Posted by syringachalet on January 4, 2003, at 13:26:11
In reply to Re: How much is a lobotomy nowadays? » TheHermit, posted by utopizen on January 4, 2003, at 11:16:42
utopizen,
I agree with you that no doc-pdoc I have ever known would let a patient go untreated or unrelieved for so long a time.
I have some patients that withheld what was really happening with them(for a variety of reasons).
For these people, I was not really able to effective help them for a while.( < 6 months)
I do try to read body language and verb cues.
I guess they thought I could read their minds.It must take the effort of the patient and the doctor communicating the effectiveness or lack of for the medication to be an effective tool in helping relieve some of the patients symptoms.
If your doctor is not interested in helping you get the right med combo, perhaps its time for a "second opinion'. Any doc worth his 'sheep skin on the wall' would not be threathened by a second opinion.
Most HMOs and insurance companies here in the USA require a 'second opinion' for any expensive medical procedure being done that the insurance will be required to cover the cost of...So the decision is: Is your med situation bad enough that you will bring it up to your doc on your next visit.. or find a new doc that will meet YOUR needs?
Please keep me (us) posted on how this situation resolves itself and know that we do care and are here to support you whatever you decide to do..
syringachalet
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