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 a

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.