03-18-2018, 07:45 AM
(03-17-2018, 09:18 AM)Skink Wrote: Thank you Rafterman,,, To be fair the doctors here have their hands tied by the government ... The medical profession like politicians save their hide first then ours... My doctor did give me a compression sock that relieved some distress and if his butt was not on the line he probably would of gave me something for the pain,,, he explained to the student he was mentoring how painful my situation could be but still denied me...
Absolutely agree, Skink. It is hard to blame anyone who is operating under potential penalty of law, for simply trying to keep his job. Some people forget that being a doctor is a job and I don't know any layperson who would report to work and intentionally get themselves fired. That said, I know there are circumstances where a doctor has to stick his neck out a bit in attempt to simply do what is morally right. Like helping a person who is in pain. Example..kidney stones. I have had problems with them for decades. The old ER protocol was to do a CT. If they spot one in one of your ureters, they hung a back of [email=Dil@udid]Dil@udid[/email]. If they decided to send you home to pass it, you left with 15 Oxy 5/325's. That was better than nothing. The new protocol when they send you home is Flowmax and Ibuprofen. They are playing CYA while people are trying to take down kidney stone pain with Ibuprofen. Totally get where you are coming from and feel bad for you. Regards, RM