Guest guest Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 , please do, that would be great to know about. I don't usually get fired up about stuff, but the way some of our brothers and sisters have been treated here lately by docs....it's enough to make anybody mad. We're making those people a HECK of a lot of money- I remember walking out of an orthopedist's office one time and seeing his Ferrari Testarossa, and just sort of shaking my head. Jane > > You know, I read so many posts from our group where we deal with > > unsympathetic, cold, uninformed caregivers. I am very fortunate to > > have a great rheumie who believes in pain management, and will go to > > bat with the insurance companies for me. I wonder how the " less than > > caring " professionals would feel if they had to spend one day in our > > shoes. I get so mad- sometimes I wonder if we had some kind of > > militant group like the gray panthers used to be, (and maybe still > > are?)How would they react if there was a grass roots organization > > that stayed on their cases until they chose to give the disabled the > > kind of treatment we deserve instead of treating us like second class > > citizens? Or is that just some " old hippie " coming out in me...I know > > there are a lot of us, putting a lot of money in their pockets, or > > paying exorbitant insurance premiums. Some of the stories I've seen > > over the last couple of weeks just left me wanting to go smack some > > of these health care professionals over the head for the way they are > > treating some perfectly WONDERFUL people. > > Just a thought. I'm through ranting now. > > Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 , please do, that would be great to know about. I don't usually get fired up about stuff, but the way some of our brothers and sisters have been treated here lately by docs....it's enough to make anybody mad. We're making those people a HECK of a lot of money- I remember walking out of an orthopedist's office one time and seeing his Ferrari Testarossa, and just sort of shaking my head. Jane > > You know, I read so many posts from our group where we deal with > > unsympathetic, cold, uninformed caregivers. I am very fortunate to > > have a great rheumie who believes in pain management, and will go to > > bat with the insurance companies for me. I wonder how the " less than > > caring " professionals would feel if they had to spend one day in our > > shoes. I get so mad- sometimes I wonder if we had some kind of > > militant group like the gray panthers used to be, (and maybe still > > are?)How would they react if there was a grass roots organization > > that stayed on their cases until they chose to give the disabled the > > kind of treatment we deserve instead of treating us like second class > > citizens? Or is that just some " old hippie " coming out in me...I know > > there are a lot of us, putting a lot of money in their pockets, or > > paying exorbitant insurance premiums. Some of the stories I've seen > > over the last couple of weeks just left me wanting to go smack some > > of these health care professionals over the head for the way they are > > treating some perfectly WONDERFUL people. > > Just a thought. I'm through ranting now. > > Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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