Jonathan, I totally agree with you, the medical system in the US SUCKS! I was disgusted then and disgusted now. The American medical system is an unmitigated disgrace, and this goes for care of a person with some financial resources; God pity the poor.
JBB TJ Garland wrote: > List-- I went a ENT for an ear problem last week. I was given a 3 pm appt., > and found a FULL office. I guess dr's overbook like Delta. There was a > short 3/4 page med history to fill out while waiting. There's nothing like > reading 4 yr. old LADIES HOME JOURNALs. I finally went into the exam room at > 4:15. Next a nurse took more personal info and was indignant when I would > not give my SSN. I finally gave her Charles Manson's #. A nurse took my bp. > The young doctor strolled in- I told him my problem and told him I had been > reading a lot about the problem, and had a BS in Chem and could talk shop > --but I told of no alt meds I had tried. I wanted a diagnosis and prognosis > from him. I also wanted a hearing test from a licensed audiologist. I told > him I had a history of ear problems as a child and my ear canal was very > itchy. He looked in my ear with a fancy "microscope" as he called it. It was > attached to a flexible arm. He said hmmm- looks like there is a "crust" on > your eardrum. He then applied a little suction on them . I became dizzy. He > then wrote me a prescription for 2% hydrocortizone in 2% acetic acid drops. > He would not answer any questions on sensorineural loss, ear infections, > antiobiotics, allergies, Meniere's, etc. He treated me like a 10 yr old > child. I He would not do an audiogram. He wanted to see me next week after > taking the itch cream for a week ?!!!!!! I never told him I used garlic/ > mullein for the canal problem. He marked my chart $150 (level 3 charge). I > had a fit!!( nicely) I could only get him down to $120 - and still felt the > prescription should have been for vaseline. His 3 man office was seeing 50 > people an hour that day. I received absolutely nothing for the money. I only > went to him because he was supposed to be the "best"- and and I couldn't see > my own ear drum with my otoscope. He reinforced my opinion of the allopaths. > Any suggestions or comments?? Thanks for allowing the vent. goldenokie9 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
