Doctor Do-Right
Jul. 8th, 2005 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thessalianI remember my doctor in Enfield, whose sole mission in life seemed to be to patch me up to the very bare minimum it would take to get me functional and get me the hell out of her office.
My new doctor is not like this.
My new doctor poked and prodded, found out what the other doctor (emergency surgery last week) prescribed, listened to me when I said I didn't want another prescription because the side effects were awful, explained that it was probably nerve problems caused by something swelling somewhere and then reached for the "sign people off work form". I told him I was probably going back on Monday. He informed me that if it still hurt, it was probably a bad idea to go back straight away -- something about "companies take care of themselves and will squeeze you for every drop of blood" and to not let them pressure me back until I was better.
So to sum up, instead of "I don't believe you can't go back to work when you're in pain", I get signed off for another week. Of course, I have to finish the course of anti-inflammatories (blech) but at least I don't have to take any more after those are gone.
I like my new doctor.
My new doctor is not like this.
My new doctor poked and prodded, found out what the other doctor (emergency surgery last week) prescribed, listened to me when I said I didn't want another prescription because the side effects were awful, explained that it was probably nerve problems caused by something swelling somewhere and then reached for the "sign people off work form". I told him I was probably going back on Monday. He informed me that if it still hurt, it was probably a bad idea to go back straight away -- something about "companies take care of themselves and will squeeze you for every drop of blood" and to not let them pressure me back until I was better.
So to sum up, instead of "I don't believe you can't go back to work when you're in pain", I get signed off for another week. Of course, I have to finish the course of anti-inflammatories (blech) but at least I don't have to take any more after those are gone.
I like my new doctor.