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Originally Posted by dillywho
I even left one doctor because he was in such a hurry. When he was trying to dismiss us, I told him that I had another question. He informed me that he didn't have time. Absolutely not acceptable! It was a question about the medicine the doctor who had placed a stent for my husband had prescribed and had no refills. I wanted to know if he wanted him to stay on it, and if so, I would need another script.
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I want to gently support the practice of that doctor. If I read your complaint, YOU had an appointment, and at the end believed it was appropriate to ask the doctor to manage your spouse who was not at the appointment. You might think the doctor remembers exactly who your spouse it, the details of what meds he takes, what the particulars of his surgery and his stent may be, what labs he has had done, or not had done, what the results of those labs might have been, how long he had been on the medications and the myriad of other details that need to be updated and used in making the decision whether a patient will need a refill. It is not even clear that you were seeing the surgeon who had done the surgery and originally given the medication. So your "one more thing" is not simple and should not have been handled at YOUR visit. Instead your husband who knew he was running out of medication and may or may not have needed a refill should have had his own visit where the doctor would have the needed time to do what needs to be done with caution, not with "one more thing" speed. So yes, perhaps the response you got was unexpected, but it may be because your expectation was not consistent with good medical care.
The doctor would rather loose you as a walk away patient than loose your spouse as a dead patient from a mishandled hurried decision.