There is nothing quite like paying someone not to listen to you.
Me: “We need to do something different. The diabetes medicine is triggering my IBS. I’m at the point where it is affecting my work.”
Doctor: “Did you know that the drug you are on has benefits for preventing cancer?”
Me: “What? I’m in the bathroom at least 4 hours a day, every few days, because of this medicine.”
Doctor: “I wish I was on the diabetes medicine you are on just for its cancer preventing abilities alone.”
Me: “You have diabetes?”
Doctor: “No, but the cancer benefits.”
*The above conversation is slightly exaggerated but not too far off from the actual conversation.
After weeks of dealing with side effects from my diabetes drug, I had hoped for a new path of treatment. Instead, I was told that I am:
Doctor: “You’re doing good. Keep taking the medicine.”
So frustrating to waste time and pay someone not to listen to me. All the while they are messing with medication, and my health.
I’m hunting for a new primary care doctor. I shouldn’t have to feel like I am fighting against a domineering/non-listening doctor who doesn’t care whether I am sicker than a dog or not.
