Day 4 Doctors

[Mountaingoat123]

It is not so much that doctors have been saying disheartening things to me, but more so their indifference.
When I was in serious pain and almost could not walk they just sent me home with painkillers, when they had to call an ambulance because my pain was so bad that I was screaming...they put me on pain killers....when my foot got numb....they put me on more painkillers.... i felt so left alone with my pain.... and finally a nurse that I know arranges for an MRI appointment. After the MRI they called me to see the doctor immediately and urgently since the results where so bad.....and I was like yeah...right..first you ignore all I am saying and then all of a sudden once you see the MRI...it is urgent... i felt that I am not taken seriously.... When I was asking detailed questions they where impatient and condescensing.
And on top of that one of the orthopedist sexually harrassed me (touched me in an inappropropriate way). I completely lost trust in the medical profession to be honest.

Anyway I want to point out one surgeon that I saw for a second opinion after it became obvious that I need microdiscectomy. I asked him: will I be able to do all sport again after the surgery incl trailrunning? And he said confidently: Yes, Everything you want. And this still sticks with me today.

 

[rowan51]

It seems like you must have gone through a lot dealing with doctors like that at so many different hospitals. I've also lost a lot of trust in doctors.

I wanted them to go beyond what they learned from textbooks and work harder to find solutions by studying newer theories and research papers, but that wasn't the case. That was very frustrating for me.

When they were unable to explain things in detail, it seemed to me that they didn't really know the cause themselves.

Also, it often looked as though the doctors were less motivated to cure the illness than the patients who were suffering from it.

That was something I found very frustrating.

 

[Mountaingoat123]

It seems like you must have gone through a lot dealing with doctors like that at so many different hospitals. I've also lost a lot of trust in doctors.

I wanted them to go beyond what they learned from textbooks and work harder to find solutions by studying newer theories and research papers, but that wasn't the case. That was very frustrating for me.

When they were unable to explain things in detail, it seemed to me that they didn't really know the cause themselves.

Also, it often looked as though the doctors were less motivated to cure the illness than the patients who were suffering from it.

That was something I found very frustrating.

I totally agree. When you have whatever kind of serious illness you become somewhat a medical expert yourself and then you realize that even doctors only know so much... and never once has anyone looked at me as a person beyond my physical body... i believe it would be so important for doctors to think more holistically. But now I am here and I am looking at the psychological component and I am sure that this will help in one way or the other.