Posted on 03/13/2018 6:04:53 PM PDT by EdnaMode
I am a white male, and have decades worth of experience in doctors & nurses ignoring my bel iefs. I have long considered Serena a bore.
“Williams also said it may be time for black women to “get feisty,””
Sounds more like she’s getting uppity! /S
Like many black racists, Serena will only be happy if whites are destroyed to make up for historical transgressions. This is the logical conclusion of their racist worldview.
Typical... When you don’t understand something, cry “racism.” Did she actually TELL the nurses and doctors that she had a history of blood clots, or did she assume that they knew?
Once thing I’ve noticed is that hospitals over the last few years have become far less likely to order expensive tests, due to complaints about “defensive medicine,” where doctors were accused of running tests to protect themselves legally. From my personal experiences, it seems that the pendulum has swung back the other way.
I went to urgent care, then my doctor, then to the ER for severe lower back pain and leg pain, a foot drop, and spreading numbness. I was told it was “sciatica,” and sent home with muscle relaxers. I explained that I had a history of disk issues, but they said they weren’t going to run any tests, but if I lost control of my bowels or bladder, to come back. Well, the OTC ibuprofen gave me a bleeding ulcer, and 2 days later I was admitted to the hospital, needing a transfusion and emergency endoscopic surgery. But I was complaining so loudly that they finally performed an MRI, and yes, I really had 2 ruptured disks that needed to be removed. 16 months later, my feet are still asleep, and I have to walk with a cane.
I’m white. I don’t think it was racism.
Mark
You were your husband’s medical advocate, and EVERYONE needs one in the hospital, especially if the patient isn’t able to be his or her own. And even if they are! Wonderful job you did!
Mark
Nothing says clueless like someone throwing around "racism."
And nothing proves it more than whiny multi-millionaire athletes.
Wow, I hope your husband is alright.
That sounds terrible!
Williams lamented the fact that most black people aren’t in the same position.
Neither are white women who aint millionaires!
Mostly white in my area. I am not being racist, just stating fact.
Good doctors and nurses don’t want to work in a place where they risk getting caught in the crossfire every night.
He is not the kind of guy who says he is in pain when he is not, if anything he is a bit too prone to solder on when he is in major pain.
I was not going to take him home that night with more pain pills when I knew something was seriously wrong. I was ready to grab the ER doctor by the heels, turn him upside down and shake him until answers fell out. So they figured it was easier to give him the CAT then to deal when me anymore.
If they had done it earlier it probably would not have burst.
Doctors know medicine but they do not know you or your loved one. So they go with the most likely scenario. You have to tell them, sometimes forcefully, when they are looking in the wrong direction.
Right, cuz black ladies are always demure
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