Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

A simple word of advice. Try to have your research done before going to an emergency room. Blood pressures are being taken too soon after arrival (which can lead to incorrect readings). I went in for abdominal-got a CT scan. The Assistant taking my blood pressure offers me pain medicine. I refused until I know exactly what is wrong. 430pm approx. Received CT scan at approx 515pm. Had to sit around for 4+ hrs before I got called into a Dr. I even asked if I could lay down somewhere, as it was so painful for me to sit. No such option there. So I went back and forth to my car to lie down until they finally called me into a room with 4 other unknown people. NO privacy whatsoever. A Dr. come over to me and the first thing out of his mouth was. I notice you did not take a pain med when offered and he proceeded to offer me pain medicine. I instantly started to him, " I am not taking anything until I know what is my illness. He then states to me I have a kidney stone about ready to pass that is 8mm in size, which is why I have so much pain. Then he says he will prescribe I need to prescribe an antibiotic because I had a mild bladder infection, a pain med, and a nausea pill. OMG, people. Know this ( I discovered days later in my own personal research) I should never have taken antibiotic until my URINE was analyzed, which take approx 4 days to do the culture on it. Nowadays these antibiotics are not working as they did in the past.---Case and point. I took 2 pills for 5 days. And GUESS, what the heck happened. The abdominal pain lasted 2 days and I ended up with burning when I urinated. OMG, I also got a copy of my test results at the hospital that night. The CT report stated I had more stones in my kidneys...(. I took the pain pills one day, NEVER did stop any pain). The CT never stated how many or how large. OMG. Can you believe it. So for two days, I decided to take an herb called Chanca Piedra (stone breaker) as well as drink pure unsweetened cranberry juice and lemon water. By the 4th day, the burning stopped. I now have a total understanding of Kidney Stones, eating and preventing. Yet, I have no idea about my condition at this point. So now I will set an appt with an actual Urologist and get to the bottom of this CT scan result. I say of this to people who put faith in these doctors, DOn't, Do your research,(PMed), and question everything. I forgot to tell you. Right before leaving the hospital, this Doctor said to me. I can give you a shot for pain, would you like. NO was my answer. It is all about money for each and every little thing... They wanted so badly to give me pain medicine. Geeze.