Kinda jumping in late here but funny that this subject has come up now. I had a doctor's appointment today. DH hates going into doctor's offices due to being exposed to all the buggies. I set there with a mask on. But I requested that he accompany me to the exam room, explaining to him that we are getting to be of 'an age' where we need to be with one another when we see the doctor and act as one another's advocates.
I've had my fair share of experiences with hospitals being advocate for a loved one. I've been called intimidating and a few other names I can't repeat. I just put my foot down and said, darned right I'm intimidating when one of my family's lives is on the line and if they didn't like it, I'd fire each and every one of them and move my family member to another hospital. That usually gets their attention. That happened with my mom. Doctor told me to stand my ground and I did. Would do it again.
As for the condition of the room, inexcusable. I've seen dirty paper towels under beds and waited to see how long it took housekeeping to clean them up. 3 days is not acceptable and when the head of housekeeping stopped by to ask if we were satisfied with the condition of the room and I pointed out the paper towels under mom's room mate's bed and told her how long they had been there. The room was thoroughly cleaned within an hour.
As for the doctors appt. Waiting to hear back from them. I'm going the Prolia infusion route now. He just smiled and told me I could handle side effects for a couple of days better once every 6 months over three days out of every week.......Glad he has so much confidence in my pain tolerance, Lol.
I'm heading to bed. Super tired tonight. Night all!
