TheBanyanTree: Continuing Out of Darkness

[Sally Larwood]

Yes. What she says. 

Sal 

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> On 25 May 2014, at 18:10, Laura Hicks <wolfljsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Monique Colver
> <monique.colver at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> “No, you don’t understand,” I said, “I’m pretty sure I have a sinus
>> infection.”
>> 
>> “No, I don’t think so,” she said, in her vague eastern European accent.
> 
> There is not much worse than knowing full well you have a sinus infection,
> and having the doctor tell you you're fine. Especially when you're the one
> who's been living in that body for fifty or so years, and this doctor has
> never seen you before. Believe me, if I could hock up a big, green and grey
> loogie for you on command, I would. "Culture THIS, bitch!" <grumph> Doctors
> who think they know your body better than you do, are a pet peeve of mine.
> I'm glad you got your A/Bs, even if she did just give them to you so you'd
> shut up. (Bad doctor. BAD doctor. Never, ever give A/B's just to shut your
> patient up. If you don't believe they have a bacterial infection, but they
> believe it, take a swab and do a culture. It ain't that hard. You're a
> lazy, incompetent, BAD DOCTOR. Do me a favor, Neeky - don't go see that
> doctor any more, 'kay?)
> 
> Laura
> wolfljsh at gmail.com