Long story short, I got a very poor treatment from my local hospital after I got ME/CFS. They didn't give me a diagnosis, didn't give me any information about the disease, no treatment plan or nothing. They also accused me of being a hypochondriac, depressed or bipolar. Even though I was very healthy, well adjusted and successful prior the illness.
I then eventually had to go abroad to get a diagnosis. I went and saw Dr. Lerner and Dr. Meirleir which both gave me a ME diagnosis and wanted to treat me. Lerner wanted to give me anti virals, which I then asked my doctor whether he thought it would be a good idea. He then accused Dr. Lerner of being a fraud because I had no active viral IgM values. But Lerner said that I had a latent Cytomegalovirus infection, thus anti-virals were justified. I also begged the hospital to do a 24 hour cortisol panel to explain why my energy and sleep quality went down the tubes when I first got sick. They never did it and then when I had the test done abroad I had severe adrenal fatigue.
So yeah, that's really just scratching the surface. So here's what my complaints main points are:
So yeah, basically I'm filing a malpractice complaint. I'm mostly wondering if all these points are justifiable as malpractice. Is Lerner right by prescribing antivirals when there are no IgM values (even though I had concrete proof that I got ill after a viral infection) and would it have been logical to do a SPECT scan to prove that I was having severe cognitive issues?
I then eventually had to go abroad to get a diagnosis. I went and saw Dr. Lerner and Dr. Meirleir which both gave me a ME diagnosis and wanted to treat me. Lerner wanted to give me anti virals, which I then asked my doctor whether he thought it would be a good idea. He then accused Dr. Lerner of being a fraud because I had no active viral IgM values. But Lerner said that I had a latent Cytomegalovirus infection, thus anti-virals were justified. I also begged the hospital to do a 24 hour cortisol panel to explain why my energy and sleep quality went down the tubes when I first got sick. They never did it and then when I had the test done abroad I had severe adrenal fatigue.
So yeah, that's really just scratching the surface. So here's what my complaints main points are:
- They didn't give me a diagnosis. No education what was going on with me or any type of treatment for ME/CFS. All they did was offer sleeping pills and SSRI's.
- They didn't do a proper cortisol panel when there was obviously a problem.
- They called Dr. Lerner a fraud and the fact that he was prescribing antivirals when there was no IgM in my blood was quackery.
- Made me take memory tests for people who've had brain damage to prove that my cognitive issues 'weren't real'.
- Refused to do a SPECT scan after my MRI came out normal.
So yeah, basically I'm filing a malpractice complaint. I'm mostly wondering if all these points are justifiable as malpractice. Is Lerner right by prescribing antivirals when there are no IgM values (even though I had concrete proof that I got ill after a viral infection) and would it have been logical to do a SPECT scan to prove that I was having severe cognitive issues?