My PCP left his.practice over a year ago. When I told my Assisted Living Facility they asked if I wanted the house doctor take over. He has never been here in over the 10 years I’ve been here.
His office is not user friendly. His NP is the grouchiest person I ever seen.
I decided to call elsewhere where I use to go and they said the earliest she could see me is April 29. It’s March 5th so I have to wait.
I have not had a PCP in over a year since I asked them to slow down when giving me a l km it of what you need for a referral. I didn’t even know a neurologist. Why are they making me do all this?
I fired him.
After that is when all hell broke through.
I was at a rehab facility and I was using the walker they gave me.
One night. At 3:00 am in the dark I went to the bathroom.
When I came out with my front walker wheel hit the corner of the bed and it went one way and I went the other way and fell hard.
Crawling to the nurses button got a nurse who picked me up the floor and put me back into the bed thinking I must have fell out of bed. Then she left. No questions asked. Protocol calls for a must go for a hospital check. That was never done.
The next morning they checked around and found that my bed had never been locked! I fell hard because of that but no doctor.

I sprained my neck, I compound fractured 2 vertebrae but nothing was done and nothing yet, a year later. The AKI is recent and coinciding with my norovirus hospitalization. Hospital kept me on antibiotics IV and IV fluids. I had 2 IV,s and a foley. Stuck in bed for a week.
The house doctor was informed and did a brain scan to check for a possible stroke. I didn’t get one.
I do not have a PCP yet.
I don also missed an appointment with another hospital for a barium swallow test. I have a right paralyzed vocal cord. I can’t talk normally, can’t speak normally, can’t breathe normally. I may have to get a tracheotomy worst case scenario. So I have a right vocal cord paralyzed, a broken lower spine at the L1. And L2. In pain, and no doctor. Loose stools trying to force their way out. And frequent urination. My urine had a bloody color and even a blood clot came down my foley tube. I walk around now extremely tired. My muscles feel like marshmallows and I have a hard time walking and use one of my aids such as my cane, my walker, or my rolator, a 4 wheel walker with a seat that folds. My mental health has suffered. I’m depressed and angry not seeing a doctor for a year and apparently no rush from our nurses. At 71 I figured I lived enough and suicide must be the solution but I quickly dismissed it. It did surprise me that the thought came up as I’ve almost died years ago. Thanks for letting me share. I needed that.
Oh yeah, I’m on Coumadin the blood thinner because I have a mechanical aortic heart valve.