2 /5 Skyler Diaz: Awful. My doctor saw me as a number and a burden. He did everything he could to get me out the door as quickly as possible. And the nurses would defend him. When he ran out of treatment options, be literally just said " Well I guess we just wait until something happens" HELLO?? I have stage 4 cancer!! I ended up having to call hospitals ALL around the country, and I found my OWN clinical trial I wanted to be in. And every single hospital I called was APPALLED that I needed to call because my oncologist already washed his hands of my case.
Florida healthcare in general is just THAT worse than many other states. I ended up moving for better care, which if I did not, I might have died already.
ETA: The inpatient ward drove me up the wall!!! everything is beige and white, with sterile fluorescent lights. You CANNOT leave the floor if you are hooked to a treatment, so you just see patients shuffling around the 2 loops of the floor. Over, and over. There is a small break room, and some nice windows. But other than that , that place doesnt feel real, and It feels like time doesnt pass there. I had nonstop panic attacks there, but that was also in part because of the chemo.