Hey everyone, just a rant here. I know this is more for the Break Room, but I just started back working and can't quite pay for a premium membership yet. It's not really a rant, more a pathetic whine
Today I finally get my rear in for a physical. With 4 kids, sometimes I forget to take care of myself. So, I'm feeling good about going in to get myself checked out. First thing when the NP comes in, she looks at my kids and says, "Couldn't you get anyone to babysit for you?" Well, if I could, I would have done that, instead of dragging a 5 year old, a 2 year old and a 5 month old in here. So, she asks her nurse to play with them while I get checked out. Because, you know, that is what we nurses do.....babysit.
So, I get on the scale. I'm pretty happy to see that I'm back to my pre-preganancy weight. Now, granted, I can stand to lose a few pounds (okay, I'll be honest, maybe 15 or 20), but I just have to watch my eating habits....nothing major. My NP sits down and we start talking. She says to me, "So, what do you want to talk about, besides the fact that you're overweight." Well, thank you for that. But what I really want to talk about is me quitting smoking. I ask about trying Wellbutrin but I get shot down because I'm breastfeeding (okay, get that) and that I should "just do a program because you have to really want to quit, you shouldn't need any meds or patches." If I didn't feel I needed that, I wouldn't ask for it. I also asked about medication for my migraine. Since I was pregnant and now breastfeeding, I haven't been on my regiment of Neurontin/Relpax. The answer I got was just to try other things instead of meds. Once again, if they worked, I WOULD DO IT! While filling out my lab slip for blood work, she says to me, "they just have an obese dx code here, I wish they'd have one for overweight" OKAY, I GET IT ALREADY!!!
In the end, I walked in hoping that I'd get relief from my headaches and on my way to quitting smoking, and walked out of there feeling like a fat, nicotine addicted loser, no better off than when I came in, except now I feel like my image of myself has been horribly distorted all this time and I should be really concerned about getting this weight off. I never thought of myself as really overweight, and I fit in the same size I have for years. But, I guess the truth hurts, and that's what's really bothering me.
Anyway, like the eternal optimist I am, I walk out of there, get myself some Nicorette gum, and go on the Weight watchers website to check out what they have to offer. And then, after hearing my DH won't be home until late, struggling with my kids who are just fighting all day long, getting them all out to Vacation Bible school and volunteering there while trying the nurse my 5 month old, I go out and get myself a BLT hoagie and a pack of smokes.
BTW, jkaee. I am so sorry you had a bad experience when you went in asking for help. I worry about the way people are treated these days in healthcare, and, as a patient, I have seen customer service in the Dr.'s office take a turn for the worse. I'm very nervous about the push for good customer service making the nurse (and other providers) more of a waitress or hostess. But, I really worry that no one seems to be focusing on the real issues of truly bad customer service that continues.
I've also had another female doctor refer to me as the "Worm Lady", due to my childhood problem with pinworm infestations. Um, THANK YOU! :imbar
It's not like I ask the worms to come live in my...well, you know...
Thank you, thank you for this post! This one gave me a good, hearty laugh which I desperately need these days. And, remember, I'm not laughing AT you but WITH you. :chuckle
Edited to say, I really don't think it was at all funny for her to do that. I found it funny because it was just so shockingly unbelievable, plus I was imagining your reaction when she did it and I just got all giggly... please don't hate me! lol.
As a matter of fact, this whole thread has been very entertaining starting with the BLT and smokes... :rotfl: And to the OP, I WISH I only had 15 or 20 lbs. to worry about!! :stone If I were you I'd be flaunting my stuff all over town and would be danged happy to get up on those scales! And after 4 kids, too! You go, girl!
Hey everyone, just a rant here. I know this is more for the Break Room, but I just started back working and can't quite pay for a premium membership yet. It's not really a rant, more a pathetic whine
Today I finally get my rear in for a physical. With 4 kids, sometimes I forget to take care of myself. So, I'm feeling good about going in to get myself checked out. First thing when the NP comes in, she looks at my kids and says, "Couldn't you get anyone to babysit for you?" Well, if I could, I would have done that, instead of dragging a 5 year old, a 2 year old and a 5 month old in here. So, she asks her nurse to play with them while I get checked out. Because, you know, that is what we nurses do.....babysit.
