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I arrived at the ER in extreme pain and the doctor...

I arrived at the ER in extreme pain and the doctor recognized the signs of my body language and area of concern as a potential kidney stone. They gave me pain meds and a CT scan confirming that I had a kidney stone. All was good at first. They informed me that they would manage the pain and most likely discharge me once the pain was managed. However, the pain kept coming back just as severe as when I first showed up at the ER. They kept providing additional pain meds, but each treatment was less effective. By the end they implied I was faking it for the pain meds. I was annoyed at this comment, but kept my cool as I was in a lot of pain. I have never needed pain meds before even with a broken arm. During this time they kept trying to tell me that I was ready to leave, but I was like the pain keeps coming back and is very severe. I did not feel that I could leave without returning in a short amount of time. My wife then showed up and I heard the doctor tell her that he is in there crying over a small kidney stone. She knows me and knows that I have a high threshold for pain and immediately did not like the comment from Dr. Anderson. There was no crying, but definitely complaining about the intense pain. The doctor had made similar comments to me, but at the time I did not care due to the pain. He then had the nurse come in an tell me that I either had to get admitted or leave the ER and sign a form that I was leaving against doctor's orders. We found this ironic as the doctor had been trying to tell me I was good to leave on multiple occasions. Also during my visit, the Charge Nurse came in and asked me how I was being treated. I responded ok. He then clarified that he was in charge and wanted to know how they were treating me and not how I was. I answered again: ok. He then rudely said well what are they doing or not doing to make my stay ok. At that point I was annoyed and in pain and said, ya they are doing great. Big lie... Finally, I decided to get admitted and was very happy with how I was treated and Dr. Bloom the Urologist. I however will never go back to this ER if I have a choice. Since the diagnosis of my kidney stone, I have had to revisit the ER twice. Not this ER. My experiences were night and day. This is the worst ER and doctor I have ever dealt with. The funniest thing of all is that they have a poster stating that pain management is the most important. I felt like treating the patient poorly and coping an attitude seemed to be the most important. STAY AWAY!!!

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