Posted by Editormum on 27 April 2010 in
True Stories Today, I wrote to the manager of the pharmacy I have used exclusively for nearly ten years, to explain why I am transferring my business. As an example of horrendous customer service, I thought that my excerpted letter would make a good blog post. Items in [brackets] are redactions or additions I have made for the benefit [...]
Tags: customer service, medical issues
Posted by Editormum on 26 February 2010 in
Family Life,
True Stories Story of my life. If it isn’t doctors giving me attitude and inconvenience, it’s my own body playing me false. You know how your car will make the most horrendous racket, and yank the wheel out of your hands unexpectedly, until the minute you take it to the mechanic, and then it purrs like a kitten [...]
Tags: doctors, medical issues, pain
Posted by Editormum on 25 February 2010 in
Family Life,
True Stories I’m caving in. My wrist hurts so bad that it’s starting to interfere with my life — I have a high tolerance for pain, but now even Aleve isn’t really working. And it kept waking me up last night. Every time it slid out from under the cold pack. So I am going to an Orthopedist [...]
Tags: Family Life, karate, medical issues, pain
Posted by Editormum on 24 February 2010 in
True Stories,
weight-loss I want to add a bit more to my post from yesterday about my experience with doctors. Please understand, I know that there are good, conscientious, respectful doctors out there. My brother is married to one. My headache specialist, chiropractor, and dentist are three more. My new internist, though her wait times are terrible, is [...]
Tags: challenges, Diet, doctors, Low-Carb, medical issues, obesity, overweight, rant, respect, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 23 February 2010 in
True Stories Okay, so … I posted yesterday that having to go to a doctor about my left wrist is the one factor that outweighs all others in determining whether I actually seek treatment or not. And maybe that sounds silly. I can understand that. Our society thinks highly of doctors, and seeks their counsel for practically [...]
Tags: challenges, doctors, medical issues, pain, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 14 May 2008 in
Family Life I had my second follow-up visit with my foot surgeon this morning, and, much to my relief, he told me that I could take off “the boot” and start wearing tennis shoes. HOORAY! The boot does a great job of protecting the foot, but it makes you walk funny because the sole does NOT bend. [...]
Tags: injuries, injury, medical issues
Posted by Editormum on 6 May 2008 in
Family Life Well, this has been an odd few days. I went in for surgery on Friday morning, and went home that afternoon. I was put to bed, and I didn’t really wake up again until Sunday afternoon. I was only sort of awake on Sunday and Monday, and I used up the last of the painkillers [...]
Tags: injuries, injury, medical issues
Posted by Editormum on 1 May 2008 in
Family Life I don’t really know what to write. Tomorrow is the foot surgery. Nervous … yeah. I don’t like general anaesthesia. I don’t like not knowing what’s going on around me, and I don’t like being out of control. Ugh. Relieved … yeah. The pain has been pretty bad the last few days, so it’s nice [...]
Tags: injuries, injury, medical issues
Posted by Editormum on 16 April 2008 in
Family Life,
True Stories I have to have surgery. The toe that I thought I had broken isn’t. Here’s what happened when I went to the doctor about it. My right great toe has been painful for about 18 months, and I was pretty much trying to ignore the pain because I thought it was either arthritis, gout, or [...]
Tags: injuries, injury, medical issues, surgery
Posted by Editormum on 3 February 2008 in
Family Life Okay, I am now officially furious about this lingering illness. I have had laryngitis for over a week, and it sucks! I am a talker. I love to talk. I have to talk to do my job. And I can’t think of anything more wonderful than conversations with family and friends. So this whole week [...]
Tags: medical issues
