A NOTE: to those reading this post and my previous responses in this thread. i am being blunt, outspoken and direct about laws, rules and regulations, etc. to help protect my friend lynn09 and help her try and regain her sense of freedom and right to fair medical treatment. i'm not a lawyer, but i know how to use the internet and the forms, laws, policies etc. are all out there to protect our rights as patients.

ohhh i am praying for you my friend. this is just way too much you have had to deal with. in further research, here is a bit about a couple of nurses in Texas who were sentenced to jail time...hint: DA also stands for District Attorney, and don't they operate for free?

[because the two nurses worked for a county hospital - and included medical record numbers of the patients in their letter to the TMB in April - the county attorney's office indicted them on "misuse of official information" - a third-degree felony that carries potential penalties of 2-10 years' imprisonment and a maximum fine of $10,000. Additionally, the prosecution asserts the nurses used patient records as part of the evidence they offered to the TMB to "harass or annoy"]

i know so much damage has already been done, but people rebuild after the greatest of disasters, with little or nothing. you have "right" on your side my dear.

as far as the dementia claims by them, you have the definition now, and heresay from unqualified sources is NOT enough to prove it. your cognitive skills are superb and your family members are standing on quicksand. i'm really mad and appalled at the doctors that bought this diagnosis without properly testing you and giving you a chance to prove them wrong.

and please don't forget that your will, which states "being of sound mind" can be witnessed by your BANK. that's who notarized and witnessed mine. nobody asked for any medical proof at all.

as far as not going after the doctors? they are as culpable as your siblings Lynn. and now they're using the old medical CYB method of getting out of sticky and illegal situations..."Cover Your Butt". it's rampant in the medical field. one reason i hated nursing was because of the incredible amount of charting so if anybody sued, the documentation would be accurate. and i saw a LOT of questionable treatment of patients by doctors and learned to distrust them as well. i wouldn't have any qualms at all about holding them accountable.

also, as far as transportation to another city for testing? when i was hospitalized in March (psychiatric) and was taken by ambulance over 200 miles away (room availability), Medicare actually did pay for most of it. the rest? i worked out a payment plan of only $10 a month to pay them off. but i would check first. i was told Medicare wouldn't pay, but they did.

ohhh family can be so incredibly cruel, evil, and very scary.

rest well Lynn, post when you can.