kmov is adevertising for hrc medical on their website. I can't believe they would take money from a company that harms people. Let me tell you a little bit of hrc medical.
In December 08 at 53 I sought help for my severe hot flashes, night sweats and depression following my recovery from Breast Cancer.
I went to HRC Medical Center in Nashville for BIOIDENTICAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY. This was to involve inserting into my hips, pellets that contained estrogen and testosterone. When they wear off, more would be inserted.
I quickly got increasingly moody, bloated, grew 2 pant sizes. The meanness I had acquired was scaring me. I was crying or angry all the time. I got severely depressed. Then I started discharging blood and had severe cramps and headaches. I had not had a period since 2001.
The bleeding continued long after, it stopped finally in October.
I was never told this could happen on this therapy. I called HRC Medical constantly with complaints.
I was prescribed Furosemide, a water pill, on 3-9-09.
Between 3-9-09 and 4-01-09, I wore the receptionists out calling there screaming, I would sit and hit redial for every extension until someone picked up their phone. I was really feeling out of control emotionally.
The nurses had not returned my calls the week of March 23rd. I was irate and also had not slept good since this procedure.
Several days later I finally spoke to Amanda who had signed me up for this therapy. She apologized for what has happened to me and she asked me to come meet with the Doctor, who was listed on my prescription, but I had never met.
The medical assistant who inserted the pellets was also in the room when I finally met him. Dr. Hale offered to write off my 2 pellets and give me 2 new ones and he would manage my case directly. I told him I did not want new implants that 3 months time was enough time to get me to feel better, since they claim 2-3 weeks to feel great.
At that time I had been bleeding for over 2 months.
When he left the room, the nurse I had never met, but spoke to over the phone, came in the room. She told me shed be honest with me.
She explained HRC had switched compounding pharmacies and gotten bad pellets. She said she had been doing pellet therapy. However recently she had started feeling badly, psycho, like me, thought she was bi-polar and experienced a lot of what I had been complaining about.
The M.A. who inserted the pellets stated I was a different woman than the one that came in the first time. I know she felt badly.
The next day Dr. Hale called and confirmed my testosterone was still too high.
I had to go to electrolysis every week to remove the black hair growing on my face, chin and neck, and trying to keep the hair on my head from falling out. Other awful side effects that I wont go into.
I called the clinic to ask for a refund; I was told refunds are not available.
I was told I had a choice of 2 new pellets.
I screamed at the owner, Dixie Hale, that I was not paying for pellets that I had no idea what was in them and they were bad. She asked how I knew they were bad and I told her about the nurse confessing. She put me on hold and Emily, a manager came back with the offer to credit my account $950- because the compounding pharmacy duped them!!
Again an admission they knew they were bad, but no one tried to tell me after all my psycho phone calls.
These phone calls were made between 2 and 4 p.m. at my desk, upstairs in the business office. The women there heard these phone calls and were aware of all I had been through. I know they will not forget this, but we did all try to laugh about it, as I reminded them, they would be my age someday!
I considered getting a lawyer. Then
On June 6 after months of fighting for my refund, the owners son granted one and said they now own that compounding pharmacy because of the problems that were caused by these bad pellets.
Another admission now I know I was not going crazy!
I soon called a experienced Menopausal Doctor and got my blood work done at Quest Lab. The new Doctor told me I had more testosterone in my body than he had in his.
He also said HRC lied to me when they said theyd wear out of my system in 3- 4 months. He anticipates the end of July so he cannot help me until the pellets are out of my system.
October - I have finally felt like the pellets may have dissolved and the bleeding has subsided to the point of a possibility that it will stop.
I ended up in the ER at Williamson Medical Center on 10-22-09.
chest pain and severe panic attacks. The new Doctor also explained that my shortness of breath, dizziness and other anxiety symptoms could be caused by the depletion of the estrogen and testosterone that had overwhelmed me. I have informed kmov about this and they have won't respond.