My mother found out that her GP had raised a red flag on her surgery -- because the surgeon mentioned it to her.
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Dana - Jan 20, 2014 11:21:05 am PST #17633 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
hippocampus - Jan 20, 2014 11:26:48 am PST #17634 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
WTF.
beth b - Jan 20, 2014 11:32:41 am PST #17635 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
wow
I am now thankful for the office staff at my doctor's office. I may not always think of them as uberhelpful, but there is some level of rational behavior behind thier actions.
Jesse - Jan 20, 2014 11:44:56 am PST #17636 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ai yai yai. Better luck moving forward!
Consuela - Jan 20, 2014 11:52:02 am PST #17637 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yikes, Sox! That's awful. I'm so sorry, and I'm glad your doctor sees that it's wrong and was able to help.
Dana, you rule the shopping world.
And brenda, thanks for the Rita Moreno link, but I admit the language you used made me worried that she'd died! Which she hasn't.
Consuela - Jan 20, 2014 12:19:30 pm PST #17638 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
DavidS - Jan 20, 2014 12:32:02 pm PST #17639 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This subject has been on my mind lately.
I know doctors and staff have to deal with neurotic and delusional people sometimes.
But this adversarial relationship with patients is so shitty. And it does happen a lot.
Steph L. - Jan 20, 2014 12:45:01 pm PST #17640 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My doctor is great, but his staff is SO BAD. I'm sure they have a heavy workload, but they are downright hostile to the patients. Part of that is that the practice just got absorbed into one of those uber-networks, so I have no doubt the staff (including doctors) now have new metrics and goals and whatnot, none of which have anything to do with actually delivering patient care.
Calling for a prescription refill is like being hazed. t edit And I'm not trying to get painkillers or Ritalin or anything. Just a goddamn inhaler so I can breathe. I can't even imagine what kind of hoops they make patients who need painkillers jump through.
sarameg - Jan 20, 2014 5:39:58 pm PST #17641 of 30000
If I could just clone my dentist's office, I'd get a damned GP. They are all about running interference FOR you. They go rounds and rounds with insurance ('Ignore that statement, we're challenging it.') I got gently scolded for NOT calling afterhours when a tooth went bad- 'that's what the emergency on-call line is for! Dr will call in a 'script or see you if it is emergency! Here's her cell # for future reference.'
My murderous cats have spent all evening completely kittenish passed out. I wore them out, I guess?
le nubian - Jan 20, 2014 6:18:22 pm PST #17642 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I decided to drop my doctor because I called repeatedly for refills for a prescription and they couldn't get it refilled for 2 weeks. I had to get an emergency set of pills for a trip and started the process of refills weeks in advance. I called the doctor, the pharmacy called, nada.
So, I'm done. The doctor's staff were already pretty marginal, so this was the last straw.