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Re: Sad sad thingFrom: Anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed Apr 14 21:41:18 2004
Candace, I totally understand what you are saying. Anonymous, I respectfully disagree with you for a couple of reasons. 1) Just because your dad got addicted to pain pills, that should not color your judgment of others or be your personal cause. I feel for what you and your family went through, but it's really someone else's fight in this case. Candace was doing the right thing - if she wanted to get the pills, no matter what the reason, she would have simply gone to any street corner in the nearest city and had them, or ordered them online from Canada a long time ago! She did the right thing - contacted her doctor to ask for medication. And they shunned her and tried to bounce her back and forth. Funny, they don't bounce you around when you owe a payment or when they can bill your insurance, do they? and the other reason I disagree with you is 2) The doctor and his office are NOT concerned about her. They want to inconvenience her by making her run back and forth every single time she needs an rX (even for BCP's - what, you are supposed to go every three months for a full exam?) for an appointment. Regular appointments ARE necessary and SHOULD be scheduled, but I think half the time, doctors insist you come in just so they can bill your insurance or you for the full cost of an office visit, even if their contact is limited to "Hey - here's your rX." I used to stand in the doorway of my orthopedic surgeon's office on my crutches so that he could not escape me, and would have to answer my questions! Otherwise, I would have seen him for 35 seconds and a $150 bill. Candace, keep giving that office heck! Personally, I was not offended by your language. I have felt the same way but never had the chutzpah to say it quite that eloquently. Let's face it - we've all said the S word, heard it in the mall, in the movies, wherever. For once, it was not used gratuitously, but rather used for impact and to make a point. It's ok for the office worker to say "We can't do anything for you" but not ok for Candace to say "Hey, that's not ok?"Sorry, but I suffer enough as a woman with this disease, I am not going to be some office worker's doormat. Anonymous, you may get more bees with honey as the proverb says, but sometimes, when the honey you emit starts backing up and making you sick, you have to get out your stinger and nail the SOBs. Go get 'em Candace. You are my hero of the day.
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