I will never complain about dependent Tricare again!

[prettyinpink]

Oh Stan I'm so sorry! I had a TB test a few weeks ago and the MA put way too much fluid in and hit a vein. It was SO nasty looking. And of course it was super hot so I couldn't wear long sleeves to cover it. So I understand. They could try to be a little more gentle when they do shots!

[prettyinpink]

Sept 22, 2013 10:36:30 GMT -5 Stan said:

Sept 22, 2013 10:07:43 GMT -5 prettyinpink said:

Oh Stan I'm so sorry! I had a TB test a few weeks ago and the MA put way too much fluid in and hit a vein. It was SO nasty looking. And of course it was super hot so I couldn't wear long sleeves to cover it. So I understand. They could try to be a little more gentle when they do shots!

How does someone eff up a TB test! You barely go in at all! Ugh.

I know! It was crazy. He handed me a little gauze thing and was like " In case you bleed" I took it but dumped it as I walked out of the room because I've never bleed from one before. So there I am in the line for the pharmacy bleeding it took it over 5 minutes to stop. It was awful! 

[VillainV]

They always used to make us do the FluMist en masse.

As we walked into the room, they handed us the vial and a tissue, then we had to stand in formation...

"Using your right finger, plug your right nostril from the OUTSIDE. Tilt your head back. At my command, using your left hand, spray the vial up your left nostril until the plunger hits the first detent. SPRAY!"

I kid you not.

[audette]

Oy...

I have a whole new respect for dependent care since getting to Korea. Where we are located, dependents are seen at the Troop Medical Clinic.

Every single time I have gone to the clinic here, there has been a major screwup. Not just minor issues, but massive, incredibly risky mistakes. Mistakes that could have been avoided if someone had bothered to, say, look in a book, or on a website, or damn well ask for help.


It's obnoxious, and I can't help but think each time, as I fuss to get whatever it is fixed, that this is the quality of care my husband gets. And that scares me, because it is so incredibly crappy. I am now at the point where I _might_ trust them to give me some advil, if I really need it.

[kpol]

Sept 22, 2013 17:43:53 GMT -5 audette said:

Oy...

I have a whole new respect for dependent care since getting to Korea. Where we are located, dependents are seen at the Troop Medical Clinic.

Every single time I have gone to the clinic here, there has been a major screwup. Not just minor issues, but massive, incredibly risky mistakes. Mistakes that could have been avoided if someone had bothered to, say, look in a book, or on a website, or damn well ask for help.


It's obnoxious, and I can't help but think each time, as I fuss to get whatever it is fixed, that this is the quality of care my husband gets. And that scares me, because it is so incredibly crappy. I am now at the point where I _might_ trust them to give me some advil, if I really need it.

Stories like this are why I never changed my info with Tricare when we moved down to our new post. The TMC here has a terrible reputation so I kept my info at the actual hospital in Seoul. Most people here will either drive to Seoul or to the AFB ER 30 minutes away. 

[audette]

Sept 22, 2013 18:45:01 GMT -5 kpol said:

Sept 22, 2013 17:43:53 GMT -5 audette said:

Oy...

I have a whole new respect for dependent care since getting to Korea. Where we are located, dependents are seen at the Troop Medical Clinic.

Every single time I have gone to the clinic here, there has been a major screwup. Not just minor issues, but massive, incredibly risky mistakes. Mistakes that could have been avoided if someone had bothered to, say, look in a book, or on a website, or damn well ask for help.


It's obnoxious, and I can't help but think each time, as I fuss to get whatever it is fixed, that this is the quality of care my husband gets. And that scares me, because it is so incredibly crappy. I am now at the point where I _might_ trust them to give me some advil, if I really need it.

Stories like this are why I never changed my info with Tricare when we moved down to our new post. The TMC here has a terrible reputation so I kept my info at the actual hospital in Seoul. Most people here will either drive to Seoul or to the AFB ER 30 minutes away. 

Yeah.  There are folks up here that have changed their primary care to 121 in Seoul.  We're talking 1.5-2 hours driving on a good day, just because they can't stand the care at the TMC.  I don't blame them.  I probably would if we had kids, but as it's just me, and I am a relatively informed patient, I just deal with having really low expectations.  Thankfully, I have only had to visit the TMC 3 times since we arrived, and one of those was simply to pick up a script that apparently did not transfer properly from the US...  I will have to go again soon, and I should probably make sure I bring printouts related to what I need for this coming visit.  Whee.

