Cheeky, I hope this update keeps you on the couch a few minutes longer... or at least keeps it tolerable. Wishing you a speedy recovery
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Some of the hospital scenario rings fairly true. It's good to see a physician who actually thinks before he speaks, especially to a kid, regardless of what will be addressed soon enough. There's something to be said for keeping a person's feelings in mind and using some tact and consideration.
I can honestly say that, in over 20 years of consistent, necessary contact, physicians with appropriate bedside manner have been the exception. Some of the ones I remember from earlier in childhood were either downright rude and insensitive, or seemed to want to scare me, or act as if I were invisible. Charming. Certain specialties seemed to attract, or produce, a certain "type." To be fair, the ones who stood out in contrast went/have gone to opposite extremes. Yay for that!
My friend who's a PA in an ER says that most doctors don't have a good bedside manner. My hematologist is wonderful! The exception to the rule, but the other two hematologists I saw were nightmares.
The first four or five pediatric neurologists and pediatric hematologists I saw were pretty much nightmares- and this was with one parent who was/is a physician, so she knew who to avoid if possible, and also was someone known to the other physicians to some degree. So much for even professional courtesy!
I finally hit the jackpot and found a group/team that was great, and that I stuck with until I went away to school. I've been lucky enough to find good people since then with each subsequent move- not without bumps along the way.
I'm glad you found your own exception to the rule too. Very important!
Well, as you know, the fact finding and diagnosing is an unsettling time at any age, so the bedside manner and personality is crucial for reassurance during assessments, early treatment and stabilization. And it remains important through all of the phases that follow.
Once I was in hospitals as an administrator, and responsible for policing physicians for all aspects of peer review, I definitely drew on experiences over the years in order to hold those in question accountable and keep them on track from the ER through the attending and surgical rosters.
Now, since I just got home, time to make storm preps and bring in potential projectiles from yard and deck and make sure there are working flashlights in a few rooms in case power goes before daylight again...
Yes, we are. I never take water and power for granted after going weeks without. Ditto for a roof and walls after months without. If that happens again any time in the near future, I swear I'll sell what's left.
Some of the hospital scenario rings fairly true. It's good to see a physician who actually thinks before he speaks, especially to a kid, regardless of what will be addressed soon enough. There's something to be said for keeping a person's feelings in mind and using some tact and consideration.
Thanks for the update.
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I finally hit the jackpot and found a group/team that was great, and that I stuck with until I went away to school. I've been lucky enough to find good people since then with each subsequent move- not without bumps along the way.
I'm glad you found your own exception to the rule too. Very important!
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Sounds like your earlier days were a bit nightmarish.
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Once I was in hospitals as an administrator, and responsible for policing physicians for all aspects of peer review, I definitely drew on experiences over the years in order to hold those in question accountable and keep them on track from the ER through the attending and surgical rosters.
Now, since I just got home, time to make storm preps and bring in potential projectiles from yard and deck and make sure there are working flashlights in a few rooms in case power goes before daylight again...
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'Tis the little things.
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