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Re: Condescending: patronizing, view others as inferiors.
From: Amber (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Mar 17 13:00:58 2006
I am sorry you had to deal with the rude woman, there is no way you
could go back to work the next day. I had mine on a Friday and barely
made it back to work on Tuesday. I had discomfort and my stomach was
very swollen, where i could only wear elastic waist pant for alomst 2
weeks. Luckily I have a job that does not require me to stand a whole
lot. I brought my heating pad for the first week and often had to take
breaks and lay on a couch in our lounge area. I know several people who
have had this surgery and have never heard of anyone returning to work
the next day or returning to housework or anythign for a few days. What
if you ripped open the incision? That would create more problems.
At Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Michelle wrote:
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>Hello,
>
>I know how much we all love making calls to the doctors office and
>having to spill our guts to the nurse, so I must share with you a bit of
>a conversation I had with a nurse at a clinic yesterday. I have been
>desperately waiting to hear back from the surgeon for a month now. I
>have left 4 messages in the last two weeks but have not heard back from
>him. Urgh!!! So, I call yet again yesterday. In my frustration I did
>not explain my situation very well. I told her I was trying to
>establish whether or not I needed to apply to E.I. or disability as my
>sick days as a teacher were running out. She put on her most
>condescending voice and said “Miss, you don't need any disability for a
>laparoscopy. In fact you can go back to work the very next day". I
>first informed her that the sick leave I was referring to was not
>because of the laparoscopy but because of the fact that I have now been
>off work for the last 3 and 1/2 months due to extreme pain. What I
>wanted to know was approximately when the surgeon felt he would be able
>to do the surgery (only he apparently knows this according to the nurses
>and receptionists), and then I and my principal could get a better idea
>as to when I could get back to work and I could decide on what I need to
>do financially. Furthermore, I asked her if she ever had a laparoscopy
>to remove endo? I told her that I had had two done in the past and I
>certainly was in no shape to return to work the following day. How many
>of you women out there went back to work the next day? Why the attitude
>and b.s.? I hate being treated like what I am dealing with is really
>nothing when my entire life has been turned upside down because of
>it!!!!!!!!
>
>Michelle
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