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> Most docs are megalomaniacs that cannot fathom a patient being as intellectually capable or informed as them, or having agency over their own bodies, but im o

> Most docs are megalomaniacs that cannot fathom a patient being as intellectually capable or informed as them, or having agency over their own bodies, but im off on a tangent now I don’t know what most American doctors are like. But my mother, brother, late grandfather, uncle, aunt, and two of my cousins are all doctors. (My uncle used to work in the US, but an Australian doctor working in the US probably isn’t very representative of the average American doctor.) I often mention this (without as much detail), in part because I suspect it makes them treat me better. Plus I’m unafraid of medical jargon, which probably helps too A lot of my personal complaints are about the system and its rules, not the people who work in it, the vast majority of whom have absolutely zero input into what the rules are

DontchaKnowit 4y ago
Ive just had very poor experiences with doctors. They always seem to think they know more than me, but never really even listen to what I have to say. For example I went to a derm once because I had a spot which looked like cancer for nearly a year. I went in, explained and asked for a biospy. He refused to even look at it, gave me a script for doxycycline to treat me acne (which I did not even mention) and sent me home telling me to come back if the spot was atill there in 8 months. When I came back and he looked at the spot he admonished me for not coming in sooner to have it biopsied. This is just one example in a long line of medicial professionals refusing to listen carefully to what I have to say. They always think they know better
DontchaKnowit 4y ago
Oh for an even better example - My mom gets pneumonia fairly frequently and gets very severe cases of it. She is an absolute tank who could be on deaths door and would look normal. She currently is extremely ill with pneumonia. She went to her doctor last week and told them she was coming down with it, and explained to them that everytime she gets pneumonia she has to have X Y and Z medications in order to treat it. The doctor refused to prescribe them, gave her a much much weaker antibiotic and no steroids, and sent her home instead. She came back two days later after not feeling better and they sent her home again. She finally came back a 3rd time and waz given meds X and Y but not Z. Still not better, she went a 4th time and was given X and Y again without Z. She has fought tooth and nail to be properly treated and has STILL not been given the meds that she knows will help her. She is currently on hour 35 of sleep in 48 hours and is still sick as a dog. This is just routine for american docs in my experience. Perhaps I live in a medical care desert, but this is just not even remotely unusual. Doctors ignore your cincerns, fail to address them, and then when you play thr squeeky wheel in order to get some grease, act like you are a burden on their ability to care for other patients.

DontchaKnowit 4y ago

Ive just had very poor experiences with doctors. They always seem to think they know more than me, but never really even listen to what I have to say. For example I went to a derm once because I had a spot which looked like cancer for nearly a year. I went in, explained and asked for a biospy. He refused to even look at it, gave me a script for doxycycline to treat me acne (which I did not even mention) and sent me home telling me to come back if the spot was atill there in 8 months. When I came back and he looked at the spot he admonished me for not coming in sooner to have it biopsied. This is just one example in a long line of medicial professionals refusing to listen carefully to what I have to say. They always think they know better

DontchaKnowit 4y ago

Oh for an even better example - My mom gets pneumonia fairly frequently and gets very severe cases of it. She is an absolute tank who could be on deaths door and would look normal. She currently is extremely ill with pneumonia. She went to her doctor last week and told them she was coming down with it, and explained to them that everytime she gets pneumonia she has to have X Y and Z medications in order to treat it. The doctor refused to prescribe them, gave her a much much weaker antibiotic and no steroids, and sent her home instead. She came back two days later after not feeling better and they sent her home again. She finally came back a 3rd time and waz given meds X and Y but not Z. Still not better, she went a 4th time and was given X and Y again without Z. She has fought tooth and nail to be properly treated and has STILL not been given the meds that she knows will help her. She is currently on hour 35 of sleep in 48 hours and is still sick as a dog. This is just routine for american docs in my experience. Perhaps I live in a medical care desert, but this is just not even remotely unusual. Doctors ignore your cincerns, fail to address them, and then when you play thr squeeky wheel in order to get some grease, act like you are a burden on their ability to care for other patients.