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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 203130" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Being a bad patient can save your life for sure. I'm sure being a bad patient has saved mine - a few times.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Years (eons) ago I collapsed my lung and ended up in the ER. H, then my boyfriend, was with me and the nurse asked him to leave because he wasn't 'family'. I stood up and said, "If he leaves, I leave. I'm paying the bill, so I call the shots". H stayed and the nurses were very nice to us. Later, the DR came in at about 10PM, after a full day in surgery and said I needed to have the surgery to repair my lung. I asked for a second opinion and since I wasn't in grave danger, I got one. At almost midnight they wanted to do the surgery but I said no, I wanted the DR to be fresh, so they booked me for first thing the next morning. My dr's PA rolled his eyes at me but I didn't care. Then, the DR kept sending his PA to check on me after the surgery. He was a rude little mean man, very insensitive. And to boot, my lung wasn't healing. I had to tell him to take me off the prednisone so my lung would seal!! One morning, after another rude exchange because he didn't answer my questions, I called a nurse in as my witness and fired him. H was appalled - Hahah. Later, my Pulmonary DR told me that all the nurses on the floor loved that I told the little meany off and fired him. He said I had 'cohones' and he loved that, even as I could barely draw breath, I was able to advocate for myself. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Never EVER be afraid to question your doctors. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 203130, member: 2211"] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Being a bad patient can save your life for sure. I'm sure being a bad patient has saved mine - a few times.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Years (eons) ago I collapsed my lung and ended up in the ER. H, then my boyfriend, was with me and the nurse asked him to leave because he wasn't 'family'. I stood up and said, "If he leaves, I leave. I'm paying the bill, so I call the shots". H stayed and the nurses were very nice to us. Later, the DR came in at about 10PM, after a full day in surgery and said I needed to have the surgery to repair my lung. I asked for a second opinion and since I wasn't in grave danger, I got one. At almost midnight they wanted to do the surgery but I said no, I wanted the DR to be fresh, so they booked me for first thing the next morning. My dr's PA rolled his eyes at me but I didn't care. Then, the DR kept sending his PA to check on me after the surgery. He was a rude little mean man, very insensitive. And to boot, my lung wasn't healing. I had to tell him to take me off the prednisone so my lung would seal!! One morning, after another rude exchange because he didn't answer my questions, I called a nurse in as my witness and fired him. H was appalled - Hahah. Later, my Pulmonary DR told me that all the nurses on the floor loved that I told the little meany off and fired him. He said I had 'cohones' and he loved that, even as I could barely draw breath, I was able to advocate for myself. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Never EVER be afraid to question your doctors. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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