Paced cardiologist

Had the pleasure of meeting a fabulous cardiologist while in the hospital last week. He was just there to do a procedure but spent over an hour talking to me, explaining things, answering questions and doing a thorough exam prior to the test. Very professional, very kind. Asked a lot of questions about why I got the pm. After we finished talking he looked at me and said I got my pm a year before you did. Instant connection, he just gets it.

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Wow - hope he publishes

by Theknotguy - 2014-10-28 09:10:09

Hope this guy publishes in the medical trade journals. We really need someone from the medical profession who can give us a voice in the medical world. I can tell my doctor something and he can ignore it - and often does. But when another doctor says it, it raises the conversation to another level.

Glad you were able to meet someone who "got it".

That's Great

by NiceNiecey - 2014-10-28 09:10:44

How cool is that? I mean there have to be SOME doctors with PMs. Instant connection for sure!

Nice connection

by Grateful Heart - 2014-10-28 09:10:54


Of course I don't wish a PM on anybody but that is a nice/ rare connection Bossy.

Grateful Heart

that's cool!

by Tracey_E - 2014-10-28 09:10:56

And kind of ironic considering our conversation last week about drs not getting it. You found one who totally gets it. Yay!

Ignoring things

by Bostonstrong - 2014-10-28 11:10:16

He was the best dr I saw in the hospital. Really grateful for a competent dr, especially after dealing with hospitalists. The hospitalist ignored my allergic reaction to a new med, didn't treat it appropriately, and sent me home on it. Still groggy from anesthesia I filled it, took it this am, same reaction. Short of breath, itching, burning, stinging, welts. Do they train the hospitalists NOT to listen? Btw, the literature is filled with documentation of this as a COMMON reaction to this drug. He insisted that was impossible. Hope Santa leaves him a PDR for Christmas.

I think you are on to something Bossy !

by IAN MC - 2014-10-29 04:10:22

It should be a condition of employment that all cardiologists have a PM fitted, all orthopaedic surgeons have artificial hips etc. Only then would they truly empathise with their patients !

I'm not sure where that leaves gynaecologists and obstetricians though ?

Ian

@Ian

by Bostonstrong - 2014-10-29 06:10:10

Forget gynecologists and obstetricians, all HUSBANDS should be required to experience labor and delivery.

@donr

by Bostonstrong - 2014-10-29 06:10:44

What a great experience. If you have to have a procedure one who has been through it is sure to have some empathy.

Ian: WE AGREE!!!!!!!

by donr - 2014-10-29 08:10:35

Finally & totally.

Wife needed to have her two rotator cuffs repaired about 18 yrs ago. I knew an Orthopaedic Surgeon who had specialized in knees & shoulders (Read that rotator cuffs, especially). He had also been a football player in college.

I asked him at a local alumni luncheon one day if he had ever had shoulder surgery - that I was searching for a surgeon who had been through a similar op to what Wife was looking forward to. He said he had, back in the days before the 'scope was developed.

Told him right there that he was the man for the job. Wife liked him right away, so it was a good choice. She asked him when he wanted to do the surgery - You & Flutetooter will love this answer - "When you are ready. You will come in & tell me it's time."

One fine day she was in agony w/ the shoulder. Told the Dr. she was ready & he did the job - it was as pleasant an experience as shoulder surgery can be. About two yrs later, same situation on other shoulder.

Since that time, he has added a PT clinic to his practice. Really works well. You go in for a follow-up appt after surgery & walk right in to the PT clinic - ZERO waiting. There about a half dozen people in there doing PT & he brings his entourage in to check up on your situation. The Great Man, followed by a specialty fellow studying w/ him, an orthopaedic resident performing a rotation from a local hospital, his medical assistant, perhaps his Physicians assistant AND the PT specialist. No waiting at all for the surgeon - you spend your waiting time doing PT. You also hear a decent discussion of how you are doing & what's going on - and get a good chance to ask your own questions. PT specialist gets explicit instructions on what you are to be doing before the next review by the surgeon.

Don

Hi Bossy !!!........

by Tattoo Man - 2014-10-30 06:10:30


........great story !!....good to hear from you...

Take care..Tattoo Man xx

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