Christopher Nicholson

Review of Adventist Medical Center - Por...

I went in because i was having excruciating nerve ...

I went in because i was having excruciating nerve pain down my leg, primarily In the ankle area along with numbness in my toes and foot. I do not go to the dr and after almost two weeks of the worst pain of my life(I ve had two babies) and a lot of convincing words from my family, I finally gave in. I don t have insurance so I don t have the ability to go to a primary care provider and I was in so much pain I was in tears, I wanted them to figure out what was wrong with me so that I could have a solution to fix it. Initially the nurse practitioner wanted xrays of my ankle(i didn t understand why because i had clearly told them that i was sure it was nerve pain given that my toes and foot were numb). After sitting on the hard hospital bed for 5 hours the dr finally came in, and said there was no break in my ankle(no duh, I told you that). She then proceeded to tell me that she would not write me a prescription for any type of pain relief and that opioid addiction was a major problem, and that I needed to see a primary care provider to look at what was causing nerve pain. And that she thought the pain I was experiencing was because I was emotionally unstable. I was crying because I was in so much pain. They gave me a anti-inflammatory injection(ibprofen) and sent me home. In the dishcharge papers, she stated possible ankle sprain . So basically my nerve pain was a possible ankle sprain but I was really just emotionally unstable and an opioid addict(never asked for pain meds). I don t know how this dr even passed medical school, and now I have a giant bill from 3 different companies that I have to pay for nothing. Our income exceeds the qualifying amount for state health insurance by $300 and health insurance through work is over $1200.