Must. Restrain. Fist. Of. DEATH. Beware the dreaded WALL OF TEXT.
Summary: Nurse Practitioner (NP) causes me massive disruptions in my life, and is in general incompetent and incredibly frustrating. Not covered: She's nearly killed my wife, twice in two weeks.
About 5 or 6 months ago, my Primary care was handed off from one FNP (whose work I loved) to another; the one that I had been seeing had done a wonderful job for me (good enough that I strongly recommended her to multiple transwomen). So I was leery about the new person taking over.
The first time I saw her was to "introduce" her to me, and to discuss my treatment, and to make sure she had all the documentation she needed. I did *not* want to have any issues with my medicines.
In any case, we discussed everything beforehand. A few visits later, I'm sick and have massive buildup in my ear/nose/throat... and I'm having massive mood swings, because my chewable meds aren't being entirely absorbed properly due to how much buildup I had. So I suggest that maybe I should go on injectables, because this happens every year.
We discuss it for a while, going back and forth, and she says she'll research it and write me a prescription if she decides it's reasonable.
A few months later, I've received the prescription but haven't picked it up. Went down to get it, and the pharmacy asks me if I'm self-administering it (and if so, have I done it before) or having the doctor do it.
I tell them the NP didn't give me any instructions, so I'll call them in the morning. The pharmacist is very agitated by this, but finally decides to give me the med.
I go in yesterday for my appt, and the NP has *NO CLUE* how she arrived at the dosage or how to administer the injection. COMPLETELY CLUELESS. And she claims she wasn't told why I was coming (the assistant, a friend of mine, says otherwise), so she didn't have time to look it up... so can I please come back next week to get the injection, *if* she gave me the right dose?
That PISSES ME OFF. I spent $45 on a bottle of meds I may not be able to use... and, if she *did* give me the wrong dose, could screw me up for a *month* if I had taken it self-administered. Not only that, but I'm in the middle of a fairly busy period of work, and I've had a high number of appointments in the past two weeks (4 or 5) due to my and my wife's issues (she can't drive, so I provide transportation).
And, another thing... I had sent the assistant a copy of the new passport guidelines, and requested a letter from the doctor that the NP has been coordinating with. The NP apparently got very confused; she'd apparently never spoken to the doctor my old primary care was talking to. She then asked that the letter be sent to my therapist, because *she* has no clue if I'm being correctly medically treated for my condition.
Come *on* lady, YOU'RE THE ONE PRESCRIBING MY MEDICINE. If *you* don't know that, WHO WILL!?
Quite frankly, as a person that holds a license that is similar in danger level (if not in education requirements) to a physician, this woman's ability to practice medicine *terrifies* me.
/Rant off
