Comments | world_of_skin: angry rant about medical “professionals” no. 1403394…

world_of_skin

angry rant about medical “professionals” no. 1403394…

Jul 20, 2006 10:44

The day before yesterday I went for my twice-yearly diabetes check up but both doctors whom I’d ever seen previously have now, sadly, both retired, which is a shame. Instead, this time, one of the three new diabetes consultants/specialists who saw me, was a fucking lunatic… I am certainly arranging it so that I never, ever see her again. Even in ( Read more... )

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beingjdc July 20 2006, 09:59:08 UTC

Doctors who speak English are such a bonus. We could do with more of them...

world_of_skin July 20 2006, 10:06:21 UTC

Yep..

I remember when I was first diagnosed, the doctor whose job it was to explain everything to me, to get me to stop asking when the injections were going to stop (heh), spoke such appalling English that I ended up just bursting into tears because I was so confused and didn't understand anything he was trying to explain to me (he was asking me to draw a diagram, after he'd explained, to demonstrate that I now understood). My mother complained and said she'd prefer the nurse who'd been assigned to me, rather than this supposed doctor, to explain things, which he did, and did so marvellously.

When my boyfriend was younger, foreign-doctors-who-spoke-very-little-English told him that his parents smoking was the sole cause of his migraines, when they didn't really smoke round him at all, and a similar doctor told his dad that he had tonsillitis when he had no damn tonsils..

dennyd July 20 2006, 10:04:22 UTC

Good lord. Yeah, I'd put that well into 'letter of complaint to whoever pays her wages' territory personally.

world_of_skin July 20 2006, 10:17:04 UTC

I'm getting so damn sick of writing complaint letters recently, heh. I think you're right though. I just really, really hope she doesn't see any diabetic children, I mean, just imagine what she might say to them ('You ate a sweet last week?? You're going to die soon then! Goodbye!' or something along those lines). She was quite scary, as she stares at you a lot, doesn't really blink, and then starts getting angry every other sentence.. But I'd definitely like to see something done, if she's like that all the time. I'm quite certain a woman in the waiting room had refused to see this particular doctor, due to a little exchange I witnessed between them, so I don't think I'm alone in my experience of her ( ... )

dennyd July 20 2006, 10:27:22 UTC

'THAT WOMAN'S A FUCKING LUNATIC!!'

Sounds like a fine way to advertise the enjoyable experience you had. Hopefully her next patient heard you and went in already suspicious :)

mr_red_matt July 20 2006, 14:15:32 UTC

I'd say ask to see your notes...not too sure if it costs money in general healthcare I think it does in mental health. You could put in a formal complaint, written and verbally...but they aren't very effective against doctors unless its something to do with gross misconduct. they seem to pass the blame quite quickly. Well thats my opinion. Well that or give her a good slap but then you'd be buggered :\

thinlizard July 20 2006, 16:33:51 UTC

Christ on a bike! Thats horrendous! I can't understand how people like that are still practicing doctors. : S

On a more cheerful note, I see i'm not the only one who's been infected by that new Scandy track. It WON'T leave my head!

world_of_skin July 20 2006, 22:41:53 UTC

Craig too, quite unsurprisingly ;) You mentioning it again has just brought it back all over again too, arghh!

thinlizard July 21 2006, 00:00:04 UTC

"ME SO HORNY,
ME-ME SO HORNY,
ME SO HORNY,
I LOVE YOU LONG TIME!"

Hahaha! Classic!! : P

world_of_skin July 21 2006, 16:29:32 UTC

Noooooooo

especial July 23 2006, 23:46:32 UTC

that is insane. microgynon, really, every other person has heard of microgynon. it may not be paracetamol but seriously. and she was so rude. be angry rightly so!