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16 years ago
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I just found out yesterday that the orthopedic surgeon who has been taking his own lovely time with my case decided that I wasn't a candidate for hip replacement just yet, and that I should get by on cortizone (or whatever) injections for a while longer before he puts me on his ungodly long waiting list, long list because he's like, the best you know. Nobody bothered to even try to contact me mum about this. Fucking communication. I don't care how bloody good you are as a surgeon, and nobody doubts he's tops in his field, but if you can't communicate then anything else is immaterial.
For the record, I only have email now as the idea of having a phone that I only get two or three calls on a month is rather ridiculous.) I knew right from our first rushed meeting where he didn't listen to a goddamn word I was saying and took off on a tangent, that he was about to add a year to my sentence right there. But still I mapped out my best way of dealing with this, get the rehab doctor to sort it out and not get involved! Wonderful job the rehab doctor did... not a goddamn thing! People have to understand that it's not the system here, it's the people involved, and that I myself can do little since I'm so far from town and each trip in can be an ordeal.
I've told him a couple of times, once in writing and once in person, that the big problem is that he lives in a strange and alien world, and thinks it's normal! Think about it... the world you live in is not natural! The world I live in, is! Other than in my abode, my barn, my life is not full of flat floors, even surfaces, and open spaces. It's rough, covered in sticky mud, and it's got rocks and trees everywhere. In my world I do not twist a dial when it gets cold, I go out and haul wood upstairs to be burned in the stove. I do not twist a knob to get water, I pump it out of the ground and into buckets which I also have to haul upstairs. I can't do that now so basically this guy has made a judgment call that evicts me from my home, at least for the winter months. But he's a doctor so of course he knows what's best for me. What arrogance.
For the record, I only have email now as the idea of having a phone that I only get two or three calls on a month is rather ridiculous.) I knew right from our first rushed meeting where he didn't listen to a goddamn word I was saying and took off on a tangent, that he was about to add a year to my sentence right there. But still I mapped out my best way of dealing with this, get the rehab doctor to sort it out and not get involved! Wonderful job the rehab doctor did... not a goddamn thing! People have to understand that it's not the system here, it's the people involved, and that I myself can do little since I'm so far from town and each trip in can be an ordeal.
I've told him a couple of times, once in writing and once in person, that the big problem is that he lives in a strange and alien world, and thinks it's normal! Think about it... the world you live in is not natural! The world I live in, is! Other than in my abode, my barn, my life is not full of flat floors, even surfaces, and open spaces. It's rough, covered in sticky mud, and it's got rocks and trees everywhere. In my world I do not twist a dial when it gets cold, I go out and haul wood upstairs to be burned in the stove. I do not twist a knob to get water, I pump it out of the ground and into buckets which I also have to haul upstairs. I can't do that now so basically this guy has made a judgment call that evicts me from my home, at least for the winter months. But he's a doctor so of course he knows what's best for me. What arrogance.
http://www.ratemds.com/doctor-ratin.....nipeg/Monteiro
http://www.ratemds.com/doctor-ratin.....nnipeg/Mallick
http://www.ratemds.com/doctor-ratin...../Winnipeg/Lang
Fucking cunts. These are people's LIVES, and they have less accountability than your average garage mechanic.
I wonder how much it would cost to get it done in the US or India (I hear they're quite good... just like Mexico has lots of good dentists, India is supposed to have lots of good surgeons). Heh... just found http://www.hipreplacementindia.com/; it looks like there's a whole industry (travel arrangements, etc.) around it.
Last time I got it do it too bad was in August when I was taking those rainbow shots -- fell from the rocks over a meter high... Got a nasty gash on my arm, but managed to keep the camera intact :)