Exeter Hospital — Attraction in Exeter

Terrible hospital. I have several complex medic issues, a couple of them are chronic that turn into acute flares every so often. Those acute flares must be treated in a hospital. My husband just moved us here from MA recently, and I knew when we moved in that I wasn’t feeling right and headed for an acute attack. One day the pain suddenly got so bad so quickly that I was on my knees screaming. My husband took me to Exeter Hospital as it is down the street and the only one we knew of in the area. After a very long wait with nothing for the severe nausea or pain, the doctor came in. He seemed decent at first but was paged suddenly and had to go to another patient. When he came back, he said he had looked at my records and saw my history of my chronic illness. You could literally see his face shut down. My husband and I both tried to tell him this wasn’t normal for me, it was much much worse. He said “mmhm”, gave me a toradol injection, and sent me home. Couple weeks later I was back with even worse pain and some of the worst nausea of my life. I begged them to do something. They said my bloodwork and CT looked “fine” and sent me home. My husband took me a third time about a week later because I was completely bedridden at that point, could not eat, couldn’t even keep water down, was in pain I can barely describe. Was again told everything looked fine and sent home. I went to my PCP in Boston 3 times and to a GI the hospital referred me to during this month of misery. GI said he had no idea what to do. My PCP was much more concerned as he knows my history well. He finally told me to go to MGH. He stated “those other hospitals, like Exeter, don’t know how to handle your case. They don’t know what they’re doing. You need to go to MGH.” We did and I was admitted very quickly after a CT showed severe acute pancreatitis and other acute GI issues, my bloodwork suggested sepsis, and they found several other emergency issues. Two surgeons came down to the ER and discussed how serious my condition was, and that I would most likely be in the hospital for quite a while.

I ended up having to stay for an entire month. Missed my birthday, Christmas, and New Years with my kids. I was septic at one point. The doctors were surprised I had been in that much pain for 4 weeks and was just now getting treatment. I explained that I had been to Exeter three times and was told I was “fine” and turned away each time. They were shocked and apologized for how long I’d had to suffer. I very well could have not been here today had my husband not finally taken me an hour and a half away to MGH. Exeter totally dropped the ball and almost cost me my life. The only competent person I saw at Exeter was an ultrasound tech who told me about a friend who had almost the exact same history as me. He told me to go to MGH. He was the only one who showed me any compassion. I should have listened to him. I’m glad I listened to my PCP and made the trek to MGH. This is the second time my PCP has saved my life by taking a look at me and telling me to get to the hospital ASAP

I will never go back to Exeter again as it was painfully obvious they profiled me, especially one ER doctor in particular. There was no way they could have missed the mess that was wreaking havoc in my body. They just did not want to provide any care for me. Their profiling and their shoddy medical “care” almost...

