| lesley153
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Rowena, there is NO WAY in a million years that anyone could even contemplate topping your story!
I remember when he made that dire remark to you, and thinking her really deserved to die. Did you restrain yourself from killing him? How? Oh... and ... why?
(Whenever I went to the hospital, and they asked me who my GP was, the name was met with a wince, and silence. Eventually, one of the nursing staff told me what they really thought of him. They don't do that with the new one. I bet yours don't either.) |
Reply #3481. Sep 18 11, 2:54 PM
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| lesley153
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Rowena, can you remember, did I say he deserved to die, or did I offer to kill him for you?
New lamp is behaving, old lamp is getting posted back tomorrow, and I am going to do my very best to be in bed before 2am. I can try. Last couple of nights have been 4am - almost not worth going to bed. |
Reply #3482. Sep 18 11, 5:39 PM
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Rowena8482 
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I think we hatched a lovely nefarious plot to use your old GP in a wheelie-bin mortar launch at mine thus removing them both in one fell swoop and having the pleasure of a nice big bang to add to the overall excitement :-D
Reply #3483. Sep 19 11, 9:46 AM
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| C30
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Can we add mine to the mix...........and the one I had in Cambridge too?
With current one.............the practice has 12 doctors working there, you can see any of them, but are listed under one specific GP.
My wife's hairdresser used to be a nurse, and when chatting (as one does), asked my wife who her GP was. Upon being told, and being told wife's opinion of him, her hairdresser said, "Oh HIM, he's managed to upset just about every NHS patient at the practice!.
I booked an appointment to see a doctor tomorrow....happily not "that one" !
Reply #3484. Sep 19 11, 10:38 AM
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| lesley153
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Rowena, before we detonate the wretched pair of imcompetents, can we first try an experiment: banging their heads together till they say "SORRY! we were WRONG!"? It'll take a while, but I think we have the stamina. Worth a try?
Ray, a nurse I spoke to, after I'd changed, said that she knew all three members of my old practice, and she wouldn't see any of them if you paid her. And if that's not a resounding endorsement, what is?
I wonder if it's physically possible to bang three people's heads together simultaneously. It's worth a try. I'm game if you two are! |
Reply #3485. Sep 19 11, 11:45 AM
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| lesley153
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| Delete three: substitute four. Should be easier with four heads, actually. Ooh and much noisier! :) |
Reply #3486. Sep 19 11, 11:47 AM
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MotherGoose
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Love the medical receptionist clips! I wish I'd had them when I was teaching Medical Reception classes!
Yes, there are some dreadful doctors out there. We have some doozies on this side of the pond as well. Thankfully the vast majority aren't too bad.
Mind you, to be fair, I can match every rotten doctor story with a stupid or abusive patient story. Got abused by two patients today for no good reason other than they thought they could get away with it.
Reply #3487. Sep 19 11, 12:35 PM
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daymare
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MotherGoose - it just shows there are people who believe if they yell, or insult, or demean they will get what they want. It never works and you would think they realize it by now.
We had a couple of good doctors. Unfortunately, they either retired or moved their practices to merge with other doctors. They were never the same after the merge. It resulted in triple and quadruple booking and patient care always suffers when that occurs.
Reply #3488. Sep 19 11, 1:27 PM
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| lesley153
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"I can match every rotten doctor story with a stupid or abusive patient story."
That's a bit worrying - there's an awful of of abusive patients!
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Today I had an vibrant exchange of views with a man who could have been a success in linguistics or medicine. I drove to the local shops (I was taking Old Lamp to the Post Office!), and the car park was busy because the youngest schools had just finished, so I aimed for one of the disabled spots. The two end ones were taken up by one driver - his van parked at an odd angle in one, and his trailer in the other.
I slid in sideways next to his trailer, and asked him if he needed a disabled spot. He told me to expletive off, and pointed out that there was nowhere for him to park. I replied: Tough **slightly naughty word** - I don't care - you shouldn't be parking in these spaces. That's not a good reason.
