Bon, that's the stress I'd like to make. I've jotted a rewrite down on my notepad and will post it when I'm out of this meeting.

Basically, he was a prick (evaluating me from behind a curtain? For real?) who refused to follow suggestion (the rec isn't on file, but it's what they administered the last time) and who was ineffective.

I'm advocating a shock collar for msbelle's wayward coworkers. Boss too. They get too difficult and ZAP.

evaluating me from behind a curtain? For real?

Definitely emphasize this, hard. How can a doctor determine a diagnosis, much less a treatment, if he doesn't even make the effort to evaluate the patient properly?

I think it's imperative to be upfront that you were not in fact looking for Dilaudid or other narcotics -- you were attempting to follow a regimen that specifically avoids them as prescribed by a specialist. I mean, you shouldn't get flagged as a possible drug-abuser faking for meds, but rather that you are seeking proper treatment for a complicated condition, and the doctor didn't even pause to consider what you were attempting to communicate.

That Welsh car phone salesman dude from connie's link is about to be on NPR news!

Nattering along, here's an amusing video. The mathematically inclined may find the name amusing.

ita, I think all of the advice you've gotten on the letter is very good, and I definitely hope you send it and copy everyone you can think of on it. That Doctor sucks ass, in a huge way.

I have a dentist's appt monday at 11. Meep. No more ostriching.

But I'm still not telling my mom how long it's been nor how bad it is.

TC: Blind taste test Hung vs. Clay.

Also, Season 1's Stephen has been signed to the Wine TV Channel.

If you were a *new US citizen* and someone handed you a brochure about being an american and a US citizen, would you find the president's picture on the brochure to be patriotic or irritating? eta: I could change the president's picture to a flag or something