QuietRose
06-21-2015, 11:47 AM
So... My mom and dad got divorced over eight years ago. My mom's been in another relationship for seven of those, and my dad was remarried four years ago. My stepmother works in a doctors office, and my mom's been having some major health issues lately. So, since the beginning of the year my moms been to multiple doctors trying to get healthy. One of those doctors was in the same office my stepmother worked in. There had been some problems there, as my step mother supposedly stood outside my mother's examination room and tried to listen in on what was going on while talking crap about my mother. My mom was annoyed, but me and my sister managed to convince her to just let it go. Then a few months later, my step mother got another job in the local hospital dealing with records and appointments. A few months after she began her job there, my mom finally got insurance and had been making her rounds yet again to try and see what had been going on with her. About a week after her last visit to the hospital, my aunt got a call from an unknown number. She didn't answer, but after listening to the message that was left on her cell, all hell broke loose. A person claiming to work in the same office as my Step mother- that person refusing to give their name or anything- informed my aunt that my step mother had recently been caught looking into both my aunt's and my mother's medical records and had claimed to a friend that she was going to "use the records against them". This person also informed us that the hospital was aware of this, and hadn't done anything about it.
So... this is a huge HIPPAA violation right? This whole thing had me constantly on the edge of having a full blown panic attack. I'm terrified that my dad will be angry if I take my mother's side on this. If it all turns out to be true and my step mother loses her job, he might get really angry with me and my sister. This has been bothering me for a couple of weeks now. It got really bad today since it's Father's day. I've been asking all week what we were planning to do. Monday nobody knew. Tuesday there was still no plan. Then, Wednesday and Thursday it was agreed that we would all go to the lake. No one told us about any change of pans Friday, and Saturday we celebrated my grandmother's birthday- and suddenly the plans all changed. They went to the lake Saturday without me, my sister, and my brother. They haven't said anything about what they were doing even though we keep asking. Now it's almost noon, and they still haven't responded to me or my sister's calls. I'm freaking out over whether or not my dad knows what's happening. My mom and Aunt reported this to the hospital at the beginning of the week. I'll be angry if this is all true, since my mother has never started rumors about my stepmother nor started any problems for her. I can't calm down, and I don't want to spend the time before we know if this is all true anxious and feeling panicked. If this is all true, I will take my mother's side.
I was hoping someone could give me a little advice? Taking my mother's side is the right thing to do right? If it's all true my mom and aunt want to press charges, against the hospital for ignoring a HIPPAA violation, and against my step mom for looking through their records.
I know this isn't exactly a purely anxiety related post, but this is the only place I've ever posted before, and you're all probably the only people who can really understand how freaked out I am about all of this. I've been feeling better recently, my anti- anxiety medication and the counseling I've been going through have really helped. But suddenly as this is all happening, I feel just as bad as I did before I started treatment. I feel like I've lost all my progress. I just want to feel- at the very least- okay. Is that too much to ask?
So... this is a huge HIPPAA violation right? This whole thing had me constantly on the edge of having a full blown panic attack. I'm terrified that my dad will be angry if I take my mother's side on this. If it all turns out to be true and my step mother loses her job, he might get really angry with me and my sister. This has been bothering me for a couple of weeks now. It got really bad today since it's Father's day. I've been asking all week what we were planning to do. Monday nobody knew. Tuesday there was still no plan. Then, Wednesday and Thursday it was agreed that we would all go to the lake. No one told us about any change of pans Friday, and Saturday we celebrated my grandmother's birthday- and suddenly the plans all changed. They went to the lake Saturday without me, my sister, and my brother. They haven't said anything about what they were doing even though we keep asking. Now it's almost noon, and they still haven't responded to me or my sister's calls. I'm freaking out over whether or not my dad knows what's happening. My mom and Aunt reported this to the hospital at the beginning of the week. I'll be angry if this is all true, since my mother has never started rumors about my stepmother nor started any problems for her. I can't calm down, and I don't want to spend the time before we know if this is all true anxious and feeling panicked. If this is all true, I will take my mother's side.
I was hoping someone could give me a little advice? Taking my mother's side is the right thing to do right? If it's all true my mom and aunt want to press charges, against the hospital for ignoring a HIPPAA violation, and against my step mom for looking through their records.
I know this isn't exactly a purely anxiety related post, but this is the only place I've ever posted before, and you're all probably the only people who can really understand how freaked out I am about all of this. I've been feeling better recently, my anti- anxiety medication and the counseling I've been going through have really helped. But suddenly as this is all happening, I feel just as bad as I did before I started treatment. I feel like I've lost all my progress. I just want to feel- at the very least- okay. Is that too much to ask?