Chronic Chick Talk

Another Medication to add to the Mix

A couple of days I went to the doctor I am on an antibiotic.  I hate going to the doctor for medications like I need another medication. So I started my 10 days of taking antibiotic yesterday. I hate medications, but where would we be without them. I will be glad when I am finished with the antibiotic. I have had a really rough week spent a lot of time laying down because of a flare. Its days like this when I really appreciate my lap top computer. I have my feet up which is something I have to do most of the time. Happy Thursday to Everyone.

Mc Donald’s or Dr Office ? Do Tell

Many times doctors don’t know what its like to be a patient. They are in such a hurry that they forget that your not a number. They are rushed to go from patient to patient until the day ends.  This don’t help the patient especially when you are having a lot of issues with your health. You leave the office without some of your health issues addressed. Then you as the patient walk away disappointed and upset. I know myself that I hate calling  a doctor’s office in between office visits. I don’t want to be one of those annoying patients the office staff hate to receive calls from. I know this from both aspects because I was a Nursing Assistant. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. It was a job that I loved and was passionate about. I could leave work after being exhausted, but I felt full filled.  Now having the shoe on the other foot it is very difficult. I’ve been belittled by doctors and I’ve been ignored by many.I’ve also meet a few that have been real angels on earth. They’ve been compasionate and wonderful and others have been horrible. I went through years of hell being in pain and some people telling me it was in my head. After years I got some validation that my symptoms were real, not in my head. That’s enough to make a person feel crazy.

I think the biggest problem with doctors visits is the doctors are so rushed and many of them forget what its like to be a patient. They have only a certain amount of time to see a certain amount of patients. I know I’ve been at the doctors office and the buzzer goes off. Then the doctor needs to go to the next patient.I can remember when I was in CNA class they made us act like patients so we could understand what it was like to be a patient. They would put Vaseline on a pair of glasses and ask us to read something. Another exercise we had to use a wheelchair to get around and that was an obstacle especially with the Vaseline eye glasses. All in all I feel that doctors should have more time with patients because it would give the patients enough time to explain what’s going on with there health and time to address all the issues. I think if they have more time with patients it would save a lot of money and time because our issues would be addressed at the visit. Instead of feeling like your at the local Mc Donald’s drive through for  Cheeseburger and a small fry.

How does your doctor’s office visit make you feel? Do tell…  I’ll link you all up in a post if you give me a comment on this- :)  as a thank you….