I'm doing something productive everyday no matter how small or inconsequential it may seem to someone looking in.
It makes me feel better about myself.
Boyfriends eye was doing better (he has shingles) until our last visit. The ulcer on his cornea was worse, but the swelling was better. The doctor said it's a juggling act right now trying to reduce swelling with steroids while not causing the ulcer to get bigger from using the steroids. He put a eye band-aid in boyfriends eye over the ulcer and plugged the eye to help keep it moist.
The cornea specialist also sent us to see the retina specialist just to make sure the retina was ok. We waited in that office for 5 hours.
At hour five I lost my patience, found a staff member who I yelled and cursed to about the five hour wait. That they would think such a long wait is appropriate boggles my mind. To add insult to injury the specialist seemed pissed that we were even there. "Why are you at a retina specialist when the problem is with the cornea?" The five hour wait then seemed like punishment for being there when the retina doctor obviously felt like it was a waste of his time. There were a million other places we would would have rather been! We did not ask to see this asshole.
I don't know if his question was rhetorical or not. But I explained to him that boyfriend was having bleeding/blood in the iris from swelling, had a corneal ulcer, is type 1 diabetic, and so the other eye doctor wanted the retina to be checked to make sure it was ok and wanted this guy to assess the possible need for an injection in the eye to stop the bleeding.
I told that office that I would never recommend them, and as a matter a fact I would tell every person I know what a crappy experience it was being seen at their office. (woo! , I told them...lol)
The medical profession would label me a difficult family member. Even though I had a perfectly legitimate complaint. It's how they do things and it's wrong. Some of the time I hate the whole medical profession.
I just felt sorry for boyfriend sitting in that exam chair for 4 hours (1 hour in the waiting room) freezing cold, sugar dropping, back hurting, slowly dying, & patiently waiting for some egotistical asshole who comes in and treats him like a bother. It still makes my heart hurt and makes me cry when I think about it.
But anyway.......on a more positive note.........I pulled a bunch of tomatoes off the plant yesterday and used them in a salad for dinner. They are so good!
Kitties are well and content.
I painted a little picture of a dog of a you tuber whose cooking show I follow. SHe just seems like a sweetheart of a person. I painted it on a postcard that I will send to her today.
The painting isn't very good but hopefully she will like it anyway!
It makes me feel better about myself.
Boyfriends eye was doing better (he has shingles) until our last visit. The ulcer on his cornea was worse, but the swelling was better. The doctor said it's a juggling act right now trying to reduce swelling with steroids while not causing the ulcer to get bigger from using the steroids. He put a eye band-aid in boyfriends eye over the ulcer and plugged the eye to help keep it moist.
The cornea specialist also sent us to see the retina specialist just to make sure the retina was ok. We waited in that office for 5 hours.
At hour five I lost my patience, found a staff member who I yelled and cursed to about the five hour wait. That they would think such a long wait is appropriate boggles my mind. To add insult to injury the specialist seemed pissed that we were even there. "Why are you at a retina specialist when the problem is with the cornea?" The five hour wait then seemed like punishment for being there when the retina doctor obviously felt like it was a waste of his time. There were a million other places we would would have rather been! We did not ask to see this asshole.
I don't know if his question was rhetorical or not. But I explained to him that boyfriend was having bleeding/blood in the iris from swelling, had a corneal ulcer, is type 1 diabetic, and so the other eye doctor wanted the retina to be checked to make sure it was ok and wanted this guy to assess the possible need for an injection in the eye to stop the bleeding.
I told that office that I would never recommend them, and as a matter a fact I would tell every person I know what a crappy experience it was being seen at their office. (woo! , I told them...lol)
The medical profession would label me a difficult family member. Even though I had a perfectly legitimate complaint. It's how they do things and it's wrong. Some of the time I hate the whole medical profession.
I just felt sorry for boyfriend sitting in that exam chair for 4 hours (1 hour in the waiting room) freezing cold, sugar dropping, back hurting, slowly dying, & patiently waiting for some egotistical asshole who comes in and treats him like a bother. It still makes my heart hurt and makes me cry when I think about it.
But anyway.......on a more positive note.........I pulled a bunch of tomatoes off the plant yesterday and used them in a salad for dinner. They are so good!
Kitties are well and content.
I painted a little picture of a dog of a you tuber whose cooking show I follow. SHe just seems like a sweetheart of a person. I painted it on a postcard that I will send to her today.
The painting isn't very good but hopefully she will like it anyway!
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