Mr. Francis revealed a disorder he suffers from and with which experienced “the greatest agony” last November 26 when He was far from his home in Miami.where he resides.
That day he traveled to San Antonio, Texas, as he was invited to visit the Teletón Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRIT) in that city, a few days before the start of Teleton USA, which can be seen this coming Saturday, December 16 at 10A/9C/7PAC on Univision, ViX and Galavisión.
But Don Francisco never imagined that on that journey he would experience an ordeal.
What happened to Don Francisco?
The legendary host of Sábado Gigante He recounted his experience in a candid Instagram post this Monday, December 4. He titled it “Something is wrong”.
First, he said his story was born “from a real nightmare” encountered on that trip to San Antonio, Texas, “after forget the insomnia medicine it was prescribed by my doctor.”
Insomnia is considered “a common sleep disorder” and basically causes “difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or achieving good quality sleep,” explains the United States’ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
When Don Francisco arrived at the hotel that day, he realized he didn’t have the medicine and that’s when it all started. That night he could not sleep at all and He was awake for 24 hours.
“I don’t know if it was because of the worry, added to the anger caused by the forgetfulness and lack of sleep, that I was awake from 10 at night until 8 in the morning (the next day),” he said.
For Mr. Mario Kreutzberger, his real name, these were moments of great anguish: “In my 83 years of life, nothing like this had ever happened to me. It is the worst feeling and the most anxiety that I have endured in one night. I admit it was irritating. There was no way I could sleep,” he confessed.
Don Francisco experiences an ordeal to take a prescription medicine
For the Chilean, the matter did not stop there, because when he contacted his doctor in Miami to ask him to send him a prescription to buy the drug in San Antonio, he encountered another obstacle: his doctor was not authorized to prescribe out of Florida.
The TV star turned to a local doctor, who after many questions managed to write him a prescription.
“To try to speed up the process, I decided to guard directly at the pharmacy to wait for the long awaited sleep inducer,” he revealed.
While there, and unfortunately for Don Francisco, he encountered another difficulty: “The pharmacist informs me that, although I pay out of my own pocket, You can’t give it to me either. because it has a “prescription on hold”.
“At this point, Desperation was already visible on my face. and I say, “Miss, then what can I do? Please help me. I only need two sleep inducing tablets because I haven’t slept in 24 hours and I’m exhausted,” he said, “he tells me ‘there’s nothing we can do for you here.’
The situation was worse when even the local doctor refused to buy the desired medicine.
After a while and in the face of Don Francisco’s despair, he managed to obtain a similar medicine without such restrictions.
“What happened to me could happen to anyone and trying to find answers could be a learning experience for everyone. I don’t know about you, but I honestly feel like ‘something’s not right here.’ What about cases like mine?“asked.
“It can happen to all of us who travel for whatever reason that we have to stay longer than planned in a place away from home and miss a dose of some necessary prescription drug to manage pain or induce sleep,” he reflected. .
“Something is wrong and I would like an answer from the US Department of Health & Human Services HHS,” he said in his post.
Publicly, the foundation did not immediately respond to the presenter’s request.
Source: univision
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