Fern wrote:
I spent all day arguing over how to get medical records transferred so that I can see a new doctor. Why the heck can't the USA catch up to technology of twenty+ years ago and use email, or even a trusted website, instead of fax machines? I do not own a fax machine, neither does literally ANYONE else I know. Why on earth can't I just email it?
My girlfriend had that problem a month ago. She's been getting gaslighted by our doc & health center. Getting set up with a different doc at a different place was not that easy but getting her medical records transferred to the new doc was the worst. She sent the old place a messages on their website thing & did not hear back. Calling & talking to em on the phone was difficult as well since she hates phone calls due to her anxiety & they wanted her to print out a form, fill it out, & then scan it & upload it to their site or she coulda went over there which also woulda been hard for her cuz of her anxiety. She eventually got the form filled out & uploaded but it made her more glad she was leaving them. I coulda helped or done most of it if I woulda been allowed to but they insist on talking to her 1st & her giving them permission to talk to me during the same phone call & by that point she might as well just do it herself since she is gonna be forced to talk on the phone anyway. It's like that with other things for her as well like benefits she has. Also before Covid restrictions were recently loosened here, she was required to go to appointments & test by herself which is hard for her cuz of her anxiety. I'm kinda wondering if I could help in these situations if I were to get Power Of Attorney or Guardianship of her so I would have the legal authority to do all the talking on the phone with her next to me & go in with her to appointments if the pandemic restrictions get tightened again. We woulda gotten married 8 years ago but we're both disabled & it would screw up her benefits. She makes most of the major decisions & I'm mostly just an advisor & go along with whatever she decides since I'm kinda laid back nowadays(thanx to anxiety & OCD medication) but it would be better if I had the authority to be able to step up more with things. She wishes I could help more with that stuff but it seems like everyone insists on only dealing with her
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Her mental health gets worse when she's under more stress & her mental health would be better if I was able to take some of that load off of her.