Genghis Khan said:
I have a new family doctor. She is better than my old, half-senile, 70 plus year old man whose answer to everything was essentially "you don't have to worry about that, you're young."
Wasted CLV said:
Ha ha, classic!! My kids doctor says "Well, I just treat everything like an infection, so here are some anti-biotics." -- so far this year my daughter has had (or been diagnosed with) strep 6 times.
Got one of those myself...
Went to the Doc the other day, had this lump of fat or something under my earlobe... (no biggy really)
Except it's started to get infected, and I couldn't take care of it myself without using a knife, and with all the arteries
in that general area, and me not being a very skilled surgeon, I went to him to get him to do it...
He said: "We'll just poke a hole in it, no need for stitches..."
Offered me local anesthetic, I said needle probably hurt as much as the poke itself, just fucking do it...
He did... told me to hang around for 10-15 min., to make sure the bleeding stopped...
I did, and then I discovered that he'd done a shitty job, the lump was still there...
He went at it again, no anesthetic, just a poke... slapped on a bandage and told me to wear it for 2-3 hours...
When I removed it... Yeah, thats right, the fucking lump was still there...
Today I'm going to another doctor... hopefully one who knows what (s)he's doing...