent the nurse in to do an ekg. It came out perfect. So we’re off with orders to stick to the original dosage.
I am going to be placing a call Wednesday or so to Connie. I am really not pleased by this, honestly. I am going to get to the bottom of why she feels he needs to be on blood pressure meds to begin with. I am also going to be making an appointment for a second opinion. I think, when all is said and done, we’re both going to be going elsewhere. I have been less than thrilled with the care we’ve gotten. I am still pretty furious that she never told me about Metabolic Syndrome. She seems to try to dumb things down, rather than telling you what is wrong.
So yeah, I’m not a happy camper atm.
