"Pneumonia treatment at Emergency Department"

I was admitted to the Angliss Hospital a while ago and travelled to hospital at least 5 times by ambulance. I felt weak, dizzy, tired, had fevers, sensitivity to light, headaches and had a lot of back pain. I had X-rays taken and blood tests to which the doctors told me I had a high white blood cell count and nothing visibly wrong with my back and chest. Each visit I was told I had a virus, was given pain killers and sent home. My symptoms got worse each visit.

On my second last visit to the Angliss a doctor took an X-ray of my chest and it revealed I had mycoplasma pneumoniae and that on my first X-ray there was a growth but the doctors just saw it as a virus. I spent the night there, given oral antibiotics and pain killers, and then sent home with antibiotics and pain killers.

The following evening I started throwing up everywhere. Another trip in an ambulance - this is the only time I felt Angliss Hospital actually took my symptoms seriously. I was put on intravenous fluids and intravenous antibiotics. I had a spinal tap while at the Angliss because of my sensitivity to light and fears I may have meningitis. I spent a couple of days at the Angliss given intravenous antibiotics and intravenous fluids and pain killers.

I was then transferred to the Box Hill Hospital where I had an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan which the doctors told me revealed nothing. I still had sensitivity to light and a lot of back and nerve pain. While there, as I have bipolar, a psychiatrist was sent in to see me and offered me anti-psychotic drugs. I was appalled and hurt because I’m stable on my medication. I was in hospital for pain and sickness and it felt as if the doctor didn’t believed the pain I was going through. I had painful ears and a sore throat which Box Hill Hospital saw nothing wrong with.

After leaving the hospital with all my meds I went and saw a local doctor. I was given a puffer to help with my breathing and more antibiotics because I had sinusitis, an ear infection and tonsillitis. I am still recovering from pneumonia and am very tired all the time. My family and friends who watched me go through this experience are very hurt and appalled at my treatment by the doctors. I will be forever hurt by this experience as I was very sick, but no doctor at the Angliss seem to notice my symptoms or care and Box Hill Hospital just put me in the category of bipolar only.