“She was being hysterical”
The doctor probably.
Seriously though, women have a hard fucking time getting doctors to believe them. My mother fought for a decade to finally get her diagnostic. I have lady friends that suffered years before finally getting their endometriosis diagnosis.
Me? I walk in and say “I have these symptoms. I think I have this” and i walk out with my prescription or reference.
It’s crazy
Usually a doctor does some preliminary tests or at least a quick look. That doctor is not a doctor, even though he may have the paperwork that says he is.
She may have had a loose screw, but I’d say she was still pretty sane
“Just try to advocate for yourself,” she said. “Stand up for yourself the best that you can … I guess it didn’t go great for me, so — have better luck.”
That made me chuckle. Yeah pretty much. I’ve seen a lot of doctors for chronic issues over the years and it’s just really hard to know when to be pushy and when to shut up and trust them or give up and just get a second opinion. Although this was pretty blatant negligence. The guy didn’t even look at her head ffs.
This is one sided story. It would be nice to know if it was a critical incident and what really happened. I hope there is no cyst
It’s ALWAYS a one-sided story with healthcare in Canada, we don’t get meaningful data out of the system
American women have the same issue, I’ve heard of some getting a man to join them on their visits so that their issues are actually listened to. The need for this action is so stupid it hurts the brain. I’ve given up on doctors myself, except if they need to cut something out or stitch/cast something. If they can’t see it, they don’t believe you especially if you have a high pain tolerance
Everyone, men and women both, should always bring someone with them to medical appointments. Here in Ontario (and I suspect most places) patients have a right to bring someone with them to all medical appointments. The quality of care received is in general much higher when the doctor does not feel like they are alone and unobserved with the patient.
I’ve gone with a friend so she could do her appointment, many years ago
If this is yet another attack on our public health system, I gotta say that you meet with some authoritarian doctors who minimize or dismiss (particularly female) patients’ concerns in any medical system. At least in the Canadian system you aren’t also dealing with some non credentialled bean counter at the insurance office preventing your doctor from prescribing the drugs or procedures you need. A system that is geared to maximizing profits for shareholders rather than maximizing best outcomes for patients is always gonna be more broken than one whose focus is on delivering health care for everyone.
Not that we couldn’t improve our Canadian health care system, but I have experienced both and believe me, unless you’re rich in the US you also experience long wait times. With the added fun of big co-payments and/or lifelong debt if anything major happens. I lived in the US for about 45 years and thankfully had no really major health issues — despite having a good job and reasonable insurance I would have had my savings pretty much torpedoed if I’d had any major operation requiring hospital stay.
In the US system when you visit a clinic because you’re in pain or have scary symptoms, basically the first paperwork you’re presented with is ‘how are you going to pay for this?” They want proof of ability to pay. The Canadian system felt like heaven by comparison. I’m sure if you’re filthy rich then the US system is more attractive because you can just buy your way to the front of the line and command the time of experts (even if you don’t really need the top tier medicos for your personal problem, you can still hire them). But if you’re just a regular person, you’re much better off in say BC. Alberta, I dunno what to say, y’all seem to be trying to become a satrapy of the US… what’s with that?
Could be. But also some doctors are just arrogant idiots. I went in to a clinic for a inguinal hernia and when I explained to the doctor what was wrong with me (pulled adductor and inguinal bulging) he scoffed because I wasn’t a medical doctor and ridiculed me for using “ooh big words” (his actual wording), and had me lay down to examine me. he said there is nothing there, so I countered that it was Inguinal and correct check is with patient standing. He was then pissed off and told me I was fine and had me leave.
I went back a week or so later and it was a different doctor, he did the proper check and said you should not be walking around like this, made surgical request, and I was in surgery quite soon after.
So if you get an asshole doctor they just ignore the patient.
At least you don’t have to go into debt to get your malpractice!
Seriously,
CanadianOntario healthcare is terrible and has only been propped up by ‘at least it’s not the USA’ for decades.Ontario…you bitch endlessly about declining healthcare.
Also Ontario, you vote Doug Ford majorities.
Depends on the area. Ontario I had a few issues, but in BC it has been amazing (for me and my family). Its triage, so emergencies go first, and some folks have issue with that.
I can’t comment on Canadian healthcare but here in Ontario it is the worst it’s been my entire life, which is longer than I care to say.
Healthcare should be run as a 100% financial loss. Like armed forces, the point is not to generate profit or even to break even, it is to provide an essential service. Right now there are doctors offices, hospitals, labs, and specialists who are forced to cut corners because the price they are paid per service is set by OHIP (in Ontario) but the rent on their building, the cost of equipment and the cost of living keeps rising. On top of that, hospitals have massive administrative staffs and boards of directors who suck facilities dry regardless of whether they actually provide any value.
A fully government operated system buys or rents the building, buys the equipment, pays medical staff, and provides administrative support. All costs, no revenue. There is still an incentive for the government to provide the best care possible for the lowest cost to tax payers but there is no middle men trying to balance care with keeping the lights on, or trying to squeeze a new boat out of this quarter’s crop of cancer patients.
oh is that what the armed forces are for…
clearly you and doug ford do not share many values. to many, especially in the context of a colonialist nation like canada, the point of government is to facilitate the conversion of value from natural and human resources into private wealth. that’s why the nation’s founders created our great country.
