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In reply to the discussion: My Emergency Room Horror Story [View all]siligut
(12,272 posts)What is happening in western medicine is a confusing and dangerous mess. If your chart showed a previous fall, the first thing a competent professional would do is assess the reason you seem to be falling too much/often. You would also benefit from a DXA/osteoporosis screening. To just assume you want drugs is a cruel and dangerous mind-set.
That said, some people will go to great length to obtain drugs and like vice cops, ER docs have a skewed world view. Talk with your GP, he/she knows you and your behavior, please make sure your GP at least charts that you are not a drug abuser. The Addiction Specialist should also have done this.
So sorry you were treated poorly, that just adds insult to injury. Figure out why you are falling and get plenty of calcium and protein to heal your fracture and again, make sure your GP charts it all, especially regarding what the ER doc failed to do because of an inaccurate assessment and assumption.