I was just pissed off this morning. My first patient was a twelve-year old boy whom I've seen a month ago. His mother brought him back because she said the medicine I prescribed didn't work.
Upon further inquiry, I found out that he hasn't been using the medication at all. The mother said "He doesn't like it, so he stopped."
How can she say that the med doesn't work when her son doesn't even take the medicine? Crazy bastard.
everyone loves to have a doctor that they can trust. isn't this one of the most friendly looking docs that you've ever seen. almost reminds you of that old frayed teddy bear that you never had as a child......
I didn't state the obvious, because I think the parent would consider that insulting. Instead, I said that the medication doesn't work unless he takes it every day. She can figure out what I was trying to say.
I consider myself a personable doctor. I think most pediatricians are quite friendly, compared to other specialties. I play with my patients, I keep up with the latest cartoons, and I chat about video games with my teenage patients. It's amazing how fast they open up once I start discussing Halo or Counter-Strike. " SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">
I think it's possible to be warm and cuddly and professional at the same time.
P.S. One of my patients said something very funny this morning. He's a three year old who said that he's got puppies in his tummy. I think he's trying to say that he's got cramps, but I almost burst out laughing when he said that.
Man, I love my job.
What about the other end of the spectrum Doctor?
Whatever happened to paying for services rendered?
I went to the doctor recently. She poked, prodded, caused me intense pain and said "There is nothing I can do until it gets worse"
I went home and took care of the problem myself.
I received a bill last week. $500.00 bucks.
This is the main reason why so many people do not go to any doctors when they need to any longer. Almost everyone I know refuses because they are sure the doctor will charge them even if nothing at all is accomplished.
Doctors have a bad reputation but mostly its self imposed.
i went to the hospital last week to have a biopsy done on a lump on my nipple. there were two types of sample taken. the first was with no anasthetic, as it gives cleaner results or something.
the procedure involved a 5cm needle being inserted to its full deapth, entering at the side of the nipple, and going all the way under to its center. then it was wiggled around quite a lot. not just a little. i was actually surprise my nipple didn't fall off. then i burst out laughing. a strange thing to do, no doubt, but richard harris getting hung by his nipples in the film 'a man called horse' was all i could think about. it was too sureal, just lying there getting some nipple torture from this really hot woman. i managed to say 'a man called horse' before descending into laughter again, and the student in the room burst out laughing too. the hot doc chic had to have it explained. she said that i was the only person she had ever seen laughing while getting this done to them. not surprising, really.
i don't know if i'd have been as merry if it was a wrinkly old male doc that was doing it, and that makes me wonder. it's not that i found it 'fun' in any way that i'd like to repeat, but it was fun to have her do it, if it needed done, sort of thing.
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