Wait a minute. Video? Does that mean you have to watch a video, make a video - what? And even if you have a copay, who cares if you get a doc capable of giving you the right diagnosis?
You’re really upset…but you’re only thinking about complaining? Ooookay. :rolleyes:
Hi. I think I have chestnut blight because the Tunguska Event and Paul Lynde’s birthday happened.
Hi. I think I have Bieber Fever because the Cretaceous period and the Great Chicago Fire happened.
Hi. I think I have…
He didn’t videotape a “prostate” exam did he?
Arr…it’s okay. I be a doctor! Arrr! [crash of thunder]
-Joe
You scoff, but one of James Thurber’s uncles died of chestnut blight. You reach a certain age, and then the inevitable die-off begins.
We cannot help the OP unless he provides us with a list of relevant signs and symptoms (you’ll know from the Internet what’s relevant). Then we all vote on the diagnosis and the OP takes the winning disease back to the original doc for more drugs.
On the basis of the facts already provided, I’ve narrowed the differential diagnosis down to:
- Influenza
- Psoriatic arthritis (it’s in the news)
- Erectile dysfunction
- Hookworms
- Icthyosis (I’m leaning towards this, since I haven’t seen it lately and it’s due)
Of course you could get the doc to prescribe drugs for all of these at once. Given the potential side effects, it’s likely you’ll forget all about what your original complaint was.
My first thought was John Pertwee..
Then I read the OP. If we’re in a fertility clinic it might explain the video.
Not the best OP.
Having said that. I have a “this dumbass is actually a doctor?” story or two myself.
I read that and I winced. In the pit you gotta be 100% immaculate or you’re garbage.
Read, repeat, remember;
Professionals* work for you.
If they don’t work for you**, FIND ANOTHER.
- Doctors, Lawyers, Plumbers, Salesmen
** In both senses of the phrase.
I’m going to try to get an appointment with another doctor. If the medication he put me on before was what made me sick now, I would sue.
But, to reiterate: I wasn’t going to him for a diagnosis, I wanted a diagnostic test ordered, and an appointment with him was the soonest of all my doctors.
So you went back out of some hope of expediency for a medical condition? If so that isn’t so dumb, depending on the discomfort. In my teens I had a toothache so bad I would have seen the zombie of Hitler if he had a pair of pliers.
Nonsense, dear colleague. Patient merely seems to suffer from benign rectocranial inversion. I would suggest a swift occipital percussion* while asking the patient what the hell’s the matter with him. Repeat as necessary.
- Consult Doctors Howard, Fine & Howard for proper procedure.
Me: Doctor, I haven’t been able to keep anything down for 3 days.
DR: Nothing?
Me: If I take a sip of water I vomit it right back up.
DR: Here is a prescription for some pills.
Me: I can’t swallow anything. It won’t stay down.
DR: (exits the room)
To make this even sadder. I didn’t have any insurance a the time. My temp job made me too rich for medicaid, so I went to a clinic with a ‘sliding scale’ payment. So I gave them my information and went to see the doc. (Because I hand not eaten or drank anything for 3 days!) Later the bill for that above exchange was more than a weeks pay for me. (that didn’t include the RX which I didn’t get filled)
Too bad you just can’t go to a lab and get the diagnostic test done yourself. Doesn’t sound like there’s a real need for a doctor here.
Some anti-nausea pills dissolve sublingualy. Are you sure s/he prescribed pills which needed to be swallowed?
Are you sure the doctor wasnt so stupid/incompetent he didnt bother to TELL THE PATIENT THAT?
But, hey, he’s a doctor/god so he don’t have no time for such trivial shit.
Why is this thread being weird?
Any painkillers involved? Maybe doc is taking one for himself for each two for a patient…