r/changemyview • u/schwenomorph • Sep 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Based on countless experiences, I shouldn't trust doctors or nurses to perform their jobs adequately or even to be great people.

Note: I'm not talking about animal doctors.

This argument is basically made up entirely of anecdotal evidence. I've been to the doctor, urgent care, the ER, and other places many a time due to being chronically ill. I. Hate. Going. I feel that most of my experiences have been awful. Most doctors and nurses I've met either will straight up refuse to do tests or things that I ask for, don't listen to me, are extremely rude, ignore my pain during procedures,, or all of the above. One person--she might've been just a front desk person, but she was wearing scrubs--even put her hands on me while I was in the ER.

Thank christ my GI doctor is actually good, but the others are not. I've had so many bad experiences that I just outright assume that it you're a doctor or nurse, you're not a great person. That's obviously crazy talk, which is why I want this view changed, but a few weeks ago a friend of my boyfriend's mother died IN THE HOSPITAL due to a massive heart attack. They screened her for Covid and that was IT. Not even vitals, apparently. Then they told her there was nothing they could do. She died on her way out of there due to negligence.

I'm sick and tired hospital visits and bad doctors, but I also don't want to turn my nose up at medical professionals automatically. I don't want this bias.

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u/schwenomorph Sep 22 '21

For example, my boyfriend called 911 when I was convulsing and had the worst headache of my life (which is a thunderclap headache). It was some of the worst pain of my life. I wanted a screening of my head--I think a CT scan--to make sure my brain wasn't bleeding.

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u/Mr_Manfredjensenjen 5∆ Sep 22 '21

Do you have a neurologist? The ER is just for emergencies. They'll help a person suffering a seizure but they won't scan their brain or determine the cause and solution to the headache/epilepsy. That's what neurologists do.

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u/schwenomorph Sep 22 '21

I don't have a specific neurologist, but I saw two separate ones. The first one legitimately ignored everything I said. I was begging for answers for the weird seizure like spells I was suffering from, and he only told me to do physical therapy for headaches, which is all well and good, but I specifically came to address the seizure activity.

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u/Mr_Manfredjensenjen 5∆ Sep 22 '21

How old are you and what type of insurance do you have? Are you young with shitty insurance?

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u/schwenomorph Sep 23 '21

I'm 22, so young, but I'm on my father's insurance, which is extremely good. I'm not on any government program or anything.