Yay, Susie! I’ll bet in later life she would be asking for more information and trying to understand things. The neat thing about the eye doctor clinic is they not only gave me a copy of what the doctor had put in my chart, they also mailed me pictures of the results of the OTC (optical coherence tomography) scan when I asked for them later.
Yay, dweebs!
October 20, 2015
thank you for sharing this monk!
wow.
they are making amazing advances in so many health areas now.
and i’m so glad the eyes are one of them!
nothing is more important to me than my eyesight!!! XOXO
and…
ya gotta just love calvin. LOLOL.
I think OCT is a great advance too. It certainly made it clear what the problem in my left eye is. The eye doctor here in town thought it was just a cataract.
I am quite concerned that your eyesight is troubling you a lot and I hope that you will be able to get it all sorted out soon. My best wishes to you that it happens.
I had to look up ‘dweeb’ to understand what it meant and I am glad that I did. It surprises me that you consider yourself a dweeb. I most certainly am not and I have never asked for any of the test reports which my doctors ask for as I would not be able to make head or tail of them. I simply follow their instructions and so far it has worked. My GP asks my advice on corporate matters and follows my advice and it has worked for him so far. Yay for two guys who can make music together.
I just looked up dweeb, too. I don’t think Susie fits the definition any more than I do. I like Susie’s attitude, it goes along with the third question in the secret of happiness: “How can I get this done and enjoy the process?” Smart gal, I would say.
It sounds as if you and your doctor have a great relationship. 🙂
I love Calvin and Hobbes. I am a dweeb, and I’m proud of it. I’m actually a “Dr.”, although not of medicine. At the hospital, I don’t mention that detail but just call myself a “Dr”. And I get all my tests sent directly to me with copies to my medical doctor too. It gives me peace of mind to be able to go through a test carefully and make sure I agree with the course of action my medical doctor wants to take. It helps that my doctorate is in a subfield of physiology.
I hope your vision issues can be sorted out.
Good for you! I have to get my test results from my doctor’s office, but they’re very good about giving them to me. And I think my GP likes having a patient who is trying to stay healthy.
You are very smart to have request a copy.
Whether or not it makes a lot of sense to you or not, it’s best to keep people on their toes.
Sometimes people in some professions, whether it concerns a person or an animal, will be more careful if they feel like the client knows what’s going on in detail or has someone in their life that does know.
Without going into detail, some professionals are much better than others and if they feel like they are being monitored, it will be to your advantage.
My concern isn’t usually any procedure as much as it is the doctor performing it.
Yes, you are very wise and not a dweeb at all.
xo
Thanks for your support, but I’m with KB, I’m happy to be called a dweeb, nerd, geek, whatever. Even though those terms are used derogatorily it just means the users are prejudiced against people who like to learn and to think. I’ve never bought into that prejudice. I’m also not prejudiced against people who don’t like to study.
I agree with you that when the issue is important it’s a good idea to get involved and not be a passive patient. For some of us. Rummuser trusts his doctor and saves a lot of time and effort. As usual, one size doesn’t fit all. 🙂