Warning
*Long rant ahead* 😀
My mum has not been feeling well for the past one month. She is very tired and has heart palpitations. We were worried about her condition and my sister took her to “A” Hospital to see a cardiologist. My mum took an ECG test and Echocardiogram to check for possible heart problem. The cardiologist also asked her to take a blood test which include a check on the levels of thyroid hormones. He also wanted her to do a stress test which is running on a threadmill but my mum was too weak to do that. So, the cardiologist arranged for the stress test to be carried out the following week and at the same time, he will explain the result of the blood test. During the ECG and Echo, her heart showed no problem at all but the cardiologist still want to perform the stress test as it is more accurate to determine if there was any blockage of the big arteries.
However, at the following week, my mum was still very weak and was unable to do the stress test. So, my sister called the nurse and told her that my mum needs to reschedule the stress test. As we were eager to find out about the blood test result, my sister asked the nurse if there was anything from the blood test. The nurse told my sister that there was no problem at all. We were of course relieved to hear that. So, we waited for another week and my mum was still not getting any better. She feels fatigue all the time and lost a lot of weight. In fact, she has lost 6 kg in one month. We really didn’t know what to do but to wait for my mum to be a little stronger so that she could go for the stress test. My mum has been seeing a Chinese herbalist doctor and was told that she has low blood pressure and a weak heart. He precribed some medication for her to take and my mum even told the cardiologist about the medication. He advised my mum to continue taking the Chinese medication.
Yesterday, 2 weeks after the blood test result, my mum went back to A Hospital to do the stress test, despite still being very weak as she wanted to know if there was anything wrong with her heart. My mum informed the cardiologist again about how she has been feeling since the last time she met him. The cardiologist feels that my mum has thyroid (judging from all those symptoms like fatigue, weight loss, insomnia). He wanted my mum to do a test for thyroid but my sister told him that she had already did it during the last appointment. Oops!!!! Guess what? The cardiologist did not have the result of the thyroid test in the file. He was rather embarrassed and contacted the lab about it. Then right away he scheduled another ECG to be perfomed on my mum. When my mum came back after the ECG, the cardiologist has the thyroid result in the file already. And guess what again??? My mum indeed has thyroid and it is an over-active one too!! Had the thyroid test result been forwarded to the doctor’s office earlier, we would have known what my mum was suffering from when my sister called them 2 weeks ago. My mum would have gotten the necessary treatment right away instead of suffering for 2 weeks. So whose fault was it? The people at the lab for keeping the result? The nurse for not checking? The cardiologist? If I was present, I would have given him a piece of my mind. This is clearly the ‘tidak-apa’ attitude of certain people. How could they be so careless and left out this important information?
Once he had gone through the thyroid test result, the cardiologist concluded that my mum is indeed suffering from thyroid and he said he is glad that it is not a heart problem. Luckily my mum did not have to go through the stress test (since it’s not a heart problem) or else I think she would faint from all those running since she is so weak. Right after that, my mum made the appointment to see the endocrinologist and she is now taking like tons of medication 🙁
Seems like those people simply give wrong info, maybe they lazy wanna layan you over the phone. So teruk, playing with people’s health and well being…
Sorry to hear that your mom is so sick. Luckily, it is treatable. All hospitals in Msia needs to be wired. Over here, all my information and test results can be viewed online.
Over here isn’t any better. As you can see.. the doctor didn’t have any great advise for me.. He is just sending me on a happy test run .. on everything. I have been to the hospital everyday for 1 week now.
oh dear … it’s a private hospital and the service shld be good.
hope your mum will get well soon.
some more have to expensive n get lousy service..
Hope with all the medication, she will get well soon…
Gosh thats totally annoying and unprofessional. I hope your mum feels better soon now that you know the source of the problem and she is treated.
*sigh*
Typical Msian Hospital eh?
Sorry to hear about this. That’s bad indeed! Imagine…wrong diagnosis!! Hope you mom gets well soon.
I hope auntie will get well soon.
sorry to hear about your mom! Hope she is feeling better now, and get well soon. Take care aunty!!
I heard quite a lot bad comment about that private hospital u mention.
Hey, which hospital is that and which dr. eh? Care to email me so that I will never go to this dr?
If I were you, I would hv told the dr off and demanded that the ECG test not be charged to your account… coz it’s the dr’s fault.
wah so crappy?? You should actually spell out the hospital name and give them the bad publicity that they deserve! Good to hear your Mum is ok 🙂
Hope your mom feels better.
You should write a letter to complain about the incident, but then will it matter to those folks in the hospital? Probably not.
AIYO! Your poor mother suffer sooooo long..POOR WOMAN!!!!
In any case, this happens everywhere around the world. It’s just communication..which breaks down alot
sigh…
Your poor mother! I hope she’s feeling much much better!
same boat with me. when i read all the symptoms i knew it was thyroid edi.. take care, and tell mummy not to stress too much too. ya.. God bless her!