[BrokenNBeautiful]

I have done all the things I am supposed to do.

1) got a new doctor---I am taking care of myself.

2) having my teeth restored.

3) got a big list of pdocs to call.

4) I love myself today.

But I am so so upset about having to give up a doctor because he was mean to me and also to a whole waiting room full of people. And he did not take care of my prescription refill either.

The nights are hard after a day like this.

I don't want to go to bed.

I am going to read the other posts on this forum to see how other PC's cope, esp. with anger and sadness.

But I will not go back to a doctor who is abusive.

B.

[mazing]

I'm sorry to hear you had a bad day. I can understand not going back to the doctor if you don't feel comfortable - you need to feel comfortable with a person you need to put your trust in.

Take it one moment at a time - is there anything that you find relaxing that you can do? Read, take a bath, listen to music? I know for me sometimes the little things that take my mind of my day can make me feel so much better.

Thinking of you

[Perna]

It is hard to have such a bad day without a rewarding resolution. One keeps thinking of what one should have said/done and how one would have liked the professional to have responded. Maybe he had a bad day too. I use to think doctors and other helpers were more perfect than I am but then I had one take a phone call and talk to a patient who had a broken arm and she commented that she wasn't good with broken bones, only got a "C" in that class I had never realized that it had to be that way; doctors aren't good at everything doctory and some are really bad with the communication and patient contact stuff. See if you can convert your turmoil into feeling sorry for him :-)

[BrokenNBeautiful]

Originally Posted by Perna

It is hard to have such a bad day without a rewarding resolution. One keeps thinking of what one should have said/done and how one would have liked the professional to have responded. Maybe he had a bad day too. I use to think doctors and other helpers were more perfect than I am but then I had one take a phone call and talk to a patient who had a broken arm and she commented that she wasn't good with broken bones, only got a "C" in that class I had never realized that it had to be that way; doctors aren't good at everything doctory and some are really bad with the communication and patient contact stuff. See if you can convert your turmoil into feeling sorry for him :-)

Perna, I pity the poor man like anything---only someone in terrible pain could treat someone so badly.

This was the second time he acted like this, so I was not as tolerant as I was the last time.

I realize doctors aren't perfect.

And I am more willing to give them a break if they own up to what they might have done and make an effort to listen to the patient and maybe even attempt to solve the problem; his emotion regulation, his behavior toward the patients and getting his own needs met.

But he did not.

So all I can now is remove myself from the situation, feel my feelings, and move on to where I can get my needs met and be treated like a human being.

Billi

[Perna]

Good response, Billi! Sorry your extra pain and effort were necessary.

[BrokenNBeautiful]

and then having to wait longer for care. (can't get in to the new guy till March 22)

I am so sick.

thanks,

Billi