what do i do...

• by tpod
• 2008-06-10 11:06:28
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if i hate my doctor's assistant?

michael, the assistant to my CEP, is the biggest jerk i have ever had the displeasure of meeting. he is condescending and patronizing, disorganized and disrespectful. every time i speak to him (which has only been three times) he puts on these airs that are supposed to make me feel like the biggest moron to walk the planet. i question him about something, and he gets offended and begins speaking to me as though i'm two.

thing is, i'm pretty well-versed in medical terminology, i know most of the treatments for these things, etc etc, because i've been in disability for a very long time. (i work for a major health and life insurance company.) if he says something that confuses me, or that i don't agree with, or that i actually know to be untrue, i'm not afraid to speak up and provide proof. i KNOW it pisses him off, but i don't care...this is MY health we're talking about, and i'm through screwing around.

i just called because i have my ablation scheduled for next week, and i wanted to make sure i knew when to stop my medicines, when to arrive, etc. all the normal stuff i should know before a procedure, right? only i called the main office, not his extension, because the last time i called him, he never bothered. i had to get the office involved to get him to call me at all, and even then, he acted like i was bothering him! (and this was to find out when this was happening!) he is UNBELIEVABLE.

anyway. when i called three weeks ago, i asked him if i would need to make a pre-op, and he said no, to show up at 6:30a the day of the procedure, and they'd do everything then. i was like, 'perfect, thank you, have a day.' done. only this weekend did i start thinking about the rest of it - i take aspirin, as i imagine most of us do, and sotalol, and i needed to know if i should stop taking them.

so he calls me back and says 'this time, you need to take out a piece of paper and a pen, because you've OBVIOUSLY forgotten the instructions i gave you LAST time.'

...i was LOOKING at the piece of paper i'd written everything down on last time, he can kiss it.

he ran roughshod over me for a few minutes, and i finally asked him about the meds, and he had the audacity to say 'we discussed this. anything else?'

!!!!!!!!!!

i spoke up and said 'we did NOT discuss this, i would have written it down with everything else.' and he said 'stop the sotalol 24 hours before, fasting, arrive at 6am. that's it.' and i said 'oh, six am? it was six-thirty two seconds ago. i'll change that to be sure i'm on time. thanks for your time, have a great day.' and i hung up the phone.

but he upset me, and i really, truly dislike him...but i think my CEP is the bomb. i just want to punch this guy in the face. he upset me to the point where i needed to walk away from my desk at work. i hate it when people make me that angry - i always cry.

he's SUCH a word i refuse to type here.

/ bitching. sorry. just had to get it out.