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"Most people that come in here have one, maybe two eye problems. You have seven." Um, thanks? On top, I was 14 at the time. Why would you tell a kid this?
When I was 20, I had a doctor tell me that it's impossible to have TMJ syndrome or fibromyalgia before age 40, only to diagnose me with both of those upon examining me 5 minutes later.
I got admitted to the ER without my knowledge or consent when I was deaf-blind and the first thing the doctor on call asked me was, "Didn't you see the sign that says Emergency Room?"
Recently, my doctor introduced all the nurses and technicians as Mr./Ms. and called me Ms. Chimpsky, then told me I can call him by his first name, and then kept calling me Ms. Chimpsky. Oh, and he's a male gyno. Is it just me or is that kind of strange? (I don't call any of my doctors by their first name, not even the eye doctors I've been seeing for 10-15 years.)
Before I was diagnosed with a hereditary form of periphiral neuropathy...........wow, I was in a lot of pain. And some of the stupid things Gp's would tell me........."your pain, psychogenic". Wow, I never go to General Practitioners anymore, they just do not seem to know what they are doing.
I had an eye doctor imply that my eye problems were related to being raped. WTF? I have 15+ years of documentation of real physical eye problems. Never went to see him again.
I believe most doctors are in it for the money, especially the ones that have been in the profession for a while. I also believe they forgot about empathy and respect towards the patient, if that was ever taught in medical school, and I am yet to find a caring doctor in any specialty.
Few weeks ago I had to see a specialist, and was having a hard time understanding him. He became snappy, irratable, and belittling. At one point I asked him if he was having a bad day and asked him to not take it out on me. He became argumentative and how weird that his nurse quickly ran out into the hall. However, since the door was wide open, I was able to see her leaning against the wall listening to our conversation. I guess she did not want to become a witness. When he was done, she came back into the room, and quickly rushed me out of the exam room. While walking out, I passed him into the hall, and he was on the phone, and that's probably about 30 seconds after he left me. I wonder what problems he was having that day.
while there are some real shockers in here, you can bet they dont compare with some of the most outlandish things doctors have heard from their patients!
At least most patients don't have a belittling, condescending attitude while they are paid as if they were medical prodigies.
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I believe most doctors are in it for the money, especially the ones that have been in the profession for a while. I also believe they forgot about empathy and respect towards the patient, if that was ever taught in medical school, and I am yet to find a caring doctor in any specialty.
Excellent points.
I can count no more than a handful of caring, behave-like-a-decent-human-being doctors. Either I am extremely unlucky or there could definitely be an improvement when it comes to bedside manners.
Let's see the bad day thing: if a waitress is having a bad day and takes it out on the customers, she gets no tip and possibly a complaint to the manager, who, if having a bad day, might fire her.
If a doctor is having a bad day, and treats patients like ****, what does he/she get?
I am not even talking about mistakes - which are entirely unacceptable for medical professionals - I am talking about treating people like human beings and have some compassion and care for someone who pays the cost of appointments as if they were going to last one hour and the doctor is a genius.
Just my opinion, though.
I had a nose bleed long ago, and the MD told me, plain and simple, "well, there could always be a tumor behind your nose."
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"well, there could always be a tumor behind your nose" do not kid about this, my Mom had this, went to a sinus specialist who prescribed a prescription. Did not help, they did a scan. There was an egg sized tumor in her sinus cavity. Turned out to be lymphoma. She eventually died from it 2+ years later.
gardener34, I think you misunderstood my point. I am not kidding, I am saying before he tells me something that serious he should have me examined thoroughly and exhausted all possibilities.
I don't think it is right to tell patients things like that unless the doctor is completely sure about the diagnosis. If unfortunately it were true, I don't think he should have told me about it the nonchalant, dismissive way he did.
My point is maybe some doctors need better training, we are human beings and deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
Sadly, I avoid doctors in the Bay area as most of them don't have basic English speaking skills.
Recently, I heard about a girl intern who refused to order an MRI for a patient as the guy requested a doctor. She was very proud of the power she exercised over someone in need of medical care.
I was told i had "scabies," and to go home and wash all my sheets and towels so i wouldnt spread it!!
It was an allergic reaction to erythromycin (sp.).
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