Hi Moyzee... Welcome to the forum.. Ranting about doctors? Let me tell you a story. my father was a carpentar.. actually a master carpentar and cabinet maker, a 'real' craftsman. A local 'big shot' doctor hired him to renovate his offices. He had heard my Dad was the 'go to' guy to see. anyway, long story short, in cutting a particulary tricky piece of crown molding (very expensive stuff) it uncharacteristically splintered at the very end of the cut.. not much of a splinter.. about 1 1/2 inches long, but it was right at the joint. Instead of writing it off, Dad retrieved the splinter... glued it back in place.. and when the glue was dry, and the corner mitred, sanded and painted.. it was completely invisible to the eye. the doc, coming and going from the area routinely, had been aware of this little piece of 'wood' surgery, and had been.... weeellllll, rather... condescending and dubious of the whole 'repair' process. He was an elitist, haughty, pretty cheap s.o.b. to work for. He'd wanted my Dad to turf the whole thing, and start from scratch, at my Dads expense... Dad told him that if he wasn't satisfied with the quality of the end product, he would replace it.. Welll, the doc gave it his best shot.. tried his damned best to spot the repair. Couldn't. Chagrined, he said.. "so that's how you cover up your mistakes".. In a shot, my dad replied.. "Well, at least I don't bury mine"
True story... so, are some doctors bastards? You bet. When I was 7, doctors told our family that my mom had cancer, less than 6 months.. Dad cried, first time ever I'd seen him cry... then he packed us all up, and drove mom to another hospital, a 400 mile trip... That was many years ago, and Mom is still going strong. Many years later, my ex was seeing an OB/GYN... he said all of her pains were just her normal cycle... she decided to see another.. an OB/GYN from McGill, who was in the area simply because their spouse was studying for their masters at our local university.. He ordered immediate surgery... anticipated to take 2 - 3 hours max.. After 7 hours of surgery, he came out of the OR. He had been barely able to save her life... But he did. Guess which side of the spectrum I put him on at the time? I got to see the other side of things when I was in a long relationship with a doctor.
met a lot of other doctors socially as a result... wanna know a secret. they were all human like the rest of us.. some good, some bad, a few great ones, perhaps a few more that were not so great... pretty much the same mix as the rest of us. If you run into a bad doctor, that's exactly what you should do.. run.. Except away.. Remember the words of my dad... they bury their mistakes. Otherwise, go find a good doctor, or even better, a great one.. might even save your life, or someone close to you... Over the course of my life so far, really good doctors have saved the life of my mother (twice - last time at 81), my father (twice), my ex, (once, but I no longer hold that against him - he was just fulfilling his Hippocratic oath, right?), my sons (several times..many thanx to the neo-natal intensive care physicians)...
Have doc's ever screwed me over... Yes! One told me I had the flu when what I actually had was Hepatitis... damned near died.. Another told me I had DAC and that surgery would cure me... Wrong.. But when I balance it all out, the 'good' docs outweigh the 'bad', and I consider that a bottom line that we all can live with.
IF you continue to judge all doctors on the bad experiences you've had so far, you just might blind yourself to the good doctor in your future who could end up being your 'life saver'.. at least, that's the humble opinion of this ol fart.. Get my point?
