A blessing? A 3cm hiatal hernia? Continual discomfort with a myriad of horrible symptoms despite taking all prescribed measures including medication (15 years trying to be a good patient taking all advice given). I need surgery. To suggest it is a blessing that a hospital, such as Mayo, giving no response to a patient who has spend time and money sending all appropriate medical documents is absurd and ludicrous. It seems disingenuous. It feels dismissive. Is this the way people at Mayo in Minnesota deal with a patient’s medical issues? Platitudes? Illness is never a blessing and a lack of response to a patient seeking care is indifference and a lack of professionalism.
A blessing is something miraculous that occurs to someone. A thing conducive to happiness. A hiatal hernia is far from a blessing and it is certainly not happiness. The truth is Mayo refused my case not because I don’t need surgery, as has been indicated by two different gastroenterologist, but because there is criteria (that apparently I did not meet) which has not been communicated to me despite my efforts. While your communication may have been an attempt to make me feel better or as you suggested “blessed” it has confirmed in my mind that I would not at this point ever consider surgery at Mayo.
As a nurse and quite educated I am well aware that there are other qualified physicians and I believe it is my responsibility to find them. I have never experienced in my lifetime a physician looking to find me for treatment.
I do not operate my life on the concept of destiny…hard work, gifts you received both monetarily, genetically, lovingly, along with good health is what shapes a life. Having empathy and a personal vision is also quite helpful. I will seek treatment elsewhere.