Re: England doesn't Care

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It’s not that they don’t care, they are unable to care. They have a few docs who don’t get paid as much as they should, and they have to treat everyone and their dog. Unless you have the money for private care, you wait in the system.

America is heading down that road as fast as we can, so we can be just like Canada and England!

Oh fun. Oh joy. I can hardly wait.

What I do, is I come in with a list of questions I need the doc to answer. I also have a list of expectations marked “Public” (the ones I share with the doc) and “Private”. Not too many expectations get on the private list, but even when I disclose my expectations, there is still a tug of war with the docs in getting treatment.

It seems like if I am not bleeding out of my eyes, ears, and nose, I won’t get any attention. I bring an advocate and we double team or tag-team the doc. This is VERY effective for me, because alone, I can be handled, but as a team, my advocate and I can’t be handled and we generally get what we want.

The advocate thing works, because it throws THEM off their game. I have been asked to have my advocate leave on several occasions, during their “examination”. This is laughable, because my advocate knows me better at times than I know me and it’s not like I am wearing one of those stupid back-less gowns while they are asking me questions.

I hope this helps and I hope you get the treatment you want from them.

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