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Ginger, I totally understand where you are coming from! But I have learned if they don't like what I have to say, that is there problem! It's my body! In 75 years I have made it a point to try and listen to it!
I'm the one who suffers the pain! The one that has an adverse reaction to a medication!
You don't have to be Rude, even if they are! But you have to stand firm and make valid points.
Sundance(RB)

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I can relate to what you are saying. I had a surgeon who didn't want to hear that I was having a problem after eye surgery. He went into a rant yelling at me in his office saying I was being negative. I only had asked why my vision was still missing the center vision as I had the same surgery for the other eye in a different county 8 years prior and did not experience what I had this time. (The surgeon I had before was kind and always answered questions but he had retired from doing surgeries.) I wasn't rude even though this new surgeon certainly was. I knew he was going on a vacation and had a lot of patients still waiting to see him so I gave him the benefit of the doubt that he just needed that vacation. However, my eye 6 weeks later was still having issues and he came into the exam room with the same bad attitude as before. I hadn't even spoken a word and he was angry. My husband was with me & he interrupted this surgeon to ask him to explain the photos on the computer screen. He got mad at my husband for daring to interrupt but finally after my husband got up pointing at the computer he calmed down and at least explained the photo of my eye and why my vision still was not as good as he hoped for. However, with a painful red eye and having been on steroid eye drops for 7 weeks I was left to slowly get off them myself. I finally had to see my regular Ophthalmologist who put me back on a less potent steroid eye drop for 2 more days. This helped temporarily. Now 12 weeks out and I still am having eye problems but do not care to call or see that surgeon again. No surgeon or any doctor should treat a patient with such rude behavior. I will need a different eye specialist unless my current Ophthalmologist can treat my eye from this point on. Yes, we do need to take a stand, but this guy is either overworked or needs anger management classes before treating patients. I for one will not be going back