So he agreed to go, but told me, before he got back in his van, that there was nothing expletive wrong with me.
Why is a man with his linguistic abilities, and diagnostic skills, wasting his talents driving a van?
*sarcasm off now* |
Reply #3489. Sep 19 11, 1:43 PM
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daymare
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Picture seeing the van driver as your doctor and he states what he stated to you....lol
He was naughty, got caught, taken to task, responded to in kind and then, basically, had to push off as he had lost face and was concerned about your next response.
Good for you!
Reply #3490. Sep 19 11, 2:33 PM
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honeybee4
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I love it Lesley. I wish I had your way with words. Anyway, I have to be in Visalia tomorrow at 8:00am at Kaweah Delta Hospital for an appointment to get at least one, maybe two stents at 10:00 am. I had my angiogram on the 16th and it was a piece of cake so this shouldn't be much different.
Reply #3491. Sep 19 11, 3:24 PM
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satguru
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As far as I remember, the worst I've had from doctors was the lovely guy we had for about 20 years who was one of the nicest we knew, but whatever you went with he said 'I'm not sure, it's going around', and when I had anything really nasty always managed to see someone else, especially the appendicitis where the military type who operated like a high powered machine took one look and booked me into hospital for an immediate operation. He also saw me when I had bronchitis and a torn kneecap, which both needed the correct treatment or else. Besides that I've never had a bad appointment whoever I saw. The best story wise was before we left Kingsbury the reserve doctor was called Dr Finlay. However the other cockup (can we say that here?) I do now remember was when I was a few years old my mother took me to the usual guy and said I had measles and he said I didn't. Wrong. Not that there would have been a thing we could have done either way but just nice to be certain. I can't remember who confirmed it the next day but measles it was.
Reply #3492. Sep 19 11, 3:44 PM
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satguru
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And good luck tomorrow Judy, if they're using the keyhole surgery that doesn't usually take very long at all for stents.
Reply #3493. Sep 19 11, 3:47 PM
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daymare
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Good luck, honeybee. We will be right here waiting.
Reply #3494. Sep 19 11, 3:58 PM
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honeybee4
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Thanks all. No, the surgery isn't a problem but I still have to stay over night, I assume for observation.
Reply #3495. Sep 19 11, 4:23 PM
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Rowena8482
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They put a pressure band on your wrist that takes about 12-24 hours to deflate, and you have a drip of "stuff" (see how I am au fait with the latest technical terms here?) that takes 24 (or maybe 12, I was "on the good stuff" pain relief wise and lost several hours several times) hours to decant into you. Once that's in, and the band's off and the ECG is clear, they let you go :-D
Reply #3496. Sep 19 11, 4:37 PM
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| lesley153
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Thank you, but there was nothing compelling about any of the words I used, and I was pleasantly surprised that he gave in so easily. A lot of people tell you to expletive off, and then *don't* move. Perhaps it was the delivery - loud, clear, and entirely unapologetic.
Good luck, Judy! Looking forward to seeing you back on Wednesday, telling us it was a doddle.
Rowena, I loved your description. Your next career move can be writing medical textbooks, so I can have a first edition signed copy please! |
Reply #3497. Sep 19 11, 5:50 PM
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honeybee4
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I was supposed to have a drip when I had my angiogram but I am a hard stick to find a vane. Dr Reddy put the stuff in my leg vein at the same time he did the angiogram. I knew everything he was doing and it wasn't really uncomfortable. About 45 minutes before my procedure I took to valiums and some benadryl. I was hoping this would be similar.
Reply #3498. Sep 19 11, 5:50 PM
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honeybee4
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That is "a vein".
Reply #3499. Sep 19 11, 5:52 PM
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honeybee4
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That is "two valiums".
Reply #3500. Sep 19 11, 5:53 PM
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