WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 1997: Re: Help!! Urgent. Iffy induction decision. UPDATE

Re: Help!! Urgent. Iffy induction decision. UPDATE

From: SummerBreeze (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 22:26:38 -0500

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>I am not trying to be mean, arrogant, or heavy; rather, I'm trying to
>reflect the doctor's viewpoint when faced with someone in your position.
>Garry E. Siegel, M.D., FACOG
>Private Practice
>Roswell, Ga.

Dr. Siegel,

I realize the advice on this forum is given freely by doctors, and is meant to be helpful. For that, I am greatful, and feel it is a wonderful forum. But after reading your response to Sue, not only was I angry, but if I was Sue, would be offended as well. Maybe this is not the way you intended the post to sound, but it certainly did to me. I also have to question the judgement of a doctor that would respond in this way.

>My comment is that your requests may hinder the
>effectiveness of your care, and your MD/midwife need to be given the
>leeway to that that which you entrust to them--care for you in a
>medically appropriate fashion.
>Lastly, while your opinions are certainly welcome, this
>degree of input is very time consuming for the practitioner, and gets
>old sometimes when your situation is, to those of us who practice, a
>real "no-brainer."

I am sorry, but when it comes to the point that my own input into my medical care is no longer seen as "important" (after all I AM the patient, and it is MY baby) to the doctor who is caring for me, then that is a doctor I do not wish to see again. Also if my input into my care is getting "old" to the doctor, and he does not have the intelligence or compassion to realize that what is "old" to him is "new and frightening" to me, then that is also a doctor I would not wish to see.

For Sue's sake, and the sake of her baby, I certainly hope that should would question the care she receives by her doctor, and would have a good deal of input into it. Afterall, doctors are only human and they DO make mistakes. I know from personal experience that they make mistakes much more often than we realize. For my own safety and the safety of my children, I will ALWAYS have input into my care, and will always question the care I am receiving. If the doctor can not handle that then it is time for me to find a new doctor and perhaps time for him to find a new profession.

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