I went to see their so called spine specialist Dr. Zipin. I injured my back (again) about 2 months ago I have already had 2 back surgeries along with over 20 other orthapedic surgeries. I kmow pain. I was an elite athlete for 20 years so I also know the difference between hurt and injured and I exained that. I also have spinal stenosis and a lot back pain day to day. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR HERE I DOD NPT GO TO GET PAIN MEDICINE I NEVER MENTIONED PAIN MEDICINE NOT ONCE BUT YOU BET HE DID. MADE SURE TO TELL ME HE COULDNT GIVE ME ANY AND I SAID I NEVER ASK YOU FOR THAT. I HAVE PAIN MEDS. IM HERE BECAUSE TJIS JAS TO BE RECTIFIED PAIN MEDS ARE NEVER THE ANSWER FOR A PAIN THIS EXTREME. I also mentioned I can't lift my feet more than 2 inches off the floor. I cant sit or stand unassisted. I cant urinate naturally its like there is anroad block andni have to push it out in spurts. My grocery sack is gone and my berries have retracted inside my body. I have an extreme pain from hip tp knee in the front of my left leg which is completely new. The sciatic pain thats is always down the back of my right leg all the way to the arch of my foot is 10x the normal levels. Its ubearable getting used to this is laughble no one could live this way. My pain is so extreme i should he in the hospital Dr Zippins orders go home and do these exercises. Maybe follow up with PT. 🤣🤣🤣. So i tell you I cant lift my leg and your solution os gp doumping jacks? Your insurance sucka and wont pay for more imaging there is nothing I can do. You know how you know he was lying because he then put in5 chart that i turned down further imaging. So i stood i. Agony in a waiting room for an hour to see a doctor for 4 minutes 3 of which were while he walked me back to the lobby saying all the way there call me back if you cant do these exercises. I own a construction company Im 40 not 85 lack of exercise oa not the issue. Since he sent me home i have fallen up the stairs twice tripped over a cord and fell once humiliated myself by peeing all over my clothes multiple times. This world is crazy. If you have back pain or injury, or you have to take pain medicine for anything you are humiliated at every doctor visit, everytime you complain of pain, even the pharmacy treats you with no dignity. Oh yeah and these people did radial ablasion on my back for about 50 grand four years ago for a pain level i described as a 7 but an injury with a pain level of 10 for over 2 months the answer was leg lifts abd karate kicks. Just know if you ever take aby pain medication the doctors will never treat you like a human again. Ita cometely dispicable. Do know harm my ass without even lookong to see if i was in danger of further i jury he sent me home to fall repeatedly because whp carea he takes pain meds. To me you should take that person more seriously because it should be obvious they arent there pill seeking. Exeter hpspital is cover in animals who have literally no empathy or character in my opinon. Some of them arw amazing but some should retire because its obvious they have gotten to the point where patients...

Well, apparently someone in the emergency room in Exeter Hospital said that I had said something bad about a Doctor (Dr Jay Swett) the Dr. who did the rectal surgery on me for the second time. And so when I saw Dr Swett today (now yesterday) He told me that he's no longer gonna give me pain medication I need very much Because I supposedly said something bad about him in the emergency department when i asked what i said he refused to tell me what i allegedly said and to who I said it to (he already made me go 2 days without any medication over the weekend knowing that Tylenol wasn't going to be enough). He said that I can just take ibuprofen and Tylenol for pain in a very aggressive tone. I told him that i cannot take ibuprofen because I am on lithium (he already knew that though from the 1st surgery in January) and he knew doing so could cause serious problems or death . He rolled his eyes with his arms crossed .still Dr Swett literally fought with me about the fact of whether or not I could or could not take it with lithium insisting he knows more than i do because hes the Dr. Not me , he literally said he will talk to their pharmacy because he doesn't believe me at all.Then He said because I was causing a scene at the hospital was another reason why he was not going to provide me with pain medication. I. Said what scene do you mean!? Do you mean when I fell in the bathroom while I was hovering over the toilet trying to take a pee Because I can't sit down and I fell forward NOT NEAR the SHORT RED CALLBELL !? .so I was hollering for someone to come Help me and because i was in pain coverd in crap on open wounds .I had to literally Turn myself around on my hands and knees pull myself up on the toilet clean myself up And hobble my way back to my little waiting area. Not a single person came to help me but Right behind me Was the security guard he then followed me from the bathroom to that waiting area He Proceeded to tell me that I needed to calm down or I could leave the hospital .I told him I was calling for help!.There was nobody in the bathroom and I had fallen my bad. So apparently I'm an asshole Apparently I don't deserve pain medication for one of the most painful surgical procedures because I had fallen and had to pick myself up.How dare I cry?How dare I go into a panic attack. I checked myself out of that hospital Because I was being treated so horribly for no reason when all I needed was help. Not to mention. He didn't even check me to see the reasons to why I'm swollen in my hands my feet my ankles and my knees neither did the hospital. He couldnt even bother to take a look .. I guess screw me....