Disbelieving?

tonyandkaren wrote:
This has happened before on RVNet. No matter how long or detailed the explanation some people never believe the situation and blame the victim. It seems like most of the negative posters did not read your entire post or attempt to understand what you were saying. A vacation!? It was clear that you were not off on a pleasure trip. How they could miss that I don't understand.

Anyway you'll never convince them so I'd advise that you don't waste any more energy on it. Best wishes again to both of you.

Could be, but in my case,I did read the post carefully. Twice.

Way, way too much information for the situation raises the red flag.

Could have been well presented in 200 words. Other posters do it all the time.

This has happened before on RVNet. No matter how long or detailed the explanation some people never believe the situation and blame the victim. It seems like most of the negative posters did not read your entire post or attempt to understand what you were saying. A vacation!? It was clear that you were not off on a pleasure trip. How they could miss that I don't understand.

Anyway you'll never convince them so I'd advise that you don't waste any more energy on it. Best wishes again to both of you.

Joyce, some people just won't believe what is right in front of them no matter what you say or what proof is right in front of them.
Just like the Levee thing, right?

Joyce, if that's your real name. You are about as fake a three-dollar bill. All this drama and rambling. What exactly is your agenda? To besmurch the name of Good Sam? More likely it is to garner pity through your troll-post for whatever enjoyment that gives you.
Paracentesis is a simple proceedure done with a needle, often in a Dr's. office. Are you telling me they took 11.8 liters of abdominal fluid from your husband. THATS OVER THREE GALLONS, and you say it all needs to be drained at once this time?!!! :h

On hold for hours?

lactulose is nothing more than a prescription grade laxitive with about the same side effects of over the counter laxitives.

Good luck drama queen!

Okay... I tried to stay out of this one. I think the OP needs to stop wasting time trying to explain things to us. She needs to take advantage of the offers from two Good Sam contacts, Zach and Mr. Melonis himself, and discuss her situation.

She says she does not want anything, except to prevent this type of situation in the future. It behooves her to contact Good Sam so they can have an internal investigation of their own, which could in fact do more to prevent this type of thing, if it did actually happen.

Okay... I'm backing out of this one again.

WOW! 3,314 words, 10 very wordy posts in three short days of membership, for ONE incident of poor service!

Me thinks Joyce has a new hobby…..posting here. Just saying.

Hey there everybody. I just dropped by to read latest posts. lizzie, isn't it often the case that your credibility is attacked because of your age?

In my case, I admit to frustration and impatience with critical readers of my post. This event unfolded over weeks. Before leaving NM, during the trip to Mayo Clinic, the time spent in JAX FL, then on the return trip to NM interrupted by an incident in Ardmore OK, then the final phase of the road trip back to NM. Then there are the circumstances involving ER trips immediately following reaching HOME in Albuquerque, medical issues galore, the continued suffering of my husband as I type this post.

Today, my husband is scheduled for another paracentesis. Mayo Clinic drained 11.8 liters in a ONE week interval. This time, there are more than 11.8 liters to be drained. Somebody out there knows what I am talking about and how painful and dangerous this is, don't you? Tell the public what this is like, would you?

I could take this post on a precise timeline, but that simply will never do. YOU don't have time, nor do I. For instance, just one tiny instance; We were on the phone with GS for a few hours while they kept us on hold! Imagine that if you will. Then our cell phone would drop. GS did indeed call back to put us on hold. Pam, the GS rep, pointed out to us that we only called TWICE which may be true, but we were on HOLD with GS for hours telling them my husband needs to get his legs elevated quickly. We've already told GS we are on a return trip from JAX Mayo Clinic & we've explained the medical issues already. Finally GS says "won't tow our truck until tomorrow and apologizes for our situation. We practically beg GS for help. We are in a strange place not having access to information, but started trying to find tow trucks or any service to help us by way of our cell phone. My husband doesn't want ER in a strange location. Can anyone understand his fear? However, my fingers were already dialing 911 when a stranger appears with a heavy chain to drag us into town.

