Hello, Thanks for your post.I also worked in a teaching hospital
some years ago as a aide. I worked with doctors and even ate lunch
or dinner with them depending on the shift.There were just one or
two out of the lot that the staff trusted. It seems like they have
become so smart that they have become incompetent. We have a pet
rabbit and had taken him to the vet, I trust the vet a lot more then
any Md or other that I have seen. I wish the our vet would go into
the teaching hospitals and teach these wonders how to practice
medicine. Thanks
Henry




--- In 000-Fear-Of-Doctors@yahoogroups.com, "drey :)"
<mrs.rasty@...> wrote:
>
> I found this group by accident today when I was looking for
> something else. I've been working in health care for more years
> than I care to remember...ummm...around 28 years, total. (I
started
> working when I was 8 *wink*) so I joined your group in the hope
that
> I could help answer your questions and maybe calm your fears just
a
> tad. :) I'm not a doctor or a nurse; I'm a surgical
technologist
> with around 8 years experience in surgery. I've been working in
> endoscopy (you don't want to know LOL) for the past 4 years.
> Believe it or not, most doctors, nurses, and assorted other people
> you'll run into in a hospital or doctor's office are just like
you.
> We laugh, we cry, we have our bad habits, and we have our fears
(my
> personal phobias are clowns and frogs...and you thought fears of
> doctors were silly? LOL).
>
> My pet peeve is other medical professionals who are insensitive to
> patients' fears. I've been known to yell at doctors for that.
Hmm,
> come to think of it, I wrote a doctor up and took him to hospital
> administration, and yes, he got into major trouble, and he did
> change his ways. Most nurses and doctors realize we are patient
> advocates, and we work hard to keep the patients' best interests
at
> heart.
>
> Hopefully, I can help you make sense of the completely non-
> understandable language that health care professionals tend to
> speak, so if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I
won't
> try to give you a diagnosis or medical advice, but I will try to
put
> into plain English what a doctor tells you, or I'll tell you what
to
> expect from a doctor's visit...and I'll be glad to tell you what
you
> can tell him to make sure a procedure is as painless as possible.
> So if you have any questions or concerns, fire away...I won't
laugh
> at you (remember the frog phobia). :)
>