tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post8547890379463923764..comments2024-02-16T21:23:06.989-05:00Comments on ksquest: Doctor Daze: Mondayskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06430423256832961746noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-29020050850267474982007-04-27T06:19:00.000-04:002007-04-27T06:19:00.000-04:00Kirsten - :-D !! You have a point there. Doctor...Kirsten - :-D !! You have a point there. Doctors have saved my life, more than once. But they've also almost killed me - more than once.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Snog Dot, I often do too. And right now you'd probably be glad to never see one again, and who could ever fault you for that? <BR/><BR/>Me, when I hate a particular doc, I fire them and go find one I like. Some are good and some are bad, individually. Firing one I hate is a wonderfully liberating feeling.<BR/><BR/>Now: on the general idea of having to go see them all the time? Yeah. I REALLY could do without that. So happily. But that's my life now, and I'm better off being patient with it when I must.<BR/><BR/>Which doesn't mean I'm not plotting my escape from their evil clutches...been making those plans for many years now. Excellent plans. ;-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>JWYW, I do understand Dr. K's worries. But I've told him over and over and over that I know what those long term effects are. My dad's an MD, a microbiologist; and his father was one of the first people ever treated with cortisone, back in 1958. It saved his life, but half-blinded him too, when they withdrew the steroid all at once instead of tapering.<BR/><BR/>My quarrel with Dr. K lies in the fact that he refuses to accept that anyone can be informed about the side effects, yet still choose to take them. I was encouraged by other docs to take them for many years before I finally acquiesced. The change in my health was like a miracle, and the look on those doctor's faces when they saw me next was pricelss - they almost didn't recognise me, or my voice. They were overjoyed for me, and with very good reason.<BR/><BR/>High dose Prednisone gave my life back to me. My only regret is not taking it sooner. <BR/><BR/>Dr. K is, in essence, disrespecting my intelligence and moral compass, and violating my personal sovereignty. It's my right - not his - to make that choice. He wastes my time on every single blasted visit trying to change my mind about Prednisone, when I have other health needs I'm trying to talk to him about. It really gets irritating.<BR/><BR/>I would never force anyone to TAKE steroids. If he legally could do so, I've no doubt he would force me to abandon them. I'm neither a child nor mentally incompetent, and naturally enough, I greatly dislike being treated like I am.<BR/> <BR/><BR/>morris, YAY! heh! The things that stick in one's mind. I must have gotten that bit of info off a Steve Irwin episode, or something on the Discovery channel. YEARS ago.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sue, thank you. I have to work at it, believe me. And seeing that *long distance* until May 3 is one way of doing that. Now I can fill my mind with all the great *Play Time in the Yard* that's headed my way until then. Here's where I turn into a 2-year-old playing in a sandbox.<BR/><BR/><BR/>PL and JWYW, good morning to you! I'm feeling a little better now, Thursday and this morning, Friday. I've actually been getting some outside work done, so I'm not totally shut in yet. I've been waking by 2am, blogging and doing paperwork until daylight. Then I have several hours I can tolerate the air outside, until noon or so, when I've lost my voice and balance and need to come in and crash. <BR/><BR/>But that's fine. If I have any *free* hours - outside hours - during a pollen spike like this one, I'm very lucky. I milk that for all it's worth, too!khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430423256832961746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-40380047059965508472007-04-27T00:32:00.000-04:002007-04-27T00:32:00.000-04:00Good morning, k! Sending blessings and all sorts ...Good morning, k! Sending blessings and all sorts of goodness!Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-75516563281259472007-04-26T20:12:00.000-04:002007-04-26T20:12:00.000-04:00How you feeling today?How you feeling today?Judge Well Ye Wolveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248310627650423213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-48768446083880833002007-04-26T11:26:00.000-04:002007-04-26T11:26:00.000-04:00No appointments until May 3... you make that sound...No appointments until May 3... you make that sound like a long time! Ha! You are amazing... you are dealing with all these things and still have the voice of a wise and wonderful person. Glad I found you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-44923666039597789922007-04-26T00:11:00.000-04:002007-04-26T00:11:00.000-04:00K, this is off topic, but an answer to a query lef...K, this is off topic, but an answer to a query left in a comment at Banes.<BR/>It seems our redback spiders and the funnelweb spiders are related, according to this Wickipedia article.<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-back_spiderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-24223923476906966252007-04-25T23:48:00.000-04:002007-04-25T23:48:00.000-04:00snog- get to know a couple. they're not bad. most ...snog- get to know a couple. they're not bad. most really do their best- but they're working on a complicated, poorly understood, poorly managed system- and that's just the patient's emotions. It gets crazier when they actually have to start working with the patient's bodies!Judge Well Ye Wolveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248310627650423213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-60158981519047191182007-04-25T23:45:00.000-04:002007-04-25T23:45:00.000-04:00see, you gotta know their orientation.some docs ar...see, you gotta know their orientation.<BR/>some docs are the fix what's happening now. some, like dr k, want to do that, but worry about the long-term effects. prednisone, and other steroids have long-term effects.<BR/>medicine is not an exact science, it's a "we're really guessing here" science.<BR/>but you already know that.<BR/>good thoughts for you as you hit the doctor's offices!Judge Well Ye Wolveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248310627650423213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-64569956431304512262007-04-25T14:12:00.000-04:002007-04-25T14:12:00.000-04:00I haven't been at a doctor since 1996 ... Maybe th...I haven't been at a doctor since 1996 ... Maybe that's why I'm so healthy, huh ... I don't have any doc. to mess me up. :)Kirsten N. Namskauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110807096491484051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-16261023397014088102007-04-25T10:21:00.000-04:002007-04-25T10:21:00.000-04:00Well thank you! And welcome. I'll be by to check...Well thank you! And welcome. I'll be by to check out your place as soon as I get back from the doc's.khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430423256832961746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-71113990990789728682007-04-25T08:52:00.000-04:002007-04-25T08:52:00.000-04:00Hey. This was a strange way to wake up. Your blog...Hey. This was a strange way to wake up. Your blog came up in my mail because I search for MRSA daily, but then I read your bio first and thought it was mine word for word. Then I rad your writing and the same weird de ja vou thing happened. (Except I hate Prednisone!) So what can I say but great blog by a great person? Best wishes, RhodaRhodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389598126243969140noreply@blogger.com