Over the years, I have had several experiences insisting on a point on behalf of my parents in hospital ERs and doctor offices. It took my intervention recently to make sure that my father's concerns were taken seriously about the risk of a procedure urged by an attending ER specialist. When I later dug through the current edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, my father's refusal to have the test urged was dead on correct.
Due to time pressures and weariness with questions, many doctors and nurses are inclined to take little account of what their patients say. Yet people are not domestic livestock and must be consulted with and advised as to their medical care. And sometimes, nurses and doctors are simply wrong.
That I know all to well, we usually do our appointments as a couple, but some times the doc won’t let another person back. Primary is bad on that, and won’t see both of us in the same week.
I’m the one that does the fussing. Hubby would blindly take anything they give him.
She has gotten my blood work wrong to many times, I now have my ENDO do it as I see him the week before. Tried to tell me I was a diabetic with out running A1C1 OR KETONE TEST. @ 5.5 I’m definitely NOT a diabetic, sugar runs high because of 1 gram of C. And she can’t do the math to script for 90 days for Military base. Their meds are usually lower doses and you use more tablets.
I LOATH Express Scripts.
Good advice.