GPs can lick my balls

[fuknKIWI]

It has some heat like the old KB days. Nice.

Yep opinionated ignorance too...well I've read the whole fucking thread...you're welcome to your ignorance & prejudice...actually I've known GP's be on time more than once...but not in a third world medical practise...the sign at my my GP's says We are patient wise Doctors not time wise Doctors Thank you for your patience...some Surgeries have signs about zero tolerance of staff abuse & fair enough too...of course not everybody is full of it some actually understand 7 are grateful for the care they get.

[Brett]

Yep opinionated ignorance too...well I've read the whole fucking thread...you're welcome to your ignorance & prejudice...actually I've known GP's be on time more than once...but not in a third world medical practise...the sign at my my GP's says We are patient wise Doctors not time wise Doctors Thank you for your patience...some Surgeries have signs about zero tolerance of staff abuse & fair enough too...of course not everybody is full of it some actually understand 7 are grateful for the care they get.

My ignorance and prejudice...have you read a thing I have posted fella (you claim to have read the whole thread??)? Never mind the fact we are on the same page....

[scissorhands]

My ears are nearly back to normal, no thanks to my GP or his nurse's flushing that forced the wax deeper. Or the $100 specialist recommendation.

Thank goodness I empowered myself and found out about a $4 bottle of hydrogen peroxide

My poor old mother had ear problems. She was blocked for up to weeks at a time, not being able to talk on the phone and delays getting an appointment at the specialist.

I wish I had found out about HPeroxide sooner. Mum could have avoided the suffering that came twice a year for 20 odd years.............

You think her doctor may have advised her how to treat herself? No never

Bottom line is money before peps.

[Teflon]

[rainman]

My doc is seldom late but does charge extra if the consult takes longer than about 5 minutes. She's also a bit over-keen just to sling drugs than understand causes and suggest behavioural or diet changes. And the drugs tend to be of the "take this for the rest of your life" variety, which does not sit well with me. When I'm old I'll reconsider that view, no doubt.

All of which is why I have grown up a bit and figure these things out for myself now. I will go to the doc when I'm REALLY SICK, or when I actually want the prescription drugs (which I will ration to make sure they last). I have no use for sick certificates. The rest of the time I'll look after myself and my family.

That said a friend recently had a close call with cancer, and that has reminded me there may be a case for a blood test/prostate exam in my near term future. But a visit to the doc because I have a sniffle or sore throat - pffft.

Once in a while is OK, but if you're waiting all the time give them some polite feedback on the matter. If it doesn't work, let market forces sort it our and shop elsewhere. A talented specialist is worth retaining and waiting for, GPs are common as muck. In fact I'd suggest 90% of the value I get from my local practice is the nurses.

[lb99]

ha, I was working next door to my gps house the other day, he drove 25km from his office to spend a couple hours mowing the lawns in the sun......nice for some.

But he a great doctor, trys to find the cause of the problems, not just dish out drugs.

and he makes fat with self inflicted illnesss people wait while he sees the sick kids first.
he a proper doctor who cares.

[Smifffy]

I had a persistent cough that was so persistent I just ignored it. Of course all the sheilas at work, and then my wife started nagging me to go to see the dr about it. Started nagging every time I coughed, told me it could be some chronic disease and shit manifesting itself, blah blah, wah, wah. Went on for weeks/months.

So I eventually get an appointment. Go see the Dr. Sit in his office and get stared at by all the people there in their pajamas as the receptionist asks me at least 5 times if I have a community services card, and thinks I must be richer than the DR when I say 'no'.

A quick flick through the latest woman's weekly on the coffee table, looking at the pictures of the royal wedding. Nice dress, Di looked good in it.

Get in to see the Dr, explain to him about my cough, hack up a bit on him. he "aaahs, hmmmummms and ohs" He tut tuts a bit, tells me it doesn't appear to be anything majorly wrong with my lungs, says it's probably viral then he tells me that in his opinion anti-biotics won't do any good (which i understand if it's a virus), but he'll give me a prescription for some, and recommends I don't get it filled. He also gives me a prescription for something for my cough.

I go out, pay the full whack to the receptionist after going through the 5 act charade of explaining that I don't have a comm services card to her. I pay the prescription fee and head out of the cesspit and down to the chemist.

I decide not to get the anti-biotics at the moment, and just get the other prescription filled. I hand it over, they look at me, read it and tell me it will be about 10 mins.

I mooch about a bit bouncing between the shelves with the sports braces, the hair dyes and the feminine hygiene products. Wander down the street and look in a couple of shop windows then back for the prescription. Finally it is filled, they charge me $12.40 and hand me a brown paper bag.

When I get back to the car, I decide that it's as good a time as any to start my treatment. I open the brown bag to see
A FUCKING PACKET OF STREPSILS with a pharmacy dose sticker on it.

2 days later I get a packet of strepsils from the supermarket for about $5.80

Cunt could have just told me to HTFU, ignore the women, and go get myself a couple of packets of strepsils, and he might have had some respect from me. Maybe it was just that they like to rort the taxpayer funding, and didn't realise I was paying all of this out of my own pocket?

Bah.

[Smifffy]

Once in a while is OK, but if you're waiting all the time give them some polite feedback on the matter. If it doesn't work, let market forces sort it our and shop elsewhere. A talented specialist is worth retaining and waiting for, GPs are common as muck. In fact I'd suggest 90% of the value I get from my local practice is the nurses.

Try finding another GP around here, all their books are filled with state sponsored breeders with kids sick from living in cold overcrowded homes, since the heating money has all been smoked & drunk by the end of the week.

Mum has a new puffer jacket and metal mulisha beanie with Ugg boots and the kids are in a cotton sweatshirt with a duvet wrapped around them if they are sick.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Guess if you'd read the prescription you would've seen it was for Strepsils and not bothered filling it.

[Big Dave]

I can't believe that a Global Positioning system could cause all this angst!

[Smifffy]

Guess if you'd read the prescription you would've seen it was for Strepsils and not bothered filling it.

It was for whatever the active ingredient is. You are correct in that had I known/understood that I was being played for a sucker I would not have filled the prescription.

[jaffaonajappa]

I can't believe that a Global Positioning system could cause all this angst!

Amazing what a rough tongue can do....

[Crasherfromwayback]

It was for whatever the active ingredient is. You are correct in that had I known/understood that I was being played for a sucker I would not have filled the prescription.

Yeah that's pretty rough alright dude.

[imdying]

Bottom line is money before peps.

You get the treatment you deserve.

[fuknKIWI]

My ignorance and prejudice...have you read a thing I have posted fella (you claim to have read the whole thread??)? Never mind the fact we are on the same page....

Brett, I'm not referring to YOUR ignorance & prejudice, I'm referring to that expressed in this thread. Clearly you're not ignorant & your prejudice, if you have any, is pro doctor. It's stating the bloody obvious (again) but some GP's are clearly better than others, some not so good one's have a better bed side manner & vice versa. Also a specialist/surgeon will happily take his kids to the GP when he feels the need. Our family GP (a Seth Efrican) is a highly qualified FRACGP & one of the best Dr's I have had.
Big UP to all the good medics out there