I'm fed up with Dr. office

• by sfbaywalk
• 2011-10-01 02:10:39
• Exercise & Sports
• 1465 views
• 2 comments

Here's my draft of an email. I could use some independent critique, cause this has finally driven me crazy. Any suggestions about how to phrase this in a seemingly sane manner?

Subject: Your standards of medical care and mine!

Our visits over the past 1.5 years entail you playing with the pacemaker control unit. Then you say something cryptic like "you probably won't feel this" and you leave the room.

Sir, you have learned only about 60% of your medical preactice. For example, "What might I feel?" "What should I do if?"

Frankly, I feel "splash-back". The pacemaker is programmed to pump from both lower chambers simultaneously. But the descending aorta can't handle it. And I get a hiccup effect on the back splash. It doesn't take a cardiologist to tell you that the set up is flawed. Any plumber can explain this, and probably suggest the possibility of harm.

You never talk about my settings? Geez dude! Time to enter the 20th century of medical practice.

I discovered that my St. Jude's output data has weekly summaries of exercise information. Obviously, this kind of data is a massive contribution to my self care. Frankly, my self-care is now the main game here. I asked for a sample copy and I get no response. Wake up dude, withholding of medical info from the patient, as done over the past 1.5 years, is massively unethical.

Both you and your nursing person need to start dealing with patient care. If you can't handle that, recommend me an alternative.