I'll help him sue you (warning: medical)

[TryNotToBeThatOne]

This is actually a sucky workers story & I heard about it from the patient's son-in-law.

Man goes in for tests on his heart. There are irregularities. More tests are done, including 2 with cameras through veins. 4th test is being done & new doctor looking at results. He hooks patient to different device. Frowns and tells patient that he has good news. There is nothing wrong with his heart

Doctor calls emergency staff meeting with those who had done 1st 3 tests. Briefly: new procedure, you were all trained. When you see this *shows patient's tests* result on a test, you plug the patient to that device. None of you did so. You are fired. If he decides to sue you for pain, suffering and unnecessary medical procedures, I will support him. I will be an expert witness for the prosecution.

[crazylegs]

Ouch, in more ways than one, how to lose your job/career/all your money in one easy step.

[Evil Queen]

Wow, I want that guy to be my doctor!

[greensinestro]

Wow, I want that guy to be my doctor!

Me, too! This is probably why I don't visit the doctor too often, and now I have another reason not to go, unless this particular doctor is in the neighborhood.

[Evil Queen]

Me, too! This is probably why I don't visit the doctor too often, and now I have another reason not to go, unless this particular doctor is in the neighborhood.

Ditto. That and I can generally never get time off work in order to go. Not that it matters, the last time I was at the doctor's he said I was healthy.

[Boochan]

Doesn't surprise me, since doctors seem to be the #1 focus (Teachers right behind) for lawsuits these days for anything that could be considered malpractice.

[Primer]

I think I got lucky--most of my doctors ARE like that! (yeah, I've got way too many.)

[Becks]

Wow. That doctor rocks.

Hardcore.

[PepperElf]

was his name Gregory House?


(o wait, he talked to the patient... so prolly not)

[RetailWorkhorse]

Excuse me one moment while I prostrate at that man's feet.

Okay, I'm done.

[Reyneth]

I wish I had that doctor. I have a minor heart issue - just needs to be checked every so often. Had it done when I was in HS, came back for results and was told it was now more than the minor issue, in fact I'd probably need some significant operation by the time I was 18 or 19 (I was already in high school, remember). Scared the SHIT out of me. I remember on a youth group trip when we stopped at a McD's, bursting into tears because I thought I couldn't eat anything there....had to be really careful of calories, fat, salt....

Went back the next year (or 6 months later, I don't remember), and it was just the same minor issue that we've known about since I was born. Those major new things they told us about were amazingly gone.

We figure they read the wrong test results for the first one. But we couldn't prove it despite never getting a satisfactory answer as to how things could "improve themselves" like that. We should have gotten the $$ for the tests (BOTH of them) back and hey - pain and suffering and worry - but we didn't. Grr, 10 years later I'm still bitter about the stress I went through after those first results. And what if someone's bad results were mixed up with my pretty-much-good-ones? Yikes.

[Lil Bunny]

If it weren't for the 4 tests I'd ask if that were my dad. I warned him about hospital #1 and told him to stick with Lincoln and Omaha. Think he'd listen? His supposed bad heart was fine (Less than 20 percent) and they got a ton out of him.

This was also the same hospital that told a friend's mom that her health problems were all in her mind. She went to Lincoln and was diagnosed with breast cancer. I'm not biased really.

[Becks]

was his name Gregory House?

I thought pretty much the same thing.

[Bagga]

How about the specialist I was referred to because there were some strange test results concerning my liver? He asked me how much alcohol I drank on a regular basis. I told him - about 1 or 2 units PER YEAR. He explained that these results are often seen for patients with drinking problems. Then concluded the consultation by strongly advising me to cut down on my alcohol intake.

Followup check 6 months later. How many alcohol units? None whatsoever for the last 10 months. Ok, well this problem is most often experienced by alcoholics, so please cut down on the alcohol ok?

A further 6 months later, another checkup. Alcohol consumption? LISTEN, I HAVE DRUNK/IMBIBED/INGESTED ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL FOR THE LAST 16 MONTHS. Ah. OK, well, this problem is most often found in people who drink too much alcohol, so I recommend that you cut down on your alcohol intake, ok?

So in the end I stopped going for checkups - if they are so obsessed with the fact that I am a raving alcoholic in denial, they will never find out the real reason for the problems they think they can see.

And anyway, I am 60 years old, resigned to the fact that I won't last another 100 years, and I am sick of deliberately not having a half pint of shandy on a boiling hot day, so sod them, I am now on a massive 4 or 5 alcohol units per year, I am a true dipso.

Sigh....

[Andara Bledin]

I told him - about 1 or 2 units PER YEAR. He explained that these results are often seen for patients with drinking problems. Then concluded the consultation by strongly advising me to cut down on my alcohol intake.

Gah! Why would you even go back to those people?

My mother once had a doctor that told her the reason she had a serious case of viral bronchitis was because she smoked. Nevermind the fact that she was the sixth person in her office to come down with it and she was the only one of the group that smoked at all. He was just being radically anti-smoking and not doing anything to help her so she told him to get stuffed.

She ran into another doctor that kept harping on her to get a breast examination. As background, my mother doesn't have enough breast tissue after two kids to fill a training bra. So she asked the doctor (who was a bit overweight and had a set of moobies that were larger than her breasts) when the last time he'd had a breast exam. He hemmed and hawed, and she confirmed that "men can get breast cancer, too, right?" and he agreed because they can. So she told him that she'd get a breast exam right after he did. He, being smart enough to know when he'd been outmaneuvered, dropped the subject.

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