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Help! My pediatrician's not listening to me (artic
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 98217" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Some very good points. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I HATE it when a doctor says one of my children will have outgrown a medication allergy. While they may have, I have YET to see it happen. Each of my children shares some common medication allergies, and each has some of their own.</p><p></p><p>I also do not EVER tolerate being treated like I do not know what is going on. If that happens, I speak up and let the doctor know I am the expert on this child, he/she is the expert on the diseases.</p><p></p><p>I try to reach a middle ground.</p><p></p><p>I have learned that if a clinical assistant is dismissive of my concerns that often the doctor will never hear of them. NOT ethical, or standard operating procedure, but it has happened several times in my knowledge. Drives me nuts. I find that a call where I ask to hold for the doctor, not the assistant, is often best. (the latest debacle with the pain doctor and the week long migraine is the exception - the doctor fully knew and approved of what the nurse told me. And she was wrong.)</p><p></p><p>With medical issues I ask why. Like a 3yo, why why why. Why this time. Why not this?? Why this and not a different medication??</p><p></p><p>What will it do? By when?? What side effects can happen?? What do we do about them??</p><p></p><p>It drives some docs nuts, because I should just accept what they say. And that is OK, IF they won't charge!!! Put like this, they usually will sit and answer questions.</p><p></p><p>Hugs to all, great article!</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 98217, member: 1233"] Some very good points. Personally, I HATE it when a doctor says one of my children will have outgrown a medication allergy. While they may have, I have YET to see it happen. Each of my children shares some common medication allergies, and each has some of their own. I also do not EVER tolerate being treated like I do not know what is going on. If that happens, I speak up and let the doctor know I am the expert on this child, he/she is the expert on the diseases. I try to reach a middle ground. I have learned that if a clinical assistant is dismissive of my concerns that often the doctor will never hear of them. NOT ethical, or standard operating procedure, but it has happened several times in my knowledge. Drives me nuts. I find that a call where I ask to hold for the doctor, not the assistant, is often best. (the latest debacle with the pain doctor and the week long migraine is the exception - the doctor fully knew and approved of what the nurse told me. And she was wrong.) With medical issues I ask why. Like a 3yo, why why why. Why this time. Why not this?? Why this and not a different medication?? What will it do? By when?? What side effects can happen?? What do we do about them?? It drives some docs nuts, because I should just accept what they say. And that is OK, IF they won't charge!!! Put like this, they usually will sit and answer questions. Hugs to all, great article! Susie [/QUOTE]
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