Being Rejected for a Test Referral Again
So this is kind of crazy. I am always kicking myself for not getting a test while I was in the Midwest, because for some reason they have better medical care than the East Coast of America???? I was offered a test as I was moving, and I naively thought I should wait until after I moved so my doctor would be local. I didn't realize how hard it would be for anyone to take me seriously over here.
During my session, where this person sees me exactly once, I asked for a test for ADHD. I just wanted a referral for a test, I'm not trying to get medication. ALL I want is a test! God help me just a test.
I have been refused a test twice. They talked to me for maybe fifteen minutes to twenty minutes. They think "She graduated college and got into her industry." They don't think "She graduated in her special interest, which is a very odd thing to graduate in, failed two classes outside of her special interest and then talked her way into work at a convention."
The Drs will take the facts without context and use their assumptions to put you into boxes. The boxes are already against you because you don't look like the typical person with this neurological issue.
Why. What harm does it do to you to give me a referral for one test? What does it cost you? Why did you wait for three full weeks to talk to your staff as I'm calling them at least once per week (It would be more often if I could). Why does Kaiser suck so bad???
What makes this really frustrating is that this Dr met with me over the phone, told me that she would have her office give my main hospital a call for a test. She waited three weeks to write in that I was going to be a self-referral, which basically means that she won't refer me. They won't accept a self-referal.
What does it cost you to refer me? Does it cost you the air in your lungs? Does it cost you the bones in your ribs? Five extra minutes typing? What. Does. It cost you?
It costs me. I'm so frustrated. Vent post done.