Thursday, April 17, 2008
After a couple of weeks of worrying, today I saw a gynaecologist. I came away with good news, the symptoms I have been experiencing have no sinister cause. Whatever the cause, I wasn't given a clear explanation! The Doctor who I saw had absolutely no communication skills and his spoken English was poor. While I am sure that the man was highly qualified in his field, am I totally unreasonable to expect to understand what is said by the medic who is treating me. I had received in the post a six page questionnaire, when I tried to give it to the Dr he didn't want it. Why had I bothered carefully filling in all the most intimate details of my medical history. Should I complain?
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Yes you should complain, yes it is totally reasonable to expect a comprehensible level of English from the doctor and really, you should be able to see a woman doctor too. It's amazing what they can come up with when my friend Simmi is involved and making loud demands about only seeing a woman doctor.
However, glad that whatever it is was nothing to worry about.
I have had a recall from my screening mammogram. I went to my GP and she couldn't find anything at all, so I have to go for a 'diagnostic mammogram' now. She seemed completely unconcerned about it (which actually was probably the best thing for me) but ragged me for not having my cholesterol tested for two years.
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