Telling them what hurts, then they just have to poke at it to see if it really hurts? My doctor did that to my knee yesterday. I looked at her like she'd lost her mind, and she just cracked up. If I'm at the doctor's because something hurts, and I tell them exactly where it hurts and what it feels like, how does it help them to make it hurt more? Good thing I have a sense or humor.
2007-10-31 03:27:06 · 15 answers · asked by Lady G 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Now if she didn't poke, prod, stick stuff in your ears, up your nose etc. how would you know she was the doctor and not the janitor ?
2007-10-31 07:41:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What, is that all? They don't ask you on a scale of one to ten,
how you'd rate that pain? I get that so often when I go in with
something hurting. I have to go in Monday for something I've
been feeling near my waist. Not only does it feel sore when I'm sitting, but I can actually feel a raised area that makes me
a bit nervous. And I can be sure, they will ask me, "on a scale
of one to ten, how bad is the pain". That is the girls' job to ask
before she enters the info on the computer in the room. So it may mean another cat scan. I've already got one set up, for something on the top of my foot bugging me and I can't wear but one type of shoe. And it's now thobbing alot daily. (sigh) I swear it's one thing after another when you are getting up there in years. This getting older sure 'aint for sissies'. Betty Davis sure had it right!
2007-10-31 04:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by Lynn 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've seen enough doctors for a while. We see the primary care doctor every four months, rain or shine. Now we're also seeing a cardiologist every two weeks, getting lab work done once a week, and we're seeing an orthopedist, for fractures in both fibula, near the ankles. (Not me, hubby.) We're on a first-name basis with the pharmacist. And MY eye exam is scheduled for Nov. 13.
2007-10-31 04:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by felines 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm like you...seems we often leave hurting even more that when we went in. All just to feel better?!
You're right....gotta keep our sense of humor about these things!
2007-10-31 06:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by night-owl gracie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate going the doctor, especially the 2 hrs waiting time
2007-10-31 06:08:47 · answer #5 · answered by Kira 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hate it, but have to go so many times a year for insurance purposes and to get my med prescriptions.
I'm to the point that I tell him I'm fine.
If I tell him how it really is, he wants to send me for another test at our local hospital or 2 hundred miles away to one of their co-owned clinics.
Nothing ever works.
I feel I have already paid for too many of their new medical procedures and equipment and I still feel like crap. (Sorry for the slang)
Thanks for the opportunity to vent a little.
2007-10-31 09:12:06 · answer #6 · answered by DeeJay 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL.... I do know what you mean! I have had that happen before...and they not only poke the spot, but then smush on it like they can tell by the feel how bad it hurts!
2007-10-31 03:43:54 · answer #7 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd rather go to the dr, then the dentist. At the dentist, I feel cold all the time and am nervous, since I have sensitive gums, Especially in my left bottom jaw.
2007-10-31 07:30:05 · answer #8 · answered by deb2rule 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every time I go in for a check up. I go in feeling good and I come out hurting. ( I have back problem)
2007-10-31 08:29:05 · answer #9 · answered by LDJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never have liked doctors, and only go when it is absolutely necessary. Not having any insurance seems to take care of that reason to have to I guess.
2007-10-31 09:59:15 · answer #10 · answered by Moe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