[Smurfette]

Last year they gave H the Flu mist. Two weeks later he had pneumonia. We were at the hospital three days before and they told us we had a common cold and take cough syrup from a drug store (Lol best anniversary ever)

[panicked]

Sept 22, 2013 20:22:29 GMT -5 audette said:

Sept 22, 2013 18:45:01 GMT -5 kpol said:

Stories like this are why I never changed my info with Tricare when we moved down to our new post. The TMC here has a terrible reputation so I kept my info at the actual hospital in Seoul. Most people here will either drive to Seoul or to the AFB ER 30 minutes away. 

Yeah.  There are folks up here that have changed their primary care to 121 in Seoul.  We're talking 1.5-2 hours driving on a good day, just because they can't stand the care at the TMC.  I don't blame them.  I probably would if we had kids, but as it's just me, and I am a relatively informed patient, I just deal with having really low expectations.  Thankfully, I have only had to visit the TMC 3 times since we arrived, and one of those was simply to pick up a script that apparently did not transfer properly from the US...  I will have to go again soon, and I should probably make sure I bring printouts related to what I need for this coming visit.  Whee.

I never had an issue with the TMC. I had a great PCM, so she kind of buffered me from the bad stuff. The pharmacy did give me Oxycodone instead of Ortho-Cyclen once. That was fun to correct.

[Dory1988]

Sept 23, 2013 2:23:06 GMT -5 Smurfette said:

Last year they gave H the Flu mist. Two weeks later he had pneumonia. We were at the hospital three days before and they told us we had a common cold and take cough syrup from a drug store (Lol best anniversary ever)

You're aware that his pneumonia probably had nothing to do with the flu mist, right?

[iluvmytxrgr]

I always ask for the shot. I've had the mist twice and had terrible sinus infections within 48 hours of each one. My doctor and I are both convinced it was the mist. He says there is just something in it that my sinuses don't agree with. He says it happens in a small number of people. I guess I'm just that dang lucky. Yay me!

Stan, just wait for Reception and the mass shots you'll get that day. The peanut butter shot is way fun! lol I couldn't sit on that cheek for a good three days. Sucks for running, too.

[Smurfette]

Sept 23, 2013 17:22:00 GMT -5 @ojo said:

Sept 23, 2013 2:23:06 GMT -5 Smurfette said:

Last year they gave H the Flu mist. Two weeks later he had pneumonia. We were at the hospital three days before and they told us we had a common cold and take cough syrup from a drug store (Lol best anniversary ever)

Do you think the flu mist caused pneumonia?

The doctor said it was the cause. I never thought it could actually cause anything more then the sniffles. A nurse said the flu mist is the live flu virus vs. the shot being the flu virus shell and to try to avoid it and get the shot next time.  

[Smurfette]

Sept 23, 2013 18:13:05 GMT -5 Dory1988 said:

Sept 23, 2013 2:23:06 GMT -5 Smurfette said:

Last year they gave H the Flu mist. Two weeks later he had pneumonia. We were at the hospital three days before and they told us we had a common cold and take cough syrup from a drug store (Lol best anniversary ever)

You're aware that his pneumonia probably had nothing to do with the flu mist, right?

I would have never thought it had I not been told twice

[Smurfette]

Really? I grew up with people getting sick each year with it. I never knew it was uncommon. That is new to me

[Smurfette]

Sept 25, 2013 23:36:38 GMT -5 @ojo said:

Sept 25, 2013 0:47:51 GMT -5 Smurfette said:

Really? I grew up with people getting sick each year with it. I never knew it was uncommon. That is new to me

I meant as a result of the flu mist.

That went right over my head . It was really interesting the way the nurse explained it

[sushi]

I got my flu shot today. The guy started with "I've done this before but not often" Have i mentioned i hate receiving shots? He hit me way too high, and I'm in serious pain. I'm bony, so high is bad.

He works downstairs from me, in a medical office building. I actually speak to him regularly to clarify scripts on our patients. I'm tempted to go give a few pointers. He was worse than my first door in nursing school.