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Originally Posted by JustWannaDisappear
Same GP as above. I needed to get my birth control refilled. I was complaining of pain and after my exam he said to get dressed and he would come in to talk to me. He came in and told me I had gonorrhea. I freaked out. He told me it was a bacteria in my body that flared during stress. Apparently he missed a few classes in High school. He offered to give me the shots or I could take the meds orally. I opted for the pills. I knew I didn't have an STD. It caused a HUGE fight with my husband and me. He asked how the Dr would say I have an STD and I say I don't. Well, the Dr never did any tests for it. After a couple of months I finally was able to go see an OB/GYN and he had never put it in my chart. Turns out I had endometriosis and needed surgery. It caused horrible issues with my husband and I and we were newlyweds.
I just don't see Drs anymore. I have an OB/GYN that I've had for several years and will only see her. Everything else I just deal with. I see my Pdoc and T as well.
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That's pretty serious. They frequently make misdiagnoses, as did the psychiatrist (who never even seen me) in my case. I merely received a 10 minute interview by one of his assistants (a psychology student), and the psychiatrist who I never even got to speak to misdiagnosed "Alcohol Dependence Syndrome". But in your case not only was there a misdiagnosis, the misdignosis was putting your marriage at risk, which is outrageous.
And I'll bet you never received an apology.
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Originally Posted by elliemay
Of the lot, surgeons i've found to be the most outrageous in their behaviour - aggressive, arrogant and rushed. Not the kind of person I would want poking around inside me, BUT fortunately they usually hand off cases to the internal medicine docs pretty quickly.
In general, nurses, of all kinds I have huge problems with. HUGE problems with. I find that if I can actually get to a physician, then at least something can get resolved.
In all of my years of both working in and be a consumer of the healthcare system I have met a total of 2 nurses that have been "okay".
Personally, I have never, ever in my entire life run across a more stalwart, belligerent group of folks in my entire life and the physicians can't do anything about. No one can. It's amazing.
Physicians? Mostly okay in my book.
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I remember attempting to talk on the phone to the surgeon who carried out my mom's hernia operation. I simply asked a few simple questions, like what procedure was carried out, and what was the technical term for the operation, and he seemed very reluctant to discuss anything, then became a bit impatient and aggressive. I thought "this guy is either having a bad day, or he's an arrogant, aggressive asshole". I'm still not certain, but am firmly leaning on the latter.
Nurses can be just as evil as many doctors. I think there has always been a power struggle going on between nurses and doctors, and many nurses have become just as authoritarian, if not more so, than doctors. It's a power thing, and a lot of the time innocent patients become the targets of all of their repressed anger, frustration, and aggression.
I'm not kidding, I'm a very sensitive person, and pick up on things very quickly, and I've detected what seems like nothing less than sadism among many members of the medical profession, both doctors and nurses. It's terrifying to think that these people are responsible for administering health care, and ultimately have the power over life and death.