We do have the camper to hide the toilet facility my husband needs due to the lactulose he needs or else? Anybody out there know about lactulose? Please explain to readers, because I don't want to go into detail.

There are so many more details, but look how long it took me to relate just those few hours? I'll bet my explanation is severely insufficient for some, yet totally recognizable by others. I bet more questions will pop up over my inability to give minute detail. I have tried not to monopolize this thread or anybody's time. WE took every precaution we knew, to be prepared for this roadtrip. GS was part of the plan that made us feel we could endure it safely. It was our BIG mistake to think that we could rely on anybody but ourselves, wasn't it?

I need to go to medical school to learn to perform surgery MYSELF, rather than rely on others, right? My attempt at being facitious or whatever, sorry!

Can you readers not fill in between the lines when I say prepared for the roadtrip; such as by having our vehicle thoroughly inspected by a certified mechanic and adjustments made or repairs done BEFORE WE started our roadtrip? And why would we choose by road rather than by plane or why would we choose JAX Mayo Clinic in the first place? Please intelligent readers, you know you can imagine the answers to all the possible questions out there. So, would you readers who have had this experience yourselves, can you not fill in the gaps for some of the readers who are unable to imagine why we made our difficult choices? I am monopolizing too many peoples time and too much post space - yet not making things clearer I suppose.

I have made myself transparent. You have so much info on me because I have not tried to hide myself. You have my permission to search records for my rap sheet or a driving violations record, but there isn't anything there. I don't steal or cheat anybody. I have nothing to fear from the law as I am a law-abiding citizen always! I have always tried to merely endure injustices or injury in silence. But this time, I thought maybe YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED enough to try to ensure your own safety and the safety of your loved ones.

Well, true to my nature, I am rambling. I apologize, and I am out of time now. Got to take my husband to the hospital for his Paracentesis! So long folks. Guard yourselves well. Joyce

Wow! This is a great thread. It has something for everyone: drama, outrage, righteous indignation, clever repartee', you name it. Of course I'm over 70 and easily get things mixed up. So far I'm in the camp with westernparkowner. lizzie

I am probably missing something, But The OP breaks down at 1pm, calls GS they say the can not tow until tommorrow. It is now maybe 1.30, 2.00 ish at the latest.

Why did she wait, until 6pm to decide to call 911, or do something different, Seems like I would have gone to plan B at like 2.05.

By chance, was it your original plan to spend the night in the camper? Even though it was blazing hot, and your husband was in ill health?

Then about 6 or so you realized maybe that was not a good idea?.

If that was the case, your wound is self inflicted, you stranded yourself.

If that was not the case I appoligize for wondering

flyinguy68 wrote:

msmith1199 wrote:

roman traveler wrote:
Rejoycefree, I am very sorry to hear of your situation. The only thing you did wrong is try to tell "the rest of the story". You have to keep it short even though it means leaving out important details. If you look at the profiles of the negative respondents you will find that they have anywhere from 1500 to 15,000 posts. They sit in front of their computer all day long reading and dissecting everyone's posts never offering anything constructive. I believe another poster a while back named them "key board commandos". I wish you all the best and don't let them beat you down. You spoke your piece, let them think what they want. I would suggest any further communication be private with GSRA. Again, all the best.

RT

And here's the fun of an internet forum. If you make your complaint in public then others that use the forum get to reply whether they agree with you or not. The OP has a legitimate gripe, she's just taking it too far. People have the right to point that out. And I for one have over 12,000 posts, but you'll note that is over 12 years. That does not equal spending "all day" on the computer.

I probably have less than 50 posts, and I agree 100% with everything msmith has stated. While the OP has a lot of unfortunate issues, they are not relevant to the ERS response or lack thereof once the OP told the call taker that they were safe. Terms like "Drama Queen" come to mind. The info about hepatitis and tattoo's is TMI.

Thank you. I'm really not trying to be critical of the OP and I'm not even one of the ones that doesn't believe her story. I believe it probably happened exactly as she says it happened. My only criticism is she can't blame Good Sam for the medical issues. Good Sam is a towing service, not a medical provider. Complain about the real grievance and don't blame them for something that they were not responsible for.