tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968231082966375117.post8327071620934756001..comments2023-10-10T11:35:22.080-05:00Comments on living my life like it's golden: is there a reason ma'amJulia Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913394905087414696noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968231082966375117.post-35095449992985368872008-09-29T13:30:00.000-05:002008-09-29T13:30:00.000-05:00Yeah, maybe I could have given her the benefit of ...Yeah, maybe I could have given her the benefit of the doubt and told her and garnered some sort of sympathy... but I wanted something different from the lady on the phone. I wanted her to figure it out for herself.... "wow she is young - wow she has already had two mammograms - wow there must really be a good reason for this"<BR/>I was demanding a higher standard of care....<BR/>I am not saying it was the right thing to do... I was saying it was what happened and that it made me feel angry and let down.Julia Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913394905087414696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968231082966375117.post-11540006780308104162008-09-29T10:04:00.000-05:002008-09-29T10:04:00.000-05:00Hello,I submit that people seem to feel more comfo...Hello,<BR/><BR/>I submit that people seem to feel more comfortable discussing "personal" information in the impersonal sphere of e-mail, blogs and chat-boards than they are face-to-face or over the phone. Why is that? A preceding blog contributor provides a singularly prescient sequey: Persons irrationally presuppose a level of anonymity while operating in the e-medium that simply cannot and does not exist. For example, if anyone is truley interested in discovering my identity they might, with the greatest of ease, avail themselves of such information with a few clicks of the mouse as it were...<BR/><BR/>What should Julia do? Well, we should all attempt to acknowledge the frailty and fickelness of being human. Why do we feel entitled to forgiveness for our own transgressions but hold the trasngressions of others (the apparent nosieness of the healthcare receptionist) against them? Is this not simply another example of inconsistentcy that belies the nature of the human animal?<BR/><BR/>Might Julia have disspationately informed the receptionist that she has a family history of IDC/ILC breast cancer it would have 1) answered the question de facto and 2) likely have drawn out some, albeit small, amount of sympathy. Perhaps the receptionist has a personal experience of a similar nature that might superficially bond her and Julia. This bond, however slightly held, might have resulted in a more thoughtfull fulfillment of duties on the part of the receptionist (a definite boon for all of us, no?).<BR/><BR/>Let us not build walls where none need be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968231082966375117.post-19815605198214509522008-09-29T07:17:00.000-05:002008-09-29T07:17:00.000-05:00Robyn, Leah thanks for your support. I am getting ...Robyn, Leah thanks for your support. I am getting it done here at Abilene Regional.....I will certainly let you all know how it goes.<BR/><BR/>I too would like a bit more clarification/explanation from my mystery poster....care to elaborate?Julia Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913394905087414696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968231082966375117.post-15914213626522052932008-09-28T22:10:00.000-05:002008-09-28T22:10:00.000-05:00I don't understand this anonymous posting...Are yo...I don't understand this anonymous posting...Are you saying Julia should be more willing to inform a faceless woman who is NOT a part of her health care team rather than blog? That makes NO since. Maybe I misunderstood you. But why the anonymous post as well?Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07596158391027076347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968231082966375117.post-65816798579529258852008-09-27T12:08:00.000-05:002008-09-27T12:08:00.000-05:00Maybe I'm missing somthing here; informing your he...Maybe I'm missing somthing here; informing your healthcare "team" of your medical geneology triggers anxiety but not blogging about it. Is this correct?<BR/><BR/>I continue in my amazment of persons believing that it is possible to sanitize processes of humanity. There really is no "sanctity of professional competence". That is just marketing to fear. Airline pilots show up drunk for work, doctors order protocols while legally intoxicated by fatigue and Google really thinks that its new medical records program won't be hacked.<BR/><BR/>We're all just people metaphorically groping about in the dark telling ourselves we see a light in the distance.<BR/><BR/>Deep breaths. That's pretty much all any of of has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968231082966375117.post-63825141868897454772008-09-26T22:01:00.000-05:002008-09-26T22:01:00.000-05:00Where did you call? I just called and scheduled m...Where did you call? I just called and scheduled mine today as well (have had three the past three years...long story). I go to Hendrick (Vera West Center) and they have NEVER asked me for a reason why I needed one. Always very sweet and considerate. They should just do it b/c the doc ordered it!! You don't have to explain why to the person who schedules your procedure!! (sorry for the rant, this kind of stuff really irritates me.)Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695996573235002885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968231082966375117.post-22119183949683465472008-09-26T19:11:00.000-05:002008-09-26T19:11:00.000-05:00Doctor's have to order a mammogram, so why was the...Doctor's have to order a mammogram, so why was the person on the phone questioning your doctor's order and in turn your doctor? And just because the tech doesn't like the reason, they are able to turn people away!! This is why health care around here, Abilene, scares me. In any case, all of my mammograms have been done because of family history and that is what I state.Yours Trulyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160009566027252749noreply@blogger.com