HI,
SINCE THIS BLOGGER HAS SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS DEALING WITH AN EYE PROBLEM AND LOSS OF CLEAR VSION IN HER RIGHT EYE, IT SEEMED TIME TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF MODERN MEDICINE SELDOM TOUCHED WITH A 19 FOOT POLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
"MODERN MEDICINE" INCLUDES MUCH OF THE WAY IT IS HANDLED AND CARRIED THROUGH. SOME OF IT IS VERY SATISFACTORY AND SOME OF IT IS THE SAME AS THE YEARS BEFORE AND SOME OF IT IS NOW DEPLORABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOPS--
A WORD DISCOURAGED WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH MANAGEMENT !!!!!!!!!!
LET'S START WITH THE WORST ASPECTS FIRST !!!!!!!!!!!! BEFORE THIS BLOGGER TURNS CHICKEN !!!!!!!!!!!!! CLUCK..........CLUCK..........CLUCK !!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER ABSOLUTELY ABHORS THE "EFFICIENCY" AND MACHINES OF MOST SPECIALISTS' OFFICES THESE DAYS. THEY ARE NOW THE HEART OF THE BUSINESS !!!!!!! LET'S SAY YOU ARRIVE AT THE PRESCRIBED TIME AND SIT FOR HALF AN HOUR OR MORE WHEN YOU ARE FINALLY CALLED. YOU THINK, IF INEXPERIENCED, THAT YOU CAN NOW TALK TO THE DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WRONG--WRONG--WRONG.
YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO MEET YOUR ........FIRST OF MANY MACHINES !!!!!!!!!!!! THESE MACHINES ARE EACH DESIGNED TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR INSTEAD OF YOU. AFTER ALL, ALL YOU KNOW IS YOUR DISCOMFORT OR PAIN OR WHATEVER WHICH YOU CAN ONLY REPORT IN SELF-PITYING TONES AND NEVER RELAY ACCURATELY TO THE DOCTOR. HOWEVER THE MACHINES WILL EACH DELIVER ACCURATE, STRAIGHTFORWARD INFORMATION WITHOUT THE TEARS AND ARE THEREFORE PREFERRED BY DOCTORS FOR ASSESSING YOUR ILLESS WHICH IS PROBABLY MAJOR TO YOU (AFTER ALL YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT) AND FAIRLY MINOR TO HIM OR HER (AFTER ALL THE LAST PATIENT HAD REAL PROBLEMS) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO YOU, THE PATIENT, ARE RUN THROUGH THE GAUNTLET OF MACHINES INCLUDING A PHOTO MACHINE THAT WON'T ASK YOU TO "SMILE PLEASE" SINCE IT'S NOT YOUR SMILE THAT WILL BE DIAGNOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFTER THIS TIME CONSUMING AND DISCOURAGING EXPERIENCE IF YOU FINISHED MACHINE HEAVEN, YOU ARE SEATED SOMEWHERE TO AWAIT THE NOW TERRIFYING INFO THAT WILL DECIDE YOUR NEXT FATE. BY THE TIME THE DOCTOR SEES YOU, YOU WILL BE PROPERLY COWED BY THE SERIOUSNESS OF YOUR ILLNESS AND WILLING TO BELIEVE ANYTHING HE INTERPRETS THE MACHINES AS DECLARING ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND MAYBE DEATH OR BLINDNESS OR DEAFNESS OR WHATEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OKAY, MAYBE THAT'S A BIT MELODRAMATIC BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE POSITIVE OUTLOOKS HEALTH EXPERTS ARE ALWAYS BALLYHOOING IN ALL THEIR ARTICLES ON YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING !!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS BY NO MEANS UNUSUAL TREATMENT BY SPECIALISTS AS MORE AND MORE JOIN THE RANKS OF "MACHINE DEPENDENCY" !!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD FORBID THAT ONE OF THESE "MIRACLE METAL GADGETS" SHOULD EVER DELIVER A WRONG SCENARIO TO JOHN DOE WHO PERHAPS GOT MARY-JANE'S OVARY MACHINE TESTS INSTEAD OF HIS GONAD SURGERY RESULTS. OH LORDY--LORDY WHAT A THOUGHT !!!!!!!!!!!
NOW DON'T THINK I CONDEMN THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR WANTING TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND BE CAREFUL OF YOUR HEALTH BUT AT SOME POINT ONE WONDERS WHEN "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" ????????????????? WHEN DO WE REACH THE END OF PATIENT PATIENCE AND NECESSITY AND DOCTOR DESIRES ?????????????????? CAN WE DETERMINE THAT DIAGNOSIS IS BETTER THESE DAYS THAN WHEN WE RELIED ON THE KINDLY, CONCERNED DOCTOR WHO NOT ONLY DIAGNOSED BUT COMMISERATED WITH US EVEN REMOVING A SPLINTER AND SUGGESTING WE KEEP THE WOUND COVERED SO IT WOULDN'T GET INFECTED ?????????THIS BLOGGER WONDERS IF THAT GENTLE KINDNESS ISN'T MISSED AND IF IT OFTEN MADE UP FOR AN OCCASIONAL POOR DIAGNOSIS OF MINOR THINGS ??????????
SURE, WE NEED REALITY FOR THE MOST PART BUT SEND BACK ONE MACHINE AND MAKE SPACE FOR THAT KIND OF INTERACTION PATIENT TO PHYSICIAN !!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GET IT NOW SOMETIMES WITH A GENERAL PRACTITIONER BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE OR SHE WILL SEND YOU TO A SPECIALIST FOR THE REAL, DOWN AND DIRTY--SMELLY????DOWN AND SMELLY ????? SCARY???? DIAGNOSIS WHERE YOU SPEND THE RESULTING VISIT BEING WORN OUT BY MACHINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEART!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
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