Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Thanks, guys. You're saving me from self-pity.
Nice link, Kat. He's duly dinged.
I can't believe this doctor has just made my ER visits a crapshoot. He won't always be there, but I'll have no idea of knowing when. And although I didn't lose it on him today, if he'd gotten to me before I'd gotten any meds at all, I might just have. And he doesn't need to see that.
I doubt he has any meds readily available that would lessen the pain from platypus venom. Billytea?
Or a box jellyfish. Either would be good. The platypus would probably survive the trip better (and probably be in ill temper when it arrived).
He won't always be there, but I'll have no idea of knowing when.
Can you call before you go? It may seem like too much to deal with at the time, but better than getting all the way over there only to find that asshole in charge.
A WTF fashion statement. Probably NSFW.
A WTF fashion statement.
Um....
Yeah, I gotta go with WTF as well....
Yeah, I gotta go with WTF as well....
Along with a hearty "WHY?"
Can you call before you go?
I tried that at another hospital (asshole doc insisted he evaluated me from the next bed over, through the curtains, while he was stitching up someone else's foot, and kept (literally) threatening me with a lumbar puncture every time I told him I was still in pain) and they would refuse. Not sure if that's standard protocol. Can't hurt to try. Or I could go to another affiliated hospital and hope they honour my migraine specialist's wishes.
Why does this have to be complicated at all?
Why does this have to be complicated at all?
Racial prejudice and war on some drugs. Plus [some] people are no damn good, and unfortunately the medical profession is staffed by people. I wish the fuck you were not at the sharp end of so much of this.
I know your being kick-ass with a flamboyant side does not keep you from being a very shy and private person in some ways. But I really suspect that publicity about how badly you are suffering from all this might help you get better treatment. You would be a good story for someone at the LA Times, and if that does not work, the LA Weekly. And I know that your reaction is probably not just "no", but "hell no". But it is one of the few kinds of leverage you might have to get the ER to change their behavior. And if you decide to go that route I'd say a large percentage of your friends have professional credendials in getting word out publicly on stuff. Plus Victor could give some tips on how to find the right journalist to approach and how to approach him or her.
And I'm not going to push you on this, cause your body, your pain, your life, your privacy you'd be giving up a portion of. But medical institutions hate bad publicity; media coverage of what mindless, cruel, unfeeling robotic bastards the ER is being might make them back down a bit.