Kristen
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It could be that you have a lot going on down there right now, but go get checked out. So I went to a local minute clinic. She's like, yeah, it kind of looks cloudy. So my guess is you have a UTI, but it was a Friday. So she was going to send the culture in, but it wouldn't come back until Monday. So she sent me with an antibiotic that I started taking that day.
Who knows if it was the right antibiotic or not, but we started it. But I called my OB. I wanted to keep her updated. She said, what do you mean you started an antibiotic today? You should have been on antibiotics since I discharged you. Why were you not taking your antibiotics? I was like, you didn't prescribe me antibiotics. I haven't been taking them because I was never prescribed them.
Who knows if it was the right antibiotic or not, but we started it. But I called my OB. I wanted to keep her updated. She said, what do you mean you started an antibiotic today? You should have been on antibiotics since I discharged you. Why were you not taking your antibiotics? I was like, you didn't prescribe me antibiotics. I haven't been taking them because I was never prescribed them.
Who knows if it was the right antibiotic or not, but we started it. But I called my OB. I wanted to keep her updated. She said, what do you mean you started an antibiotic today? You should have been on antibiotics since I discharged you. Why were you not taking your antibiotics? I was like, you didn't prescribe me antibiotics. I haven't been taking them because I was never prescribed them.
I pulled out my discharge paperwork that she gave me and we went over that she marked on with her pen. And I said, there's an iron supplement on here and an ibuprofen recommendation. She claimed I was supposed to be on an antibiotic because I had an infection at birth. That's what she said to me. That was not in my paperwork anywhere.
I pulled out my discharge paperwork that she gave me and we went over that she marked on with her pen. And I said, there's an iron supplement on here and an ibuprofen recommendation. She claimed I was supposed to be on an antibiotic because I had an infection at birth. That's what she said to me. That was not in my paperwork anywhere.
I pulled out my discharge paperwork that she gave me and we went over that she marked on with her pen. And I said, there's an iron supplement on here and an ibuprofen recommendation. She claimed I was supposed to be on an antibiotic because I had an infection at birth. That's what she said to me. That was not in my paperwork anywhere.
So don't really know if she thought I was a different patient, but the antibiotic helped. I was able to start peeing again a few days later. Thank God. I went in for my two-week visit with her then. Already a little bit on edge because she acted like I was lying that there was no antibiotic mentioned in my paperwork.
So don't really know if she thought I was a different patient, but the antibiotic helped. I was able to start peeing again a few days later. Thank God. I went in for my two-week visit with her then. Already a little bit on edge because she acted like I was lying that there was no antibiotic mentioned in my paperwork.
So don't really know if she thought I was a different patient, but the antibiotic helped. I was able to start peeing again a few days later. Thank God. I went in for my two-week visit with her then. Already a little bit on edge because she acted like I was lying that there was no antibiotic mentioned in my paperwork.
But I went in by myself because my husband was working and I got on the bed in the office. My OB comes in, her happy self, and takes a look down there. You can't make this stuff up. And I have to laugh at it now, otherwise I just get angry. But she looked down and pops up and she's like, well, there's been a separation of church and state down here. That's what she said to me.
But I went in by myself because my husband was working and I got on the bed in the office. My OB comes in, her happy self, and takes a look down there. You can't make this stuff up. And I have to laugh at it now, otherwise I just get angry. But she looked down and pops up and she's like, well, there's been a separation of church and state down here. That's what she said to me.
But I went in by myself because my husband was working and I got on the bed in the office. My OB comes in, her happy self, and takes a look down there. You can't make this stuff up. And I have to laugh at it now, otherwise I just get angry. But she looked down and pops up and she's like, well, there's been a separation of church and state down here. That's what she said to me.
And those words stick out in my mind because it was just so nonchalant and to me insensitive because I'm in pain. I'm scared. I'm hurting. I don't know who's got my back and who doesn't because it seems like all these care providers are somehow just like skipping over important things. So when she said that, I thought, are you kidding me? That's what you're going to say to me after all this?
And those words stick out in my mind because it was just so nonchalant and to me insensitive because I'm in pain. I'm scared. I'm hurting. I don't know who's got my back and who doesn't because it seems like all these care providers are somehow just like skipping over important things. So when she said that, I thought, are you kidding me? That's what you're going to say to me after all this?
And those words stick out in my mind because it was just so nonchalant and to me insensitive because I'm in pain. I'm scared. I'm hurting. I don't know who's got my back and who doesn't because it seems like all these care providers are somehow just like skipping over important things. So when she said that, I thought, are you kidding me? That's what you're going to say to me after all this?
I had a second degree tear at delivery that she stitched. She's like, well, it looks like your stitch has failed. Your tear's open. That doesn't sound great. What are the implications of this thing? And so she told me that I would need to be put under to have it repaired.
I had a second degree tear at delivery that she stitched. She's like, well, it looks like your stitch has failed. Your tear's open. That doesn't sound great. What are the implications of this thing? And so she told me that I would need to be put under to have it repaired.
I had a second degree tear at delivery that she stitched. She's like, well, it looks like your stitch has failed. Your tear's open. That doesn't sound great. What are the implications of this thing? And so she told me that I would need to be put under to have it repaired.
And the anesthesia meant that I would need to pump and dump and that it would prolong my recovery time, which also didn't sound great. But then being put under didn't sound wonderful. I'd had it. I don't want to see another hospital or doctor. I don't want to at this point. I don't trust anybody. Why would I want to go under and have you operate on me when it seems like you've already failed me?