So, I get on the scale. I'm pretty happy to see that I'm back to my pre-preganancy weight. Now, granted, I can stand to lose a few pounds (okay, I'll be honest, maybe 15 or 20), but I just have to watch my eating habits....nothing major. My NP sits down and we start talking. She says to me, "So, what do you want to talk about, besides the fact that you're overweight." Well, thank you for that. But what I really want to talk about is me quitting smoking. I ask about trying Wellbutrin but I get shot down because I'm breastfeeding (okay, get that) and that I should "just do a program because you have to really want to quit, you shouldn't need any meds or patches." If I didn't feel I needed that, I wouldn't ask for it. I also asked about medication for my migraine. Since I was pregnant and now breastfeeding, I haven't been on my regiment of Neurontin/Relpax. The answer I got was just to try other things instead of meds. Once again, if they worked, I WOULD DO IT! While filling out my lab slip for blood work, she says to me, "they just have an obese dx code here, I wish they'd have one for overweight" OKAY, I GET IT ALREADY!!!
In the end, I walked in hoping that I'd get relief from my headaches and on my way to quitting smoking, and walked out of there feeling like a fat, nicotine addicted loser, no better off than when I came in, except now I feel like my image of myself has been horribly distorted all this time and I should be really concerned about getting this weight off. I never thought of myself as really overweight, and I fit in the same size I have for years. But, I guess the truth hurts, and that's what's really bothering me.
Anyway, like the eternal optimist I am, I walk out of there, get myself some Nicorette gum, and go on the Weight watchers website to check out what they have to offer. And then, after hearing my DH won't be home until late, struggling with my kids who are just fighting all day long, getting them all out to Vacation Bible school and volunteering there while trying the nurse my 5 month old, I go out and get myself a BLT hoagie and a pack of smokes.
Oh well, tomorrow is another day.....
Jkaee,
I had to laugh.....it is so incredible what worms into the medical establishment. That person is a loser, your not. I so understand where you are coming from. I am constantly trying to better myself, am a exsmoker....never will be obnoxious about it because it is so hard, and forge ahead every day. How did and do I get through it? GOD....that's the only way it's working for me. Don't know where your position is on this matter but God does not want to see me smoking so I pray every day.....sometimes several times and I make it through. Hang in there please, do it for your kids but more so, do it for you. You have to love yourself, really love yourself, before you are truly able to love others. As for as this "person" you went to for a check up......bag them and find someone else. You need to be comfortable with who you have to be totally honest with. Otherwise you are wasting your time! Hugs, Bindy
Hey everyone, just a rant here. I know this is more for the Break Room, but I just started back working and can't quite pay for a premium membership yet. It's not really a rant, more a pathetic whine
Today I finally get my rear in for a physical. With 4 kids, sometimes I forget to take care of myself. So, I'm feeling good about going in to get myself checked out. First thing when the NP comes in, she looks at my kids and says, "Couldn't you get anyone to babysit for you?" Well, if I could, I would have done that, instead of dragging a 5 year old, a 2 year old and a 5 month old in here. So, she asks her nurse to play with them while I get checked out. Because, you know, that is what we nurses do.....babysit.
So, I get on the scale. I'm pretty happy to see that I'm back to my pre-preganancy weight. Now, granted, I can stand to lose a few pounds (okay, I'll be honest, maybe 15 or 20), but I just have to watch my eating habits....nothing major. My NP sits down and we start talking. She says to me, "So, what do you want to talk about, besides the fact that you're overweight." Well, thank you for that. But what I really want to talk about is me quitting smoking. I ask about trying Wellbutrin but I get shot down because I'm breastfeeding (okay, get that) and that I should "just do a program because you have to really want to quit, you shouldn't need any meds or patches." If I didn't feel I needed that, I wouldn't ask for it. I also asked about medication for my migraine. Since I was pregnant and now breastfeeding, I haven't been on my regiment of Neurontin/Relpax. The answer I got was just to try other things instead of meds. Once again, if they worked, I WOULD DO IT! While filling out my lab slip for blood work, she says to me, "they just have an obese dx code here, I wish they'd have one for overweight" OKAY, I GET IT ALREADY!!!
