How Rude is Your GP?

If ANYONE is rude to me, doctor, nurse, shopkeeper , the first thing I always say is 'Having a bad day?' If they get that the reason I've asked is their perceived rudeness, they very often smile and relax and apologise. If they stay rude and snap, 'No!'or something similar, my follow up question is, 'Why so rude then?' If you keep your voice upbeat and sympathetic, it's amazing how often you can get them to back down and apologise. I just see it as a game. If I can leave them a bit more chilled out with the next customer, my job's done. I've told 2 GP's at my practise that I can't take them seriously when I think they are being mean and grumpy. One told me to see somebody else then. I said okay, wrote to the practice manager and have had my records marked that I no longer have to see that doctor. The other GP smiled, apologised and has been brilliant with me ever since. As long as you are being reasonable, nobody should get away with being rude!

I love my new doctors.
When i had a recent mental health crisis, the doctor spent time with me, and even got another doc who specialises in MH to come in too.
When i got my diagnosis last week she took time to explain things and print out a leaflet for me to read and answered my questions.

No complaints about my GP himself ... he's lovely and always ready to listen. In fact, if I had a complaint at all, it's "don't book an appointment with him because he ALWAYS over-runs!"

However, I'm not that impressed with general diabetic care. I was booked in for a Retinoscopy in February this year but it was cancelled due to inclement weather with the promise of rebooking it. Nobody contacted me with a new appointment and I never bothered to follow it up (OK, OK, so it's my fault!)

I'm not really impressed with the diabetic 'care' at my surgery, although my father always said it was wonderful. Perhaps it's more my fault that my surgery's fault in that I don't really give a very high priority to my T2 diabetes.

Lynne

Although my mom is a Doctor (Microbiologist), she has to wait for her GP to take her medicines (she is now retired and have type 2 diabetes, atrial fibrilation, hypertension). The funniest thing happens then, when is time for her to take the prescription, her GP (intentionally I think) takes one hour to fill up 2 prescriptions. Today's doctors do not have the respect even for each other.

When my late father (type 2 diabetic and with terminal colon cancer) was having severe pain, I went to go to get the prescription from the specialist and then get from the same GP as my mother. When I turned back, she said: "Oh, you come back? I'm leaving now" "Can I get the prescription because my father is dying of pain?"- I asked. She said " Come on Monday, today I can't". That day was Saturday, and it was 11:54, they have to leave on 14:00; but she left earlier. They do not have respect even for the terminal patients. However, there exists One and only God. My father passed away on next Saturday, with only 4 days after initiating Morphine. But I think his (and my mom's) GP doesn't care.

Hope every human being start acting as a human being. We need money to survive, but we mostly need a warm word and precious action to live as humans and not animals.

All the best to all who are ill!