Re: A day from hell

[Guest guest]

Jo, I am so SORRY you have an ASS for a doctor! Excuse my language,

but to me, someone who acts the way he has, is nothing BUT an ASS!

For what it's worth, my advice to you, would be to begin finding

another doctor! I wouldn't leave this guy until you find one you

LIKE and TRUST, just in case of an emergency. This is so sad! I

hate to hear that doctors pretend to be God and decide other's fate!

Hang in there, Jo, and feel free to blast away anytime, to me

personally, if that's what you'd like to do. I'd be glad to listen!

Good luck, and let us know what you decide to do!

Love Lana

[Guest guest]

Hi Jo,

I am not in the North East UK, sorry, but I am in the UK. Anyway, is

there another GP in the practice that you can see?

I do not like the GP that I am registered with, so I do not see him. I

see another GP in the practice for booked appointments. For open

surgery (morning surgery, am emergency appointments on the morning) two

GPs usually work and I simply request the one I am happiest with. Any

consultants I see have been happy to forward paperwork to the GP I

prefer. I have not seen the GP I dislike for 7 years and I have not

needed to change practice achieve this.

Love,

Fay.

[Guest guest]

Dear Jo,

I am so sorry to hear all of this!

I had no idea you are having so much trouble with your GP. It sounds like a

nightmare!

Thank god you have your parents behind you. That must be quite a comfort to

you.

If I remember right, from living in England, you have to see the dr at your

local surgery - in your neighborhood - unless you have private insurance.

I found that to be very uncomfortable. If you don't like any of the drs at your

local surgery, you are out of luck.

Is that right?

I don't blame you for being angry. Geeze, how many years has this been going

on? I would get upset from just one dr visit when I saw someone who told me

" It's all in your head " or " Go see a psychiatrist " . I was so upset when I saw a

nurse practitioner who told me I was " enabling " my daughter to be in pain. I

only saw that guy once. I can't imagine having to see the same dr year after

year who thinks these things. It's terrible!

I just don't know what it is with some doctors. If they can't fix something

with medicine or surgery, they think it doesn't exist. It's just ridiculous!

It's humiliating and disrespectful.

Then they label you as a hypochondriac, or with Munchausen's.

I hope you can change doctors. I know it's a pain. You'd have to start over,

and make sure they don't automatically take your current doctor's feelings on

board.

Do you have a pain dr? I found my pain dr to be totally understanding. He

believes me. My Gp has always believed me, but didn't know what to do. Thank

god she's totally open minded, and lets me have control over my treatment. If I

want to see someone, or do something, she's behind me. That's the kind of dr

you need.

Doctors should remember all those stories about people who have been having

health problems for years, with no help from the many doctors they've seen.

They don't give up, and usually, in the end, they find out what the problem is

themselves. Sometimes, it turns out to be a life threatning thing. That

happened with a friend of mine. She was litteraly wasting away. Her family and

friends were sure she was dying slowly. Her dr didn't find anything. She lives

in England, and came home to the US for a week, and read an article in a women's

magazine. From that article, she was sure she had a tumor on her pituitary

gland. After arguing with her GP, she finally got the tests. It showed that

very thing - a tumor. Then, they put her on a 2 year waiting list to see the

NHS specialist in Scotland. She used her private insurance to see another

specialist. A week later, she was recovering from surgery that removed the

tumor. Now, she is getting better every day.

I hate doctors who think they know it all.

A sign of a good doctor is one who will say " I don't know everything, but I'm

willing to try to find out " .

Those who don't, are lazy, unmotivated, and must live a rather boring existence.

They'd be happy just treating runny noses all day long.

Anyway, I hope you can get some help with another doctor. After all this time,

I think you should. It's time to move on, if you ask me.

I can't believe that dr, after so many years, thinks it's still no big deal. He

should be slapped. Well, more than just a slap, but I don't want to get rude!

Good luck. Hang in there. Things can only get better - right?

Big Hugs,