When a Doctor is a Patient

As a doctor, what is it like when you have to see a doctor?

Michael Mangold, M.D. Medicine and Healthcare & Psychiatric Treatment, Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences (1990)

I don't tell them, unless the info is critical for the specific encounter.

It is really um, “interesting” to do this. I have had a couple of visits where large parts of the exam were never done, yet the provider documented that they did.

My biggest issues are two-fold. First, when someone on the medical staff treats me like crap. That changes immediately when I inform them that I am a physician. Which really sucks when you consider how many patients are NOT docs.

The second is when I get sub-par service from Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. One recent episode illustrates both issues.

I tripped and broke my left arm near the shoulder while running for a bus to Chicago. When I got there, I went to an Immediate Care clinic in Park Ridge, IL. I think because of my reactions to the intense pain, the PA who saw me thought I was putting on an act in order to obtain narcotics. He manhandled my arm and his attitude was confrontational until he saw the X-rays. Then his tune changed.

What's this for to do with your Question? Well, the complaint letter I sent to administration DOES state that I am a physician!

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Marilyn Hubbard

People are documenting things they don’t do, yep, in the point and click medical record

The PA should have held their judgement for the X Ray. Not sure if the same thing might not happen with a physician

Carcinogenic Water

Great news but I wonder why she's confused. Breast cancer has both genetic and environmental causes. One unrecognized factor is bottled water. Plastics contain chemicals with estrogen-like effects and carcinogens. Some sit on store shelves FOR YEARS. Basically drinking plastic.

My older sister Pat developed breast cancer, first cancer victim in our family ever recorded. She's an RN and has always lived a healthy lifestyle, but she swallowed the propaganda and drank bottled water for almost 40 years, becoming a walking Superfund Site in the process.

The Evil in Men's Eyes

So a bus driver today wouldn't let an elderly Black woman on board because she was a quarter short. He was even rude about it, saying, "then why did you get on the bus?" And it was cold out. So I paid it.

I did a good deed.

I then had an epiphany: if I hadn't that would have been just as evil. If I observe it don't and let it slide, I'd be just as guilty as him. Einstein once said something about how the end of the world will occur because people stand by as it happens. Of course he was basing it on Naz Germany.

Taking this observation to it's logical conclusion, I have now refined my "evil, bad, and good cop" stance. I previously separated bad cops from their evil twins based on the former looking askance while the latter did their nasty deeds. No longer. They are evil, too. Especially since they just stand by while it happens.

I have NEVER believed in the "all cops are bad" stupidity. First of all, it is a gross and disgusting overgeneralization. Secondly, my maternal grandfather was the most loving, compassionate, caring, and generous person I HAVE EVER KNOWN! I can only assume you don't have any family members who are good cops. I will block you.

And for all you White Women with Privilege Deniers of White Women Privilege, shove that up your suitcase.

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