1/5 Hereford G. 1 year ago on Google
I
was
seen
by
at
least
4
doctors
at
UofL
health
over
the
course
of
three
years,
having
undergone
MANY
tests
and
treatments,
yet
they
were
unable
to
successfully
diagnose
an
ongoing
severe
respiratory
illness
that
I
was
experiencing.
Finally
I
was
pulled
to
the
side
by
a
UofL
physician
who
quietly
suggested
that
I
see
a
different
doctor
outside
the
UofL
practice.
The
non-UofL
doctor
was
able
to
make
an
accurate
diagnosis
in
under
30
minutes.
It
was
a
mold
allergy.
I
am
exasperated
when
I
consider
the
abject
suffering,
needless
medications
and
steroids
that
I
was
subjected
to
for
three
years,
for
something
so
easily
diagnosed
and
treated...(we
identified
the
source
of
the
mold
which
was
my
office
at
work...also
UofL).
I
was
well
in
under
5
days.
THAT
should
have
been
my
sign
to
change
doctors.
However
I
did
not.
I
had
been
gaining
weight
(
thought
it
might
have
something
to
do
with
the
3
years
of
steroids
I
was
prescribed
for
the
mold
allergy.
I
had
my
annual
exam
and
I
explained
that
I
was
just
not
"feeling
well".
The
UofL
physician
I
saw
offered
to
write
me
a
prescription
for
depression.
I
told
him
I
wasn't
depressed
I
just
did
not
feel
physically
well
and
that
my
abdomen
was
just
getting
bigger
and
bigger.
Again
the
attempt
was
to
write
me
a
prescription
for
depression
but
I
knew
this
was
physical
and
NOT
mental.
In
the
end
I
ended
up
in
the
ER
with
an
8
pound
abdominal
tumor
that
was
missed
after
several
visits
to
ULP,
including
a
physical
exam.
An
8
pound
tumor
is
the
size
of
a
gallon
of
milk.
I
broke
an
ankle.
Went
to
UofL
hospital
was
told
it
was
a
fracture
and
to
just
keep
weight
off
of
it.
Turns
out
it
was
a
spiral
fracture
and
required
surgery.
I
saw
a
UofL
orthopedic
surgeon.
Told
him
I
was
highly
allergic
to
nickel
and
needed
to
be
careful
about
the
metal
content
of
the
plate
and
screws
used.
Long
story
short
is
my
foot
turned
black.
I
ended
up
with
a
wound
that
opened
over
the
plate
that
would
not
heal
over
the
course
of
6
months.
The
plate
and
screws
had
to
be
removed.
(an
unnecessary
surgery).
I
still
have
a
horrible
dark
patch
of
skin
4
years
later
where
the
open
wound
used
to
be,
and
I
also
have
a
really
nasty
scar.
Turns
out
the
physician
who
did
my
ankle
surgery
was
later
arrested
due
to
drug
related
charges.
Lastly,
it
was
recommended
by
my
Primary
Care
doc
(PC)
that
I
do
COLOguard
OR
a
Colonoscopy.I
elected
COLOguard
since
we
have
no
family
history.
I
did
the
test
and
did
not
hear
anything
so
I
figured
all
was
well.
Months
later
I
was
contacted
by
the
ULP
endoscopy
unit
to
schedule
a
colonoscopy.I
asked
whether
something
in
my
COLOguard
test
was
problematic?
I
was
told
to
call
my
PC
office,
which
I
did.The
woman
who
looked
at
my
file
said
that
“a
saliva
test
indicated
that
I
needed
to
have
a
colonoscopy”.I
have
a
family
member
who
works
in
an
endoscopy
unit
at
a
major
hospital
in
another
state
so
I
called
her
and
asked
about
this
saliva
test,
that
I
had
no
recollection
of
taking.
She
said,“NO
SUCH
THING”.
I
called
my
PC
again
and
told
them
I
was
receiving
calls
from
Endoscopy
trying
to
schedule
a
colonoscopy.The
person
with
whom
I
spoke
assured
me
that
I
did
not
need
a
colonoscopy,
she
said,
my
“doctor
had
not
yet
read
my
results”
so
he
would
not
have
ordered
one.(doc
who
missed
the
tumor
had
not,
in
months,
read
my
test
results?)
I
ask
-
if
my
results
had
not
been
read
how
did
we
know
that
I
didn’t
need
a
colonoscopy.She
said
I
could
read
the
results
in
my
online
patient
portal,
which
I
did
-
there
was
nothing
irregular.A
few
weeks
later
I
received
ANOTHER
call
from
endoscopy
trying
to
schedule
me
for
a
Colonoscopy.
I
said
I
thought
there
was
some
sort
of
mix-up.That
ended
the
discussion...or
so
I
thought.
Some
time
later
I
received
another
call
from
endoscopy.
This
time
I
used
the
3-way
call
feature
on
my
phone
and
called
the
office
of
my
PC.
In
the
end
the
discovery
was
that
the
Endoscopy
unit
had
me
“mixed
up”
with
another
patient!
SO
if
I
HADN’T
asked
I’d
have
gotten
an
unneeded
Colonoscopy
but
more
concerning
to
me
was
the
wellbeing
of
the
patient
with
whom
I
was
mixed
up.
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