Lost My Advanced Practice R.n. Today.

[Ellabella44]

What a mess today was. I woke up in pain from my elbows to my fingers. It was at the point where you feel like puking and crying at the same time. my husband said I could use our atm card to get copay from the bank, but it wasnt in its usual space and I ended up calling him. this whole process of finding it made it so id be maybe 2 mins late. but traffic was bad today and she is a few towns over. so unfortunately i ended up being 10 mins late. my appointments with her have been 15 to 20 mins.

She sent me home, said she would call me. Hours later my T calls and tells me I am being discharged by the aprn. I had missed two previous appointments and I guess she counted this as another.

At least I will be getting one month scrip from her while I look for a new person. I wish she had just talked to me and told me of the discharge while I was sitting there in her reception area. She was in there on the phone when I arrived.

Hopefully I get someone better, but still bit of a shock to be let go this way.

 

[trying2movefwd]

Im sorry to hear this. Losing a therapist is hard, but yes maybe a better one will come along for you. It happened to me. :)

 

[Deleted member 34328]

Oh dear! I would be devestated if that happened. You must be feeling so lost. I'm so sorry.

 

[Ellabella44]

still have my T, this was my prescriber. its like wow tell me I was just wasting your time.

 

[find your magic]

I am sorry this happened. I can totally relate. I was "fired" by my therapist before. TWICE!! both times for missing appointments. Its like, HELLO! the reason I am coming here has tons to do with my inability to make and keep appointments.
Hang in there, hope you find a better person soon.

 

[joeylittle]

What's 'APRN' short for?

 

[Ellabella44]

An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) is a nurse who has a master’s, post-masters, or doctoral degree in a nursing specialty and can generally practice medicine without the supervision of a physician. APRNs help meet the demand for primary and specialty healthcare practitioners, especially in rural and other areas underserved by physicians. - definition I found

my T is also surprised she ended things like this. will try my T's recommendations tomorrow.

 

[joeylittle]

Thank you for explaining, @Ellabella44.

Unless you want to make a change, you could let her know that this has been your wake-up call, and you won't miss another appointment without cancelling on a reasonable timetable, nor will you be late.

I had a doctor once who really cracked down on me for last-minute cancellations/lateness - and while it was frustrating, because they would often be running behind as well - it was their policy to set, and my responsibility to live up to it.

I know it can be really hard - I don't mean to sound unempathetic. But another provider isn't likely to be more forgiving. If you'd otherwise like to stay with her, I suggest you give it a shot.

 

[Ellabella44]

Its best to just move on. A provider that is closer to me will be easier to make on time. The half hour drive to her became 10 minutes longer on the way. Someone in town or next one over will not have the backup that taking the highway to a major city ends up with for unexpected reasons.

I really dont want her again. she grudgingly is going to prescribe me a months pills to get me over to someone new. As of now, she has not gotten back to the pharmacy. The pharmisist was kind enough to give me an emergency 3 day supply.

dont think youre being unsympathetic at all. Im just unloading something that threw me for a curve today that well really nobody else would understand why it is one. And being open to suggestions to move onward.

Thank You @joeylittle for fixing my title. I was too baffled by the event to think about others not knowing what an aprn was.

 

[EveHarrington]

:hug:

Getting "fired" stinks!

 

[Hope1969]

I am so sorry you had to experience this kind of behavior.

Hope that you will find someone more compationet and professional.

 

[greenleaf]

Some people seem to put the ability to always be on time, outside our issues. The assumption seems to be that everyone is a fine, "normal" adult, who should *just do* the "basic" adult things, then come into whatever therapy sessions and once there, somehow turn on all our problems only then.

There are other providers who are much more tuned in, I hope you can find one! Some have something like ADD (Attention Deficit) themselves, time management struggles on an ongoing basis even with their learned coping strategies, and you might end up waiting for them sometimes, too! :) I know such people exist, and people who share some of our struggles feel safer to me sometimes, they empathize better sometimes.