health note/asthma doc

[shweta_narayan]

So asthma doc did some things right at our meeting thurs.

1) Talked to me instead of over me in 3rd person (though I am attributing this to the presence of a resident

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[shweta_narayan]

I'd pay to see that!

[mariadeira]

Me too!

[redbird]

Yes, definitely one to dump: not just for quality of life and respect, but because something he's acting as though "only kills half as many people as expected" means "is harmless."

He makes the sort of doctor who wants to Fix Everything and gets frustrated when they can't seem appealing.

[shweta_narayan]

...he's acting as though "only kills half as many people as expected" means "is harmless."

I don't know the percentages, of course. But yes, while it's nice to know that it may not be as likely to kill me as other forms of adrenal insufficiency, brushing it off is Seriously Not Funny.

[wirewalking]

Talked to me instead of over me in 3rd person

Ick. Here I thought it was infuriating enough when people I deal with for Julian don't even ask (or listen to) my name, just call me "Mom." This would have fire shooting out my eyes. I mean, the fact that some of your doctors do this, not that this particular one didn't. *facepalm* Brain no worky. Perhaps I eat more chocolate-covered ginger. Yes.

[shweta_narayan]

wtf is this cultural notion that mothers aren't people anyway *sweary words*

It's only this doctor who does it. I need to switch over. That takes spoons. Meh.

[deliasherman]

There should be something doctors who don't like dealing with patients can do that will use those skills they may have without inflicting them on actual human beings. I was lucky with my asthma doctor, but I've just finally found an internist I can talk to without her making me feel as if I ought to apologize for bothering her, and I'm as healthy as a horse these days. Some of them are just clueless.

[shweta_narayan]

Yeah he's apparently a very good researcher.
He just doesn't seem to make the transition between "subjects" and "patients" very well. Or at all.

I would, seriously, love to know whether he treats all his patients like this. I strongly suspect that the major patronization has to do with what I look like, but I'd like data.

[sovay]

ignoring everything I've said about the really seriously bad med effects I can have.

. . . Yeah. I'd get a new doctor.

[shweta_narayan]

Yep!

And that's also why we research the meds before seeing even the better doctors.

(Though, yay, on first puff I didn't have any of the potential scary effects.)