Thanks Judith, makes perfect sense to me

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Thanks Judith! I do have to remember to be tactful as its so hard to find

someone who has a clue. Sometimes I just lose it but thanks for this reminder.

Alice

Ps-it would sure be good if we could make notes in our own charts! They

almost never write down what I say! Its amazing to hear how they can't " hear. "

Absolutely amazing.

For the chronically ill patient, the one who is dependent on doctors for

their prescription pads and licenses to give us medicines, we have to be

very tactful! That goes for the good doctors as well as the not so good

doctors. I happen to be lucky in that I can seek out whatever doctor I want

(until the government changes Medicare I guess, should I live that long????)

so I am not locked into specific doctors as many people are with their

medical insurance and HMOs or whatever.

The fact remains, chronically ill patients simply have to be 'quiet' and

'tactful' and 'cooperative' all of which is defined by the doctor, not the

patient.

Have you ever noticed that the doctors' charts have no place that a patient

can write in any notes? That a doctors' chart is like the bible to ins

companies and some employers etc?

So, I think, not that anyone has asked, that Mike is right in what he is

suggesting, but Alice is right also in her feelings. A person who is sick

with one thing is a very different patient than one who is sick with

mulitiple problems which are not going to resolve.

Off my soap box now, hope I made some sense, and explained a little to

others who are lucky enough not to be in my situation. Now I understand my

elderly relatives saying " at least you have your health " . Never made sense

to me before but it sure does now.

JUDITH

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Hi again, Alice

LOL :-)ing it gets really scary to find out that I'm something like 45 when

I'm nearly 60, or I've been hospitalized for surgery which I never have

been. I always try to get copies of doctor's notes to the referring doctor

so I can correct major mistakes.

Just for a laugh, a gentleman friend of mine found out that he refused a

hysterectomy!

JUDITH

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> Thanks Judith! I do have to remember to be tactful as its so hard to find

> someone who has a clue.

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LOL! amazing what they will write down! Alice

Just for a laugh, a gentleman friend of mine found out that he refused a

hysterectomy!

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