Comments on: A Trip To The Zoo, I Mean The Cardiologist

By: Roberta

Roberta — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:25:20 +0000

Too funny.. Too true. Happens with the orthopedist as well.

By: Elizabeth Blake

Elizabeth Blake — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:21:32 +0000

I went months crawling on my hands and knees because my heart would stop beating.
First doctor I went to told me to “drink more water.”
Second doctor I went to told me to “exercise more.”
E.R. doctor I then went to called the second doctor who told him over the phone, “It’s nothing. Have her see me in a couple weeks.”
After 6 months of this, the last doctor I saw was a specialist: electrophysiologist. He told me I needed a pacemaker immediately because the electrical circuit in my heart telling it to beat was short-circuiting. He said I would die from this.
And yes, I’m the youngest one in the office whenever I go there for checkups, which I do every 3 months now.
Good blog!

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:57:57 +0000

Now I know why young pretty girls are in the cardiologist office when I’m there. The Docs keep them waiting so they’re available to catch older, infirm patients when they fall.

By: Musings from Me

Musings from Me — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:07:42 +0000

On a serious note…I hope you are well and that you find out what the issue is. Heart issues are scary at any age. My 13 yo passed out at school last Monday. No reason except perhaps dehydration. I have an appointment with a cardiologist in a couple of weeks.

On a humorous note…I was laughing at the names of the other patients. Sounds like you were in an assisted living facility not a doctor’s ofice.

By: Joanne Grey

Joanne Grey — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:14:00 +0000

Great article Jenny. Did you write this while you were waiting? Waiting rooms are fantastic places to get your writing done, while the powers of observation come into their own!
Thanks for the chuckle! So true…

By: Karen Rinehart

Karen Rinehart — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:09:49 +0000

And then there’s everyone clutching their ziploc bags of Rx’s……

okay okay I’ve done it myself! Easier to just hand the dang bag over to the nurse then remember………

By: double-Gee

double-Gee — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:01:06 +0000

sounds exactly like my experience here in atlanta. hopefully it will turn out to be nothing like mine was (false alarm w/ blood pressure; i blame it on the extremely hot nurse during a “corporate welness” day at work). i am only 40 but it was a great “head up” to remember to eat as clean as possible vs being in that waiting room in 20 years. before you get too ticked you are going to feel like “the bees knees” when you kick the living crap out of the stress test they will probably put you through. you know the treadmill thing w/ the radioactive IV; it’s a blasty-blast {{sarcasm off}}. took me forever (4x longer than Saul did at least) to get up to the right heart rate they wanted; like some bizarre speedwalking contest.

By: ExtraordinaryMommy

ExtraordinaryMommy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:19:46 +0000

OK – so seriously – I laughed out loud at your response to your husband when he asked if your paperwork was holding you up. Sounds like a solid day at the dr’s office – glad you didn’t have to catch Estelle.

By: rachy

rachy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:04:20 +0000

So, Jenny, this is what you need to do when going to doctor’s visits or the emergency room or the like:
1) Bring reading material like a good long book, or the Sunday New York Times.
2) Assume you won’t be out for hours; you’ll be so pleased when you’re done only 90 min. after your appointment!
3) Find your “happy place” and go there in your mind, ignoring the other patients, nurses, and medical smells in the waiting room. (This helped when I accompanied my dear elderly mother to an appointment and she would repeat “This is rediculous! I don’t need a doctor.” every 15 min.)

If all this doesn’t work, try an attidude adjustment: At 90, my mother has sworn off doctors (won’t let them touch her or test her or sample her blood), but has nothing physically wrong with her and probably will live to 100!

By: Bari

Bari — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:28:23 +0000

Doctors are G-ds. Doctors are kings. They are all seeing and all knowing. You must be patient. You must wait. You’re young , you will learn. First you must pay your dues. Then fifty years down the road you get to first or collapse in the young girls arms in front of you.

By: Barbara Hales

Barbara Hales — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:43:54 +0000

The fact that the malpractice rates have soared into the stratosphere and Medicare is reimbursing the physician oh, about $1.98 per person probably has something to do with the scenario that you describe.
Add to this mix the fact that when the doctor instructs the patient to get dressed, he takes 35 minutes, fumbling with the buttons, to vacate the room.
Yes, the doctor’s office makes great fodder for humor but when you think about it, is it really funny? We are all going to be needy someday……….hopefully not in the near future!

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