"White Coats" are an obstacle to good care
I just got the letter from the GI who did my most recent scope and she says everything looks great and to keep on keeping on and see you in a year for another scope. This same Dr started bitching at me before I had even left the procedure room that the prep wasn't good enough and I needed to come back in 3-4 months. side note: not my first rodeo (scope) and my prep was just fine.
The last handful of scopes have had Drs being very certain of this or that about my disease, only for the labs to come back and contradict them.
Everything looks great, the colon looks healthy, you are in remission (doesn't feel like it). Labs come back that I'm not in remission.
Death and destruction and we need to change your meds (WTH??). Labs come back that nothing is cancerous or abnormal and no changes are needed.
I have become a warrior for my own health and I've stopped challenging the white coats with their preconceived ideas of how my disease or treatment plan NEEDS to look like. I simply move on and find another Dr. I'm done arguing with people who don't bother to look at my whole person to see what could possibly be causing issues (oh, I don't know, how about losing the parent I was closest to and making a cross country move to care for him and having him die in my hands? Can that be taken into consideration before you DEMAND major changes to my treatment plan?) If Dr pushes back on less invasive options then I know that's not the Dr I want.
It's just annoying that these people who went to school to have the most accurate information about the digestive tract can be such goobers when it comes to treating actual patients. For the love of all that is holy, THINK OUTSIDE YOUR BOX! It's also annoying that these people can impact whether your insurance will cover your treatment or if they will make you go through unnecessary hoops. Read the notes in your files!! That's how I found out one of my Drs was using the notes to try to push me into a treatment plan she knew wasn't necessary but would bring money into her firm.
Sorry folks, I'm just bitching. I have made plenty of comments on other posts about the white coats and how that gives them a deity complex and how the patients just take whatever they say and never question it. I know how to be a warrior for myself and I know how to manage my disease and when to ask for help. I'm just annoyed and frustrated and needed community. I know you guys are in the same boat and that you all appreciate the actual Drs who aren't just cookie cutting treatments.