I was called in about 10 minutes after I arrived but didn't get to see the doctor for another hour and a half because the nurse was an idiot. I had papers from the insurance company that the doctors need to fill out - all they needed to do was state that I hadn't been treated for epilepsy in the past 5 years. However the nurse didn't read the instructions that related to the 5 years part.
So after she struggled with a way to get around the pre-existing condition clause for about 20 minutes she ran back and told me that I needed to have the last doctor who treated me for epilepsy fill them out - That didn't make any sense. For one thing they were specifically asking this doctor if she had treated me. And as I pointed out to her the last time I saw a doctor for this was in 1999. I'm sure it also would have raised huge flags at the insurance company if I had a pediatric neurologist send in a statement saying I hadn't been treated for epilepsy when I was 21-26 years old.
So she went back to check on this, and another 20 minutes she comes back and says I shouldn't have them fill out the papers because I'll lose my insurance when they write that I'm being treated for a pre-existing condition - umm No, I'm not. Pre-existing conditions are only those that happened in the past 5 years. I was ruled to have outgrown epilepsy 9 years ago.
In the meanwhile the doctor called in and saw 5 other patients - I know because I could hear part of their appointments through the walls.
Finally I got to see the doctor. She told me she took a picture of my EEG because it was glaringly obvious that I had temporal lobe epilepsy, my symptoms were a perfect example of temporal lobe epilepsy, and ever doctor I had seen, including the previous neurologist, had told me that nothing was wrong with me.I do hope she shared that picture with my previous idiot neurologist who said I couldn't possibly be having seizures- they have offices in the same building just a few feet from each other
She upped my dosage so hopefully I'll stop having seizures every day. And she said with what she told the state I might not lose my drivers license. She thinks I'm safe to drive but its ultimately the states decision (and I definately won't be driving until the daily seizures stop)
15 Aug 2008, 4:42 pm
