My sister went in to he hospital for a bad foot, and had had some nausea
for several days before admission. Because she is in
the county hospital we had no choice of doc, but for the most part, all
the docs I saw were great. At least i got rtemendously good service,
from all but 2. One was a d c, not a doc to me, but at the end of it
all, hugged and kissed me goodbye, and now he loves me, more than any
doc should ... because he loves the character I play as an entertainer.
He also got into my never failing to smile and laugh and my strong
spirit, I know this because he told me so. W-e-l-l ... my sister's
attending physician doesn't like her, I think. She has not made an
effort to even try to understnd her or anything. My poor sister is just
another piece of meat ... Yousee, you can;t pigeonhole me and her. We
are a-typical, when compared with women our age. We don't fit the
profile, of an over 50 yr old woman, that they most often see. We are,
the horse of a different color, and proudly so. So they often don;t know
how to treat us, socally or medically, and will have trouble relating to
us, from time to time. Some people "get it". most don't.
So this doc, pigeonholed her the only way she knew and had pretty much
labelled her an over emotional post menopausal women, who needed to be
reading or watching tv to quell the pain in her gut and because she was
nauseous, and vomitting, she was emotionally upset, not ill with
anything else. W-e-e-e-l-l-l ... We just kept hacking at it till
she finally agreed to have an ultrasound on her gut day before
yesterday, and when they saw "something", had a CAT scan on her gut as
well ... W-e-e-e-l-l-l ... all of a sudden the doc reversed herself and
was doing all this stuff. I guess playing CYA? (cover your ass ... for
those that don't know) acting as though it was not real necessary ...
BOY, is she ever eating her words this morning!!! Ta-da ... ladies and
gentlemen P-r-e-esenting. a giant mass on her left ovary! Ob/Gyn is
going to visit her today. And we thought she was going to be released
today, yeah, right!!! I have to wonder if she is going to be able to
look me in the eye, when I see her next ... I'd call her a dumbass, but
that is impolite, right ... oh geez, I just did, ... .ooopppsss! Her
first words to us on thesubject wereforme to make her more balloons for
her rom to cheer her. And progressively, as we kept up our "tirade"
about the sick stomach, she changed the meds, to something stronger ...
one anti-nausea agent after another, and when nothing worked, was aksed
if having a friend stay with her in her room 24 hrsl would help. She was
going to okay this because poor Sunny was so "upset" ... to the point
that she could not really eat. She hadn't been eating much, and then the
doc told her her sugar was in the right range .... of course forgetting
she hadn;t been eating and was NPO for 3 days of tests ... DUH! You
should have seen the look on her face hen she was reminded! That's when
she ordered the ultrasound and CAT. I almost said it out loud, "you want
me to dumb it down for you, lady!?" For
those of you who think I sound "angry" ... don't put that label on me. I
am the very last person to lie down willingly and let people do it to
me. I just won't. I have a right to be concerned, ask quesions and have
them answered ... dontcha think!? If you answer any way but yes to that,
you don't get where I am coming from. I have a right to expect people to
do their jobs. Okay so that's it ....
Rainbow
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