The resident was a baby faced cutie who tried so hard, really he did, but he was perplexed as to what was wrong with me. I have a fever and a sore throat only on one side, a lump in the side of my neck that he didn’t know what to make of and an earache in my left ear. He said he was sorry but he was going to have to get another doctor to look at me. I thought it was good of him to admit he didn’t know and waited patiently.
So this older doctor comes in with baby face resident and he asks me a few questions such as , “If you’ve been sick for weeks why did you decide to come in today?” and “So why are you no longer working, did you get fired or something?”
I saw that arrogant smirk and I knew that I had an asshole in the room with me as I sat naked except for the open backed gown. The man may have earned a degree from medical school and had several years of experience but he didn’t even bother to look in my ear or my throat. They didn’t even swab my throat to check for strep! He looked over my chart and said, “People who don’t manage their depression tend to complain of pain more than people without depression.”
I was stunned speechless. I realized he was calling me a hypochondriac and so I just took the prescription for cough syrup, dressed and walked out.
At home I felt stung. Mentally ill people get sick too. Fever is a sign of your body fighting off something. I am a high school dropout and I know that.
I called my sister Monica who happens to work in the medical field herself and she was even angrier than I. She asked for this mans name and the address of the office and said she would write a letter of complaint and talk with the doctors she works with to see what can be done about the cocky bastard who somehow feels better by treating others as less than. My diagnosis follows me wherever I go. They don’t call it “medical practice” for nothing.
Comment by cazzy
December 22, 2006 @ 5:48 am
Can your sister get you an appointment with a good doctor? I’m stunned. How they love to bloviate in front of a freshman doctor.
Don’t wait any longer. This is a serious problem. Once, just after a move to Concord, Mass, before I saw a new (to me) GYN. I heard the doctor picking up my chart in the box outside the door and say to the nurse; ” Now, What does this bitch want?” I had just had an ectopic pregancy and resultant hystercomy. By the time he entered the room he was humble pie. Go back ! Please.
Comment by cazzy
December 22, 2006 @ 5:49 am
OOOps, HYSTERECTOMY
Comment by admin
December 23, 2006 @ 3:34 pm
Cazzy, thank you for caring. My sister set me up with a lovely GNP and what do you know, I do have an infection. My sister wants me to sue but I am not really the litigious sort.
I am sorry to hear about your experience with that OB/GYN. I hope you gave him a piece of your mind for that comment. Don’t these people realize that they work for us, not the other way around?
Comment by cazzy
December 24, 2006 @ 5:10 am
OK, Maybe not sue, but surely, send a letter of complaint and copy of your final report/bill (for proof) to the chief of staff of the first clinic. Please?
Thank goodness you’re OK now, now you can be merry !
Comment by admin
December 24, 2006 @ 3:07 pm
Cazzy, I am going to report him for sure. I imagine that he treats other people the same way he did me and his superiors need to be notified.
I am feeling much better. I hope that you have a Merry Christmas!