People are stupid
So, in conjuction with Kate's post earlier about stupid people, I would also like to add my two cents why people are stupid. Well, I'm very sick right now. My throat is KILLING me! I thought I had strep, but the test came back negative, so I suppose not. But before all that, I went to the Health Center to get tested. So, the doctor comes in, she looks at my ears, my throat, and for some reason listens to me breathe. I had randomly started wheezing about two minutes before the doctor came in, but it didn't really bother me because I could still breathe, it was just noisy. I've had my asthma for 12 years now, I think I know pretty darn good by now when it is bad and when it is not. However, the doctors always want to think differently. I hate (medical) doctors. So, anyways, she heard me wheeze, and she freaked out and was like OMG YOU HAVE ASTHMA AND YOU HAVE TO DO ALL THESE TESTS AND THIS BREATHING TREATMENT AND TAKE ALL THESE PRESCRIPTIONS AND STEROIDS!!!111!!11! So, I told her no, I'm not doing the breathing treatment because 1.) it makes me VERY weak and shaky and I still have to drive home after I'm done here, 2.) I can do the exact same thing at home in the comfort of my bed (or couch) watching daytime television or sleeping, 3.) I don't want to sit here for long enough to do it, especially when considering 2.). So, she was like, well, do it anyways, and while the nurse it setting it up go down to the lab and get tested for strep. So, I was like fine, and I went and got the step test. However, while sitting there having this guy jam the mother of all q-tips down the back of my throat, I was thinking about the joys of going back to that horrible little room and sitting there for who knows how long doing this oh-so-critical breathing treatment. (For those of you who don't know, when I say "breathing treatment" I mean using this machine called a nebulizer that vaporizes an albuterol sulfate solution so that I can continuously inhale it.) So when I went back to the nurse to do it, I was like no, I don't feel like doing this for all the reasons listed above, but I will make a deal with you. Do the oxygen blood count test thingy on my finger and see how much oxygen I am getting; if it is less than 95%, then I will do your little breathing treatment here just to humor you. So, she was like uh, o.k., and she did the test thing. Of course it was 98%, and she was like wow, that's weird, you sound so horrible! *rolls eyes* Stupid people. So then I went and told the doctor that I wasn't going to do her stupid breathing treatment because of all the reasons listed above AND my oxygen count was 98% (which is probably better than a lot of people that don't have asthma), give me my prescriptions for my THROAT, which is what I came in here for IN THE FREAKING FIRST PLACE, so that I can go home, go to sleep, and get better. And she was like, uh, fine. *rolls eyes again* Stupid people. I am very proud of myself for standing up to them for what I wanted and what I thought was best for me. Geeze, is 12 years experience with this not enough?? These people probably took a little class about asthma for a couple of days in med school. GRRRRRRRR. They make me not happy. Also, I would like to mention the very first time I was ever admitted into a hospital, when I was in the 4th grade, I happened to go to some general clinic to get tested for strep, they freaked about my asthma, and sent me to the hospital. That was not a good experience. O.k., I'm done with my rant for now. Sorry there are no paragraph breaks. You'll get over it. I was just thinking about this and getting pissed, so I had to get it all out before I could go to sleep.