what is wrong

[Mary]

April,
I think Nancy and Al are giving you very good advice. If you are unhappy with your care (and you should be) both Medicare and Medicaid should have a number you can call and describe the care you have/haven't received.
Unfortunately you have greater leverage with the hospitals than the physicians. Hospitals tend to be more responsive to complaints that are levied.
You should go to the emergency room if your incision isn't better by tomorrow.
Remember, you will have to deal with the parties involved for a long time so it is better to prove now that you're not someone they can dismiss. You don't want this manner of care to continue, do you? What if it were your child?
Mary

 

[Shine_on_Syd]

so it was the surgeon who accused you of not taking coumadin. When you first posted I was thinking a nurse would not normally behave like that. You shouldn't take that garbage. And I am dumbfounded that you were not given antibiotics - that is crazy.
Like I said before I am a low key guy but I don't take any crap from any doctor. If I were in your shoes I would blast that surgeon with both barrels and get another doc to look at that infection. Find a decent cardio and coumadin nurse and dump the surgeon.

 

[Guest]

For a listing of Coumadin Clinics go to www.acforum.org and click on Clinic Locations. The list was just updated a few months ago, so it should be pretty current.

 

[Perrster]

I'd be PO'd if this happened to me!

I'd be PO'd if this happened to me!

CALL SOMEBODY ON THIS LIST! GET HELP, MAYBE A LAWYER TOO!?

http://www.acforum.org/locations_southwest.asp

Louisiana

LSUHSC - MEDICAL CENTER OF LOUISIANA AT NEW ORLEANS
Phone: (504)568-3217
1532 TULANE AVENUE, NEW ORLEANS,*LA*70112

HEART CLINIC OF LOUISIANA COUMADIN CLINIC
Phone: (504)349-6800
1111 MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD, SUITE N613, MARRERO,*LA*70072

OVERTEN BROOKS VAMC
Phone: (318)424-6001
510 E. STONER (119), SHREVESPORT,*LA*71130

TULANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL & CLINIC
Phone: (504)582-7993
1430 TULANE AVE SL 22, NEW ORLEANS,*LA*70112

LOUISIANA CARDIOLOGY ASSOCIATES
Phone: (225)767-3900
5228 DIJON AVENUE, BATON ROUGE,*LA*70808

OCHSNER HOSPITAL ANTICOAGULATION CLINIC
Phone: (504)842-3000
1514 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY, NEW ORLEANS,*LA*70121

CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH
Phone: (337)237-8222
501 W. ST. MARY BOULEVARD, SUITE 220, LAFAYETTE,*LA*70506

MANHATTAN PHARMACY
Phone: (504)362-2600
1708 MANHATTAN BLVD, SUITE A, HARVEY,*LA*70058

OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL
Phone: (337)594-3866
539 PRUDHOMME LANE, OPELUSAS,*LA*70570

OFFICE OF ROBERT HALLETT, M.D.
Phone: (504) 895-1751
2125 STATE STREET, NEW ORLEANS,*LA*70118

STANOCOLA MEDICAL CENTER
Phone: (225)952-8917
1401 NORTH FOSTER DRIVE, BATON ROUGE,*LA*70806

VAMC - ANTICOAGULATION CLINIC
Phone: (318)473-0010
P.O. BOX 69004, ALEXANDRIA,*LA*71306-9004

L.S.U. MEDICAL CENTER - ANTICOAGULATION MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Phone: (318)330-7149
4864 JACKSON STREET, MONROE,*LA*71210

CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOCIATES
Phone: (985)871-0735
67186 INDUSTRY LANE, COVINGTON,*LA*70433

GLENWOOD HOSPITAL-ANTICOAGULATION CLINIC
Phone: (318)651-8374
1502 SHANNON STREET, MONROE,*LA*71201

XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA NOVA COUMADIN CLINIC
Phone: (504)485-5471
1 DREXEL DRIVE, NEW ORLEANS,*LA*70125

OUR LADY OF LOUREDS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Phone: (337)289-2866
611 ST. LANRY STREET, LAFAYETTE,*LA*70501

 

[catwoman]

Guess VAMC means Veterans Administration Medical Center???

A friend has been telling my husband -- a Vietnam era Air Force veteran -- to go to the VA hospital and sign up there for using the services later on.