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Neuropathy | Last Active: Aug 14, 2023 | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
@bjk3 You are right about the positive things. I do try to do that, and I've found that the nurse for the doctor always appreciates hearing about the positive things with your health and not just the negative aspects. I'm doing well on that new med the doctor prescribed. Things of that nature are recognized. I suggest that being in the health care business isn't easy, my wife was involved for 30 years and the patients with the good attitude are the ones that are remembered, not the complainers.
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Hi, Ed (@njed), Debbie (@dbeshears1)
Oh, spare me complainers! I can find doctors' waiting rooms to be totally spirit-killing. I watch as the nurse calls others ahead of me to come to where their doctors will see them. The nurse will ask the obligatory "How are you?" The patients' answers are so often "Don't ask," or "I've had better days," or "You don't want to know." I realize many of these patients are in severe pain. Not all of them, though. For those who aren't in severe pain, carrying that attitude into the exam room can't help but sour everyone's experience: doctor, nurse, and patient. Even when you don't feel very cheery, a little cheeriness can go a long way.
Ray (@ray666)
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Ed (@njed), Valerie (@lacy2)
I'm a great believer in prepared questions. Like you, Ed, I, too, have taken myself to task many-a-time on the drive home over forgetting questions I'd plan to ask. A few weeks ago, I spoke with my neurologist's PA and offered to forward my questions in advance. The PA didn't think that was necessary. So I haven't. But tomorrow morning, I'm going to forward them anyway. And I'll Tuesday, when I meet my doctor, I'll have copies: one for me and one for him; I'm hoping that if there's a question my doctor can answer only partially while we're together, he'll look into later and reply more fully in the days following via my patient portal. That may be wishful thinking on my part, but heck, what have I got to lose?
Ray (@ray666)