Comments on: An Unpleasant Conversation http://incoherentbabble.com/2006/07/14/an-unpleasant-conversation/ Tech News and Rambling from a Surly Little Bastard... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:09:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Omry http://incoherentbabble.com/2006/07/14/an-unpleasant-conversation/#comment-9760 Omry Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:44:48 +0000 http://incoherentbabble.com/2006/07/14/an-unpleasant-conversation/#comment-9760 I was a medic in the Army, and I worked with many many doctors on a daily basis (I would guess about 100,150). When I read your conversation, I know it was going to get a bit ugly from the very first sentence you said. this is what your Doctor heard: "I just spoke to my pharmecist .. blah ...you should increase my dosage ..". Now, doctors don't think very highly on pharmecists. for them they are just the people who are supposed to do the dirty work of giving you the medicin they write down for you, and explain some things about it to you. they are not supposed to create more work for them, but to take away the work. so, at this moment, your doctor thinks: this guy does not respect me, and he does not understand who call the shots (or pills :). you also pissed him a little by saying that you decide to take 10mg instead of 5mg on your own, again because its he think (and he is right about it) that its his call. now, read the conversation again, and I think you will have a better understanding why your doctor was a jerk. I was a medic in the Army, and I worked with many many doctors on a daily basis (I would guess about 100,150).
When I read your conversation, I know it was going to get a bit ugly from the very first sentence you said.
this is what your Doctor heard:
“I just spoke to my pharmecist .. blah …you should increase my dosage ..”.
Now, doctors don’t think very highly on pharmecists. for them they are just the people who are supposed to do the dirty work of giving you the medicin they write down for you, and explain some things about it to you.
they are not supposed to create more work for them, but to take away the work.
so, at this moment, your doctor thinks:
this guy does not respect me, and he does not understand who call the shots (or pills :).
you also pissed him a little by saying that you decide to take 10mg instead of 5mg on your own, again because its he think (and he is right about it) that its his call.
now, read the conversation again, and I think you will have a better understanding why your doctor was a jerk.

]]> By: Chris Meller http://incoherentbabble.com/2006/07/14/an-unpleasant-conversation/#comment-9284 Chris Meller Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:28:09 +0000 http://incoherentbabble.com/2006/07/14/an-unpleasant-conversation/#comment-9284 At least I wasn't blowing it out of proportion into something that wasn't actually called for... Unfortunately, finding a doctor you really like is tough to do... Finding one that you really like and who doesn't have a 6 month wait for an appointment or keep you waiting for 5 hours when you get there is nearly impossible. I switched to this guy because my last one was afraid to ever prescribe anything for fear that I'd get hooked on something and sue him. I think I'll try and stick this out and see if anything similar happens in the future. Maybe this is just a personality trait I need to keep in mind: Don't have anyone else call the doctor, he'll feel threatened and become a royal asshole. At least I wasn’t blowing it out of proportion into something that wasn’t actually called for…

Unfortunately, finding a doctor you really like is tough to do… Finding one that you really like and who doesn’t have a 6 month wait for an appointment or keep you waiting for 5 hours when you get there is nearly impossible. I switched to this guy because my last one was afraid to ever prescribe anything for fear that I’d get hooked on something and sue him.

I think I’ll try and stick this out and see if anything similar happens in the future. Maybe this is just a personality trait I need to keep in mind: Don’t have anyone else call the doctor, he’ll feel threatened and become a royal asshole.

]]> By: Tom Simpson http://incoherentbabble.com/2006/07/14/an-unpleasant-conversation/#comment-9276 Tom Simpson Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:00:40 +0000 http://incoherentbabble.com/2006/07/14/an-unpleasant-conversation/#comment-9276 I'd still go find another doctor who isn't such an asshole, either way. I’d still go find another doctor who isn’t such an asshole, either way.

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