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At the beginning of the story I empathized with the author, myself having had to deal with pain in my hands that required injections to resolve. But their atte
by jonathanyc 7y ago
At the beginning of the story I empathized with the author, myself having had to deal with pain in my hands that required injections to resolve.
But their attempt to make their article more “funny” and dramatic at the expense of their doctors rubbed me the wrong way. It’s not cool to use other people like that to get more clicks.
The tipping point for me was the author making their doctor ask them to leave their office. It’s just as bad as people being rude to retail workers who can’t accept a refund.
- rntz 7y agoI don't think the author is trying to exploit doctors to get clicks. I think they're expressing genuine anger and frustration with the healthcare systems they've encountered and the dismissal they've experienced from doctors in those systems.
- jonathanyc 7y agoA doctor telling you they don’t know what the root cause of your problem is is not dismissal, unless all of the author’s doctors are acting in bad faith. I was sad to hear that because of my bone structure in my wrists I will have to be very careful when typing for the rest of my life in order to avoid the pain coming back. I didn’t swear at my doctor when he told me that.
- rntz 7y agoFrom the post: > I went away to the UK. I brought my medical records from America, but my British neurologist did not read my records or perform examinations. [...] My GP read the note and informed me: He would not prescribe me painkillers. He would not send me for a second opinion from a neurologist, or treatment from any other specialist. "Bad faith" is a vague term. Is not reading medical records evidence of bad faith? I don't know. But I'd sure feel dismissed if a doctor who hadn't read my records concluded without examination that the root cause of my problem was psychological and my GP refused to allow me to seek a second opinion. I think you may be confusing the American diagnoses (which were of the "we don't know the underlying cause" variety - fibromyalgia, idiopathic neuropathy) with the UK diagnoses (which I'd paraphrase as "you don't have a non-psychological problem and we won't allow a second opinion").
- Igelau 7y agoIt wasn't just that, but the doctor was also closing down all of her options, eliminating pain management, and ignoring all her medical records and telling her she's delusional. I'd say it's bad faith to so boldly screw someone over like that when you know they physically can't punch your face in for it.
- stickfigure 7y agoThe author swore at the doctor who said "it's all in your head". Which, frankly, seems like a pretty reasonable response.