UCHealth Emergency Care - Broomfield Hospital (Hospital based) — Local services in Broomfield

I went to this emergency room yesterday with pain in my abdomen that had been so severe I hadn’t slept all night. I was, and still am, in extreme pain. I wish I had saved myself the misfortune of being put into a room with bright lights, loud machines and annoying, dull-witted human beings. I genuinely think some people barely have I.Q.’s higher than orangutans.

They asked me why I was there, did a physical exam, and ordered an ultrasound and a CT. The ultrasound tech laughed at me talking about my ADHD and said “oh, don’t we all have a little ADHD.” No, that’s inaccurate and incredibly ignorant. You don’t “have a little ADHD.” Neurodevelopmental disorders are something you have or don’t have. Don’t compare your minor blonde moments to a disability. Should grown adults not be more intelligent than that by now?

After that, I had my CT, where the tech taking me to my room asked me if I had diabetes, I said no. He repeated himself asking “are you on medication for your diabetes?” (Literally, what he said.) I responded, again,”no, I don’t have diabetes.” He then repeated himself, because I guess because I’m obese due to health problems, he assumed I must absolutely have diabetes. He asked a third time in a different way about it, “do you know if you’re on meds for your diabetes?” I repeated again, No. I don’t have diabetes. Maybe his ears were clogged by my obesity level.

Then a doctor came into my room.He stated, quote, “you’re completely fine, you should be happy, nothing is wrong with you.” He had the audacity to get upset with me for responding with emotional distress when he came into my room saying “nothing is wrong with you, you should be happy” while I was suffering. Brocifer, I am in so much pain it hurts when I inhale. Sure, I’ll just start jumping for joy, all because you’ve decided how I should feel about receiving malarkey for answers and assistance.

I am not happy. Something is wrong. I am suffering. I have barely slept in 3 nights now. I had to sedate myself with Benadryl, Ritalin(which makes me sleepy and calm), and melatonin. I had nightmares that I was being stabbed in my abdomen over and over when I did sleep.

I checked my records and the doctor also misconstrued what he said to me that upset me, wrote that I didn’t have tenderness in my stomach upon physical examination(which was incorrect), and wrote that I became tearful and yelled at him to get out and get my discharge papers after a conversation about my ovary, which was also incorrect. The ovary conversation was completely unrelated.

I became tearful and yelled at him because he told me I was fine, I should be happy and when I got upset about those absurd, idiotic statements, I could tell that he had the audacity to be upset with me. An E.R. Doctor. Upset because a patient in pain, who hadn’t slept in over a day due to her pain, responded emotionally to being told “you’re fine/you should be happy”.

I became so angry at that stupidity, likely due to everything, the stress, not sleeping, the pain, the crazy absurdity of humans, the unhelpful response combined with the illogical statements, of course I was emotional. He was making really irrational, stupid and absolutely half witted comments to me while I was sitting there in so much pain I was wishing I was unconscious. Nobody in that much pain is fine, nor are they going to be happy. Where did this brocifer get his PhD? Surgery would have been a nice reprieve from how much pain I’m in. I guess he doesn’t understand what it’s like to have that much pain, but I genuinely hope he eventually experiences it and recognizes how stupid his words were.

A nurse did come in to explain the doctors illogical, nonsense comments as “He was just saying that it’s not an emergency case and you don’t need anything emergent.” That nurse was kind, helpful and explanatory. Although, she did refer to my autism as being “special”, at least she tried and came at it from a place of rational thought, respect and compassion.

This place is crazy and I recommend going anywhere else but...

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