Medicare is Killing My Friend

My friend, Rich, is not getting the care that he should because of Medicare cuts and it is going to get worse. This is a true story. My friend has osteomylitis of the femur bone and pelvic area. This infection left him with a large and deep pressure sore. He needs a muscle graft and bone debridement operations, however, they can't be performed until the infection is gone. The infectious disease Doctor is not approaching this aggressively and her plan is to discharge him to a nursing home for nine days until the IV antibiotic is finished. Then he will be released to home on an oral antibiotic. This is ludicrous to release my friend with a huge decubitis. However, the doctors want to get paid and it is only going to get worse when Obama cuts more costs for Medicare. People please wake up because this can happen to you or your loved ones.

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[KingKris1979]

I need help I am dieind of the same thing that the lady is talking about above on the ostiomylitis plus i ambeing severley abused were im at I NEED HELP PLEASE

emai krscampbell@yahoo.com and i am at maine med in portland maine please help got to go b4 i get caught thank you kris campbell

[mia0899cs]

@KingKris1979 I'm sorry to hear this. My friend is fine now since he had an operation with Dr. Levin @ the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. 215-662-3350. There has to be phone numbers listed if you have any complaints on top of the pay phone. Ask the charge nurse or Director of Nursing and also tell them your complaints. I hope this helps.

[scottspa74]

Wow, thus is so powerful, and probably happening 1,000 tomes a day. It's so wrong, and I'm sorry. I hope things have gotten better, not worse.

[mia0899cs]

@scottspa74 This was so sad and Rich told me this day that I had to be strong because there was a good chance that he would die. He was anemic and they weren't giving him blood transfusions. He lost a lot of weight and his albumin levels were so low because the infection was fighting for his protein. He had MRSA and Osteomyelitis. I got him down to U. of PA and Dr. Levin saved his leg and his life. God Bless this Dr. and Richie. Rich is staying at my house. Unfortunately, his mom died 12/3/10.

[danfourdeals]

my mother contracted sepsis in mclaren hospital. it only took 7 days to kill her. she was admitted with severe arthritic pain friday afternoon. she was litterally dead by the next friday afternoon. her sepsis was not even detected until tuesday. another day and a half for doctors to pow wow about her care and agressave fight of the infection. it was too late. she also was on medicare. which i am sure the delay way because of her health insurance. good luck with your friend...

[mia0899cs]

@danfourdeals My condolences go out to you and your family. This is so sad and shouldn't have happened. Rich still didn't get the operation he needs. Every hospital gives him the run around.

[mia0899cs]

Yes, I know medicaid and medicare because I am licensed as an RN, BSN. Anyway, he is part C from his dad's medicare. He used to be on medicaid at 20. Yes, the doctors are killing him because they aren't getting paid. There are so many days that he has used up because doctors screwed up last 8/09. I do have a video for the lawyer that I contacted at that time. He didn't go in with osteomyelitis and if they would have kept him in back in 8/09 this wouldn't have happened. They blame it on medicare.

[mia0899cs]

He was actually in a step down unit at this time, however, he hated them there and the care and just wanted to be released because they weren't curing him. So, I will update everyone on Rich's condition. He start bleeding very heavily from his wound site shortly after his discharge. He was already at a 10 hgb and is Anemic. They still have him at home and he was cleaning his own wound the other day and a piece of bone came out. This Friday, 10/9, he has a consult down at University of Penn.

[calligraphy131]

I would refuse to take him out of there until they cured him with the proper course of treatment to cure his condition and get a wound care specialist in there.