In the end, I walked in hoping that I'd get relief from my headaches and on my way to quitting smoking, and walked out of there feeling like a fat, nicotine addicted loser, no better off than when I came in, except now I feel like my image of myself has been horribly distorted all this time and I should be really concerned about getting this weight off. I never thought of myself as really overweight, and I fit in the same size I have for years. But, I guess the truth hurts, and that's what's really bothering me.
Anyway, like the eternal optimist I am, I walk out of there, get myself some Nicorette gum, and go on the Weight watchers website to check out what they have to offer. And then, after hearing my DH won't be home until late, struggling with my kids who are just fighting all day long, getting them all out to Vacation Bible school and volunteering there while trying the nurse my 5 month old, I go out and get myself a BLT hoagie and a pack of smokes.
Hey everyone, just a rant here. I know this is more for the Break Room, but I just started back working and can't quite pay for a premium membership yet. It's not really a rant, more a pathetic whine
Today I finally get my rear in for a physical. With 4 kids, sometimes I forget to take care of myself. So, I'm feeling good about going in to get myself checked out. First thing when the NP comes in, she looks at my kids and says, "Couldn't you get anyone to babysit for you?" Well, if I could, I would have done that, instead of dragging a 5 year old, a 2 year old and a 5 month old in here. So, she asks her nurse to play with them while I get checked out. Because, you know, that is what we nurses do.....babysit.
So, I get on the scale. I'm pretty happy to see that I'm back to my pre-preganancy weight. Now, granted, I can stand to lose a few pounds (okay, I'll be honest, maybe 15 or 20), but I just have to watch my eating habits....nothing major. My NP sits down and we start talking. She says to me, "So, what do you want to talk about, besides the fact that you're overweight." Well, thank you for that. But what I really want to talk about is me quitting smoking. I ask about trying Wellbutrin but I get shot down because I'm breastfeeding (okay, get that) and that I should "just do a program because you have to really want to quit, you shouldn't need any meds or patches." If I didn't feel I needed that, I wouldn't ask for it. I also asked about medication for my migraine. Since I was pregnant and now breastfeeding, I haven't been on my regiment of Neurontin/Relpax. The answer I got was just to try other things instead of meds. Once again, if they worked, I WOULD DO IT! While filling out my lab slip for blood work, she says to me, "they just have an obese dx code here, I wish they'd have one for overweight" OKAY, I GET IT ALREADY!!!
In the end, I walked in hoping that I'd get relief from my headaches and on my way to quitting smoking, and walked out of there feeling like a fat, nicotine addicted loser, no better off than when I came in, except now I feel like my image of myself has been horribly distorted all this time and I should be really concerned about getting this weight off. I never thought of myself as really overweight, and I fit in the same size I have for years. But, I guess the truth hurts, and that's what's really bothering me.
Anyway, like the eternal optimist I am, I walk out of there, get myself some Nicorette gum, and go on the Weight watchers website to check out what they have to offer. And then, after hearing my DH won't be home until late, struggling with my kids who are just fighting all day long, getting them all out to Vacation Bible school and volunteering there while trying the nurse my 5 month old, I go out and get myself a BLT hoagie and a pack of smokes.
Oh well, tomorrow is another day.....
What an unadulterated pile of .... well you know. Obviously she NEVER would have made being a doctor - I mean, "first, do no harm"!!! I've been thru the same thing as you with physicians and NPs who won't listen, and can't relate to what you are trying to do.
