Posted by Zarah78 on October 14, 2003, at 20:22:17
In reply to Tired of Chasing Geese, posted by femlite on October 12, 2003, at 21:02:13
(((HUGS))) Good luck!
I can understand some of your frustration with doctors. I've had similar problems with general practice docs who love to write me antibiotic scripts without bothering to look thru my chart at the 4 lines of medication allergies to see if what they just wrote is there. Then they get pissy when I read it, laugh and hand it back telling them bluntly, "No. Are you TRYING to kill me?" I usually get, "Oh, are you allergic to amoxycillin?" me: "Well, it's only on my chart right in front of you if you'd bothered to look." At this point, I'm not sure if its embarassment or frustration, they usually ask me what they should prescribe since I have such a wide range of allergies. If I'm really in a mood, I tell them to give me the same thing I had last time and make them do the heavy-lifting work of actually flipping a page or 2 in my file.
RANT WARNING:
It's frustrating the way doctors treat us as if we aren't real people and are all the same. I think MamaB(?) is right about it all being part of "managed care". Its all: Get 'em in, get 'em out, who cares if they get better - if not, I get more money to buy my yacht. Once again, I appologize to docs out there who AREN'T like this, but I have found this to be a prevailing attitude in the medical community. Yes, I'm probably a bit of a tough patient (who has little patience) between preconceptions and allergies, but I just want to be listened to and treated as if the person who essentially holds my life in his hands actually gives a rip.*sighs* ok. You're telling us how you feel about your doc here. Have you thought about telling this procrastinating therapist the same thing? Perhaps it would help?
Here's to you: (((femlite)))
And I wonder why I hesitate to ask a doc about meds? Good luck.
-Z
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