Modern Fucking American Medicine
sdw1969: doctor pissed me off today
bobwolf70: *kissing smile softly*
sdw1969: i won't be going back to see him. useless.
bobwolf70: :-( *snuggle* dare i even ask what he did?
bobwolf70: or didn't do
sdw1969: didn't do
sdw1969: so i bring moomie in for his evaluation
bobwolf70: *listening massaging and holding*
sdw1969: i want to rule out, or not, ADD for his problems at school
bobwolf70: *nodding* either way you'll know and be able to compensate *listening*
sdw1969: so the doctor just listens to what i am talking about, asks a couple of questions, then says "it's ADD, i can prescribe something for it. we can do ritalin or a new one that's out that's not a stimulant."
bobwolf70: *cough* whoooaaaa!
sdw1969: and i am standing there thinking WTF??!! there's a whole diagnostic process, what the hell is this??!!
bobwolf70: hold your equines there physician!
bobwolf70: that's...wow...*shakes head* ummm *speechless*
bobwolf70: that's borderline "dangerously incompetent"
he didn't even observe moomie?
bobwolf70: as in "a while more than an hour"?
sdw1969: nope
sdw1969: i asked him about medical testing. he said there isn't any. i asked him about surveys and tests. he said that if they are homeschooling, the teacher can't be completely objective, so no point in bothering with it.
sdw1969: i said that from the research i have done, there's supposed to be an exhaustive process to diagnose. this is when he gave me the names of three shrinks.
sdw1969: boober's appointment is next week. same clinic, different doctor
sdw1969: i made a point of asking the office manager what the other doctor is like and whether i should bother keeping the appointment or cancelling now. she said that the other doctor has a different procedure and i should definitely bring him.
sdw1969: i think this doctor is going to get rebuked
bobwolf70: *nodding* i hope so
bobwolf70: and if this other doc is good, you can ask him to check moomie *smiles*
sdw1969: *nodding* i am thinking this also
sdw1969: i was so pissed off
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