Change your PCP. This one is obviously more SELF centered than patient centered. Losers.... :angryfire
I remeber the time I had my employment phyisical...this was NOT my PCP just the EH doctor, never met this man in my life. Well anyway after the phyisical he sat down to talk to me about his "concerns" Apparently his concern was that I needed to exercise because I was as he put it "slightly over weight"...okay yeah I need to exercise..I'll go with him here but the "slightly overweight" part had me puzzled. Okay I had gained some weight in school and was heavier than I would have perfered but then I was also a size 2 before school, but he didn't know that. My weight at the time: 127lbs and I'm 5ft 3 inches. I wear a size 5/6. That was his only "concern" other than that I was perfectly healthy. Thanks butthole:rolleyes: I wonder how he treats the employees that are truely obese.
your post was a hoot!! got a much needed laugh! thank you, thank you!!
You wrote...
"First thing when the NP comes in, she looks at my kids and says, "Couldn't you get anyone to babysit for you?" Well, if I could, I would have done that, instead of dragging a 5 year old, a 2 year old and a 5 month old in here. So, she asks her nurse to play with them while I get checked out. Because, you know, that is what we nurses do.....babysit."
..which leaves me confused. You seem irritated that you couldn't find a baby sitter and then irritated that a nurse was going to be forced to baby sit for you (really, because of your bad planning). What did you expect to be done with your kids during your exam?
Specializes in Gerontological Nursing, Acute Rehab.
You wrote...
"First thing when the NP comes in, she looks at my kids and says, "Couldn't you get anyone to babysit for you?" Well, if I could, I would have done that, instead of dragging a 5 year old, a 2 year old and a 5 month old in here. So, she asks her nurse to play with them while I get checked out. Because, you know, that is what we nurses do.....babysit."
..which leaves me confused. You seem irritated that you couldn't find a baby sitter and then irritated that a nurse was going to be forced to baby sit for you (really, because of your bad planning). What did you expect to be done with your kids during your exam?
No, I was not irritated that I couldn't find a babysitter. What I was irritated about was that my kids were sitting quietly reading books, and my baby was asleep in her corificeat. I was irritated that the NP acted like it was imperative that the kids be taken out, and expected to nurse to watch them. I have had physicals done with my kids there before. All of my prenatal visits I had my kids with me. Never once was it a problem with any other doctor, because my kids are well behaved. I can't tell you how many times I have taken care of my own patients with kids or visitors climbing all over the darn place.
As for my "bad planning", I can't see how you can even make that determination since you have never met me before, and don't know my schedule, or my husband's schedule or my neighbor's schedule. Like I said, if it was easy for me to find a sitter, I'd take advantage of it. Everyone around me works during the day....not that I have to explain that to anyone. If I want to take my kids with me, that's my own choice, and not for ANYONE to act like it's a nuisance, especially when they are just sitting there quietly. Attitudes like that, quite frankly, are the reason why many people, especially women, don't go in to see the doctor that often.
I am morbidly obese but have been working at losing weight, 88lbs, over the last 18 months. None of my doctors have ever been mean to me. My rheumotoligist weighs well over 400lbs and he says, "Obviously I'm not someone who can nag you about your weight but you would have less pain if you lost some." I think it was great you were back to your pre pregnancy weight. That took some hard work. She should have praised you for that. As to not having a babysitter-most mothers would jump at the chance to have someone take their kids for a bit, obviously you couldn't find someone so you did what you had to do. You should be commended for keeping your appointment. I also know many doctors who think nurses should all be healthy and wise cuz we know what we should do. Yikes that NP was a witch. :angryfire
While filling out my lab slip for blood work, she says to me, "they just have an obese dx code here, I wish they'd have one for overweight" OKAY, I GET IT ALREADY!!!
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BTW, jkaee. I am so sorry you had a bad experience when you went in asking for help. I worry about the way people are treated these days in healthcare, and, as a patient, I have seen customer service in the Dr.'s office take a turn for the worse. I'm very nervous about the push for good customer service making the nurse (and other providers) more of a waitress or hostess. But, I really worry that no one seems to be focusing on the real issues of truly bad customer service that continues.