My father has a skin condition and cant get medical treatment or attention-Part2

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Hello. Well I'm not quite sure where to start. I have had alot of

responses to this blog and I thank you for your time and

consideration. Here is a more detailed blog of his condition. There

has been so much paper trail and no medical attention or treatment.

This happened about 3 years ago, my father had a mole on his neck and

scratched it. Later on when he came in from work that night, after he

had a shower, it began to throb. He went to the mirror and saw that

it was hanging so he clipped it off. He had some crusty pallets in

his ear that was uncomfortable to touch. Well, as time has gone by it

has developed into a condition that has eaten a hole as big as a

quarter all the way through his ear and where once was a mole is now

a large mass (larger than my hand) of tissue where once was skin.

This condition has spiraled. It drains, bleeds, or seeps creamy

fluid. This never dries because it is on the cavity of neck so where

he turns his head from side to side or catches on his shirt it cracks

or begans to seep drainage or blood.

He has lost at least 65-80 lbs. His appetite has decreased. He is

always in pain. He has unknown chest pains, headaches, and he is

always tired. He has been 3 to 4 times hospitalized for what we

thought might have been heart attacks. He now has some colored spots

coming up on his back, a small crusty spot on his nose, and his other

ear has become infested with these crusty pallets. He was given a

prescription by the hospital back when this first happened to treat

this as a open wound (cephelaxin). My father was not able to take

these pills because it made him very sick and he started to vomit. My

father has lately started to show signs of other problems that may or

may not be related to this condition. However, I am very scared that

before he will get medical attention he will die. I have contacted

all the resources available in his county and mine and still has not

been eligible for assistance to be seen to be diagnosed or start some

type of treatment to get him back to a normal state. There is so much

more that involves paper work processes, denial after denial, and

just no customer relations are available to help me. I have on

several occassions asked for help through the social security

representative and he has no answers to any questions, very

impatient, rude, tells me all that he can do is have me go online and

request more applications or reconsiderations or appeals and he can

forward this to Austin. The hospital turned him away when we had a

referral to come back as a outpatient for his neck to be examined,

some tests run and cleaned by surgeon. The doctor is no longer there

and the hospital has been recently seen on the local news of

considerations of closing down due to bankruptcy. I am so afraid that

I am going to lose my father before he is heard or seen to be

determined eligibility for benefits. This condition is starting to

ear my fathers ear off away from his face.

 

I know that this is very sporatic so please feel free to ask me any

questions. You are certainly welcome to contact me by email.

 

I do have pics to show the changes or progress of what this condition

has done from one visit to the next. If you would like to see them I

will be happy to attach them as an email for you. Thank you for

taking this time out to listen to my cry.

 

Desperate,