There is a lot of room in medical care for mistakes. When they are found, they should be reported or documented so that these mistakes will not happen again. The caretaker needs to put more stopgap measures there to prevent them from happening. And this is extremely important...You have to police your own medical care! If you are not able to yourself, you need a spouse, relative or friend to help you.

Today I saw the doctor for the first time since the hospital stay. They were late getting to me and I'm sitting on a sacrum that is fractured along with the neuropathy, so you can all relate to the pain I was in. I waited for an hour and half. Not happy. Then during the visit, the doctor prescribed something for pain. When we picked it up from the pharmacist, we were half way home when I took the bottle out of the sack. I read off what it was and my husband said, " That's the wrong strength, I think." I had no clue, but I vaguely remember my doctor figuring out how much my liver could tolerate. And when I thought about it for a minute, I agreed with my husband. We did an about face and went back to the pharmacy. He was right. They had dispensed the wrong med.

Please take someone with you who can remember when you are in distress.

Billye