Tuesday, April 26, 2011

I am not mad. I am not. I am effing pissed. A doctor told me this, so I am not being unreasonable, "Communication is part of the job". Simply put, you went to med school, so you know something I don't know. Please, enlighten me to the best of your ability, coz I care, and I have the right to know what's going on with me.

Now, bluntly put, if you are getting paid for your medical consultation, and I'm the one paying you, I should be getting some answers to my questions. They can be open ended, I am cool with that, just not some patronizing hand waving. I, being the one who didn't go to med school, shouldn't have to decode your words like I was solving a puzzle. Because if I know what you know, I don't need to pay you. So tell me something I don't already know, clearly. And damn it, it better not be exactly opposite of what google will tell me.

I would love to respect your expertise, but you keep giving me reasons not to. I don't care even if you are a genius, if you can't explain it to an 8 year-old, you shouldn't be a doctor. Pardon me for having some standards.

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