BYC Café

[DobieLover]

Is there a place you can report them for messing up and hindering your treatment?

When my sister gets back from vacation I'm going to ask her. Being a registered nurse, she usually is pretty good about knowing such things.

 

[sourland]

Don't be so discouraged, as there are still some very good physicians out there.

Try finding one around here who is accepting new patients especially those on Medicare. I have an excellent cardiologist, dermatologist, dentist, but it ends there.

 

[pennyJo1960]

My Doctors office called to remind me of an appointment I have with my Doc think they would approve of me making apple fritters to share?

 

[Sally PB]

Hubby and I like our doctor. We're both healthy, which makes the relationship pretty easy.

After what happened with my neighbor (the heart attack fiasco), I am taking blood test results and anything my doc says as a "jumping off place."

No, I'm not a medical professional. Nor do I play one on TV, not even chicken TV. But I'm taking more responsibility for my own health than I used to.

 

[sourland]

Hubby and I like our doctor. We're both healthy, which makes the relationship pretty easy.

After what happened with my neighbor (the heart attack fiasco), I am taking blood test results and anything my doc says as a "jumping off place."

No, I'm not a medical professional. Nor do I play one on TV, not even chicken TV. But I'm taking more responsibility for my own health than I used to.

Well done. Self advocation is the way to go. I have a yearly 'wellness' visit simply so that I have updated blood test results. Cardiologist and dermatologist I see annually and the dentist more frequently than I like.

I liked my doctor, but he got terminated shortly after the hospital conglomerate took over the practice.

 

[Sally PB]

I liked my doctor, but he got terminated shortly after the hospital conglomerate took over the practice.

Did he start a practice somewhere else?

SUCKS!!! when good people are ousted in the name of greed!

 

[RoyalChick]

Well done. Self advocation is the way to go. I have a yearly 'wellness' visit simply so that I have updated blood test results. Cardiologist and dermatologist I see annually and the dentist more frequently than I like.

I liked my doctor, but he got terminated shortly after the hospital conglomerate took over the practice.

That’s a shame.
I go to a cardiology practice and see a nurse practitioner. She is great! Theoretically I am under the care of the doctor who supervises her but I don’t even know his name and don’t feel the need to meet him.

 

[DobieLover]

I guess I'll find out when he's back in the office... next week. Naturally.

I got a call from the three ring circus today. The form was finally accepted. Now it goes into review. I'll have to email the examiner and beg him to move on it as it's a "no brainer".

Self advocation is the way to go.

I can't imagine the boat I'd be in if I hadn't been all over my doctor's office like white on rice.

 

[sourland]

Did he start a practice somewhere else?

SUCKS!!! when good people are ousted in the name of greed!

There is the possibility that he may have had an addiction problem.

 

[DobieLover]

Next week is the last week for my grief support group. We are having a little potluck snack food thing. I'm bringing a fruit tray.

We got put in a different room tonight. It was much smaller but more intimate. We all preferred it. The lady with her emotional support apple head Chihuahua sat next to me. He thought it would be fun to lap hop. He went up and down the row he was in. He sat on my lap about 6 times during the meeting. Everyone got a big kick out of him.

I shared this that I found on FB and posted to my board as a 'self portrait':

This is what grief is.
A hole ripped through the very fabric of your being.
The hole eventually heals along the jagged edges that remain. It may even shrink in size.
But that hole will always be there.
A piece of you always missing.
For where there is deep grief, there was great love.
Don’t be ashamed of your grief.
Don’t judge it.
Don’t suppress it.
Don’t rush it.
Rather, acknowledge it.
Lean into it.
Listen to it.
Feel it.
Sit with it.
Sit with the pain. And remember the love.
This is where the healing will begin.

I shared this with the group tonight.