Mike B

Review of SSM St Joseph Health Center

Doctors will not prescribe pain medications and re...

Doctors will not prescribe pain medications and report you are drugs seeking. I have suffered from severe pain from my neck, back, and chest. all started when i had a pacemaker implanted due to a botched ablation for WPW. Dr. Quotomonti performed the ablation and left my heart untreated for 9 months. after the surgury my heart rate was 28 to 30 beats per minute. She said I was cured of WPW I went to her for a 2cd opinion and I asked her not to due an ablation that i only wanted a second opinion. I woke up with horrible pain and after several emergency room admissions, Dr. Glascock put in a pacemaker. Dr. Glascock is a good doctor; however, they will not prescribe pain medication. Maybe they think I seek pain/narcotic medications or that it is harmful to my health. I would rather risk the pain medicine for time off my life than to suffer daily to insanity. I invite any of them to live with me for a few days and they would be more compassionate. In addition, my wife, and my children have suffered from seeing me in so much pain. They just think people are "medication seeking" and it is a hassle to express the grief it has and is causing me. I have kept all my doctors in the SSM system for the continuum of care however, they will just let you suffer in spite of multiple ER visits for pain. It would be easier to use alcohol or street drugs; however, I will not break the law and or use alcohol for pain because alcohol causes me too many side effects. just putting this out there. Think what you want but I am well educated and schooled on the subject of addiction. I also have a degree in psychology and a minor in business administration from UMSL as well as an honor student and a member of PSI Chi. I plan on having a grievance with the administration and consider suing them for the anguish the pain has caused me and my family. I hope i'm an isolated incident and no one else had had to suffer the anguish my family and I have experienced. Peace and god bless you all who read this.