Thank you. ♥ It's weird, but I kind of feel bad for holding it against all of them... It was just two. But I never learned their names, and as you can imagine was so focused on my granddad I don't remember their faces. So in my mind it's potentially any of them...
This may not be a popular opinion, but I don't think the first two nurses did anything wrong. I certainly feel awful that you had to go through that with your grandfather
( ... )
Im really sorry that you had to go through that with your grandfather, its understandable you would be skeptical of nurses now. :(((
In the future, sometimes its not always easy to see if growth is just small or if something is not a growth at all, and the antibiotics will stop or slow growth--you dont have to take them if prescribed, but if you get quite worse, it may be at least good to have them on hand. I know you dont like that they prescribed it for you anyways, but some people dont have the opportunity to get to the doctor whenever theyd like (or multiple times so soon), so i can understand a nurse giving a script and allowing the patient to chose.
Well, i mean you can chose if you get worse. I live in an area where many, many people (especially elderly) live hour+ away from closest walk in so here, it is quite common (even though it obviously can be bad to over-take, get resistant bacteria, etc). Many dont have many options for if/when they get in. I was just giving the OP another situation in maybe a different region where this may be practiced?? I usually try to think of some reason!! I like to think people are not just malicious? As in, trying to hurt OP? , sorry, i cant explain well!
(edit)oh and by chose i mean to start, obviously you must finish the set! I just meant if OP got quite worse.
Except there are pretty well-founded concerns that over-prescription of antibiotics is causing an upswing in antibiotic resistant bacteria, and doctors/nurses are being told not to prescribe antibiotics except where absolutely necessary. So while the OP probably does require antibiotcs (that rattle doesn't sound too stellar), the nurse shouldn't be giving out antibiotics willy-nilly, especially if they're not sure there's anything wrong ie: they think the OPs chest sounded clear.
The one thing I hate the most about doctors/nurses is when they think they know your symptoms better than you do - addressing the second part of your post. I've gone into the doctor's before complaining of coughing, shortness of breath, etc - and gotten the "oh your chest is clear" thing. And then they change their minds a minute later when I go into a coughing jag so bad I wheeze for breath at the end and my face is redder than a tomato. Or when I told a (female) doctor that my periods were hell on earth and not to prescribe one of the older birth control meds since my mom and sister both tried a few of the older formulations and ended up even WORSE. What did she try to give me? Yup, a medicine that was introduced before my MOTHER was born. I put my foot down on that one and got Lybrel and thankfully, 3 weeks in, no trouble
( ... )
I don't like going there because it never seems to go right... Once I went because I was worried I might have a mental health issue. Total inability to concentrate to the point where I'd find myself putting music on and then immediately walking out of the room. Went on for months, my grades suffered horribly... and all the doctor (my family doctor since before I was born) could say was "Nope, we would've caught that when you were a kid." Sorry mate, but I'm not buying that you're infallible. What if you hadn't? Especially since my brother has Asperger's (I think - please nobody get offended if this is wrong because he was diagnosed when we were kids and I don't know much about it) and was acting up horribly when we were younger, so nobody paid much attention to his older sister who was doing fantastically in school at that point... Except for the part where I had a total inability to make friends and didn't in the slightest bit understand how social situations worked. That's never really changed either but now I feel like I can't talk
( ... )
Heh, I'm the opposite... a few years ago I was pronounced perfectly healthy when I had just had a nervous breakdown at work. I don't blame the doctor, because I was physically sound but it was just so weird to have him say I was totally fine when I knew perfectly well that I was badly traumatized and depressed with horrible pms and anxiety... good ole body of mine...
I also always get a creepy feeling when doctors prescribe me things with only glancing at me for 2 seconds. I've definitely taken the prescriptions and not gone ahead with filling them.
That sounds familiar. My frequent headaches and dizzy spells in 6th grade were proclaimed as 'just hormones' by my doctor.
Because, you know, hormones also usually cause a feeling of impending doom, like you're either going crazy or going to die.
That's what sucks about mental disorders. You can LOOK totally fine, but in reality be a mess. I seemed like an average 6th grader, perhaps a little more preoccupied with the idea of getting sick than most. It wasn't until I walked in at age 17 with a list of obsessions and compulsions sorted by grade from 3rd grade to what was then present that she went '...I'll get you in touch with a therapist.'
I lost my grandpa three years ago, this past Thursday. Ended crying at work when I realized what day it was. Yep, still hurts. *hugs OP and person I'm replying to*
Comments 39
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
In the future, sometimes its not always easy to see if growth is just small or if something is not a growth at all, and the antibiotics will stop or slow growth--you dont have to take them if prescribed, but if you get quite worse, it may be at least good to have them on hand. I know you dont like that they prescribed it for you anyways, but some people dont have the opportunity to get to the doctor whenever theyd like (or multiple times so soon), so i can understand a nurse giving a script and allowing the patient to chose.
Reply
Reply
(edit)oh and by chose i mean to start, obviously you must finish the set! I just meant if OP got quite worse.
Reply
/soapbox
Reply
Reply
Reply
I also always get a creepy feeling when doctors prescribe me things with only glancing at me for 2 seconds.
I've definitely taken the prescriptions and not gone ahead with filling them.
Reply
Because, you know, hormones also usually cause a feeling of impending doom, like you're either going crazy or going to die.
That's what sucks about mental disorders. You can LOOK totally fine, but in reality be a mess. I seemed like an average 6th grader, perhaps a little more preoccupied with the idea of getting sick than most. It wasn't until I walked in at age 17 with a list of obsessions and compulsions sorted by grade from 3rd grade to what was then present that she went '...I'll get you in touch with a therapist.'
Reply
Reply
I lost my grandpa three years ago, this past Thursday. Ended crying at work when I realized what day it was. Yep, still hurts. *hugs OP and person I'm replying to*
Reply
I'm sorry for your loss.
Reply
Leave a comment