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[Cynthia12]

hey cynthia

your famous

you made the front page with second most ovations for the day

ovations?

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh, I see, I went to it..and it was replies from a photo I shared..I think that's how it works. That's fun. Thanks for letting me know.

 

[Alaskan]

Quote: OK, I made a blog dedicated to you!

(OK, I didn't put it in my blog that it was for superchemicalgirl, I said it was for my friends that currently live in the Northeastern area of the US. But that was directed at you

)

It is all snow commiserating.... with a cute picture at the end to hopefully cheer you up...

so, misery loves company, wallow, wallow, then cute baby chicks!



DIE SNOW DIE!

 

[Peep_Show]

Then there is the other side of that whole coin....

I just had a relative of mine... man about 80 ish told there was something on his ex rays and that they should remove it because it could be the precursor to cancer.... They told him he would be coming home with a colostomy bag... When they got in they couldnt find ANYTHING abnormal. So since they were in there already they took out his healthy appendix...

I jsut want to slap people up.... Dont docs do follow ups... Consultations with other Docs... even a "Hey look at this xray"

They said it was an anomoly... Probably something laying on the table under something that got exrayed in the process.

deb

I've taken too many med mal depos where the docs just flat-out killed the folks due to their ignorance, negligence or just plain malpractice. The sad thing is that the insurance settles the cases with the caveat that nothing goes on the doctor's record and so they're free to blithely continue on.

My dad went in to emergency on a friday at Kaiser having a hard time catching his breath.. They gave him an EKG and a Breathing treatment and Oh by the way you have had a mild heart attack in the past month... they sent him home telling him to make an appointment for a stress test on The next Monday. NOt "we will keep you in for the night for observation" He came home and the next morning he died of a massive heart attack right in his chair in the livingroom.

No I am not bitter... I am angry.

deb

Oh, that is so unfair. I'm sorry, Deb. Not a good scene at all. My condolences on your loss and the senselessness of it.

I had the flipside happen. My doc in a routine physical ran an EKG three times and then proclaimed that I had had a heart attack in the past and needed to see a specialist. What? I had just finished packing and unpacking three houses and -- as my sister aptly said -- was as strong as an ox. The interim month between the diagnosis and seeing the specialist was sheer agony. Every little burp "Is this the big one?" Heck, if I wasn't aware of having had a heart attack, then how would I know I was having one? Anyway -- long story shortened -- I get to the specialist and they take my medical history and hook me up to their EKG. Then she sits me down and in a somber tones says, "So WHY are you here?" "I was told I had had a heart attack." "Nope. Nothing indicative of that. Go home. Come back IF needed." As it turns out, my docs med building had been hit by lightning a few days before my visit and apparently it fritzed some of the equipment. A happy ending, but a month that produced many, many more gray hairs.

 

[perchie.girl]

@Peep_Show

Kaiser in both cases... they have an arbitration agreement you have to sign before you sign up...

They do have some great docs Pediatrics department is the bomb.... but their Geriatrics sucks big time.

deb

 

[ozexpat]

I have aslso been sued for malpractice - a patient was convinced I looked after him on a night when he went down hill and claimed i failed to report the issue in a timely fashion that caused him permanent injury. I did not eveb remember him as it was three years earlier. It turned out that I was the nurse the following night. I was on the witness stand for 3 hours being grilled and humiliated by an attorney. When it was my tuen the schedule showed that I worked the following night. the incident occurred after midnight so the plaintiff attornry hunted down the wrong nurse. it was horrifying.

Now days i have a rather lucrative side gig as an expert witness in cardiac related cases.

My clients are lawfirms that defend malpractice cases.

I review cases and transcripts of depositions to determine if there is a viable defence.

The biggest mistakes docs make are 1. not giving info on all risks alternatives and benefits and 2. not limiting relative's expectations

 

[superchemicalgirl]

OK, I made a blog dedicated to you!

(OK, I didn't put it in my blog that it was for superchemicalgirl, I said it was for my friends that currently live in the Northeastern area of the US. But that was directed at you

)

Thank you, that does make me feel better. Supposed to be in the mid-40s today (!!!) with snow showers tonight.

The biggest mistakes docs make are 1. not giving info on all risks alternatives and benefits and 2. not limiting relative's expectations

I think #2 is the most important.

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: My mother's oncologist seemed like gloom and doom personified. I told her, "look at what he does; it's most likely a professional necessity. My bet is that he's a lot more optimistic in his head, otherwise, how could he continue to do it?" (Incidentally, she's a 20-year breast cancer survivor).

 

[Wisher1000]

The majority of doctors, like the majority of police officers, are good people doing a good job. Everyone has a "he done me wrong" story about these professions, but just imagine the number of people that go to the doctor (or have contact with a police officer) every day and it it positive or even uneventful. People should try not to focus on the negative, it hurts that person more than anyone else.

 

[chickisoup]

OK, I made a blog dedicated to you!

(OK, I didn't put it in my blog that it was for superchemicalgirl, I said it was for my friends that currently live in the Northeastern area of the US. But that was directed at you

)

It is all snow commiserating.... with a cute picture at the end to hopefully cheer you up...

so, misery loves company, wallow, wallow, then cute baby chicks!



DIE SNOW DIE!

MORNIN'

Just sittin' here all cozy in my recliner, under my blankie with my puppy curled up on my feet,
while my DH is outside

a path to the chicken coop for me, sigh.

SOMEBODY PLZ TELL MOTHER NATURE IT'S SPRING!!!!!