YES, YES, YES. AND YES, IF YOU GO TO A CARDIOLOGIST, IT'S GONNA BE YOUR HEART IF YOU GO TO A PULMONOLOGIST, IT'S GONNA BE YOUR LUNGS, EVEN THOUGH YOUR COMPLAINT IS YOUR PINKY TOE. SPECIALISTS JUST FOCUS ON THEIR ONE AND ONLY SPECIALTY. THEY DON'T GO OUTSIDE THE BOX. I WAITED OVER 4 MONTHS FOR MY FIRST DOCTOR APPOINTMENT.
AND SHE BLEW ME OFF IN 5 MINUTES.
WAITED A FEW MONTHS FOR THE NEXT DOCTOR APPOINTMENT. SHE NEVER CALLED ME BACK WITH ALL THE TEST MRI'S SCANS AND THE RESULTS I WAS SCREAMING. WHERE IS DOCTOR HOUSE FROM THE TV SHOW? I WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO LOOK AT ME AS AN ENTIRE FUNCTIONING BODY. IT'S LIKE A CAR IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARBURETOR CAR'S NOT GOING TO WORK ONE LITTLE PART. THE WHOLE SYSTEM FAILS
THIS HAS BEEN 2 AND A 1 YEARS. I FINALLY HAD MY APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED FOR MY EMGS. ON MY RIGHT SIDE AND ADDITIONAL MRIS, WITH AND WITHOUT CONTRAST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE APPOINTMENTS, I FELL BROKE, MY WRIST ENDED UP HAVING SURGERY, AND I AM RIGHT NOW WITH A PLATE IN MY WRIST WITH BOLTS IN THE SAME PLACE.I WAS OVER TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE I KEEP FALLING DOWN AND BREAKING SOMETHING WHICH SETS ME BACK FROM PURSUING THE MAIN ISSUE AT HAND WHICH IS MY FOOT GOES TO SLEEP AND I END UP ON THE FLOOR WITH BROKEN BONES. IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT IN THIS COUNTRY TO GET A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. YOU WAIT 8 MONTHS
THIS IS NOT A SOCIALIST COUNTRY
AND YET OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM REALLY IS ALL THE HOSPITALS ARE OWNED BY HEDGE FUNDS.
WHO PUT YOUR TIME LIMITS ON HOW LONG A DOCTOR COULD SPEND WITH A PATIENT?
FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.BECAUSE OF THE COST, SO PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO GET THEIR DO OR THEIR NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN'S. ASSISTANT LICENSE BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER THAN MEDICAL SCHOOL. AND BEING A DOCTOR ISN'T LIKE THE OLD DAYS WHERE YOU MADE MONEY.
UNLESS YOU'RE THE MOST BRILLIANT IN A SPECIFIC SPECIALTY.AND DON'T TAKE INSURANCE ANYWAY. I'VE BEEN TO THE DOCTOR TWICE IN OVER 10 YEARS. FOR A COLD UNTIL THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I FEEL LIKE I WOKE UP IN DIFFERENT TIME. I REMEMBER DOCTORS SPENT AS MUCH TIME AS IT TOOK FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN YOUR SYMPTOMS WHILE THEY ACTUALLY LISTENED. AND ASKED YOU QUESTIONS, SO YOU KNEW THAT THEY HEARD WHAT YOU SAID. NOW IT'S GET A BLOOD TEST. THEY CALL IN PRESCRIPTIONS WITHOUT EVEN DISCUSSING HOW IT MIGHT AFFECT THE OTHER MEDICATION. YOU'RE TAKING AND THEY'RE ON TO THE NEXT, YOU NEED TO FIGHT LIKE HELL AND BE YOUR YOUR OWN ADVOCATE.
BUT I THINK I FOUND MY DOCTOR HOUSE
OUR FIRST APPOINTMENT, WHICH I WAS GOING TO CANCEL BECAUSE I WAS FED UP ALREADY. SHE ENDED UP SPENDING 3 AND A 1 HOURS WITH ME. HAVING ME EXPLAIN IN SUCH MINUTE DETAIL THE EXACT FEELINGS AND THE WAY THE OCCURRENCE OF SYMPTOMS COME.
AND SHE'S LIKE A LIFELINE. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO PUT ALL THAT ON HOLD WHILE MY BROKEN BONES RECOVER. I WISH ALL OF YOU AND MYSELF.
BETTER TREATMENT IN OUR OLD AGE THAN WE'RE GETTING
AND I ONLY SEE IT GETTING WORSE, UNFORTUNATELY
HATE TO SOUND LIKE A PESSIMIST, BUT I'D LIKE TO BE PROVEN WRONG.