dr. apathetic

i just got back from my doctor's appointment that i have been dreading. i woke up early on my day off so she could look at my shoulder that has been going out since last summer.

i wasn't surprised that she was a half-hour late. i was surprised she wasn't fourty-five minutes late because that is usually the way things go - i expect that...that's fine. but when she kept cutting me off when i was trying to tell her what the problem was, i started to get a little annoyed. i am pretty sure you have to listen to the patient before you make a diagnosis.

she walked in the office at 11:02 and she was out by 11:05. sorry, nothing i can do. i have been living with a bad back for twenty-years, so now you have to. she was basically laughing that i came in for something so trivial, even after i had tried months of daily yoga (not just a little yoga, either. at least an hour or two) and avoided coming into her office because i felt like it was a stupid problem.

i have had back problems for awhile. so i know when something is a "normal back thing" or a tearing SHOULDER pain. she recommended doing everything that i have already been doing. she said advil might help sometimes - yeah, doing that. no chiropracter, no massage, nothing. she barely left the doorway. she used my appointment to bitch about her back problems.

sorry, i really needed to rant. no, i need an analgesic, but this is good too.