Welcome to Hell

[figmo]

That's how I feel every time I take Warren to Kaiser's ER. Early this morning I had to take him there because he had an allergic reaction to the anti-seizure medication he was taking for the seizures he doesn't have.

Yes, this sounds screwy because it is screwy. Heaven forbid they do the surgery that could fix his problem. Yeesh. He said they were even trying to blame the reaction on something he ate even though he ate nothing out of the ordinary and even though the onset of the reaction timed perfectly with the onset of the medication (Lamictal). Fwiw, all the medicine did (other than the blotchy rash) was make him dizzy and space out.

I'm now out a good night's sleep (which means I might wind up sleeping through way too much of GAFilk this year), and he's out over $100.

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[aliza250.livejournal.com]

Does California have any kind of patient advocate program, or provisions for getting second opinions?

At this rate you might be better off going to an out-of-network specialist for a second opinion you can use to bludgeon the HMO into taking care of him properly.