Rant #3,898: Back Together Again

I am back!

I skipped Tuesday's Rant because to be honest with you, I was pooped.

My eyes had been dilated the day before from my retinologist visit, and I just wanted to take it easy--

And easy on the eyes.

What happened during the eye examination was that I was told what I already knew, and what I pretty much acknowledged--

I continue to have a partially detached retina in my right eye, and that isn't going away anytime soon.

I can see, I can read, I can drive, I can work ...

I have absolutely no pain in the eye.

The doctor said that since the eye hadn't gotten any worse, and since it wasn't greatly impacting me in its current state, that I didn't need to have the procedure done right away--

And to come back in two months.

If the eye gets any worse, I can go back to him sooner, but right now, the eye is holding steady in its slightly-off position, so I didn't need to have anything done with it ...

At least right now.

I realize that eventually, I am going to have to get something done, but not right now, with the doctor's diagnosis being to just watch the eye and see how it is progressing.

That is a doctor that I like; not jumping the gun on things when they don't need to be done so quickly, like some other doctors that I have--

Like my urologist, who I visited on Tuesday.

As you know, I have had some issues in that area of my body over the past couple of months, which was set into motion by the over-precaution of my prior urologist, who I allowed to do something that should not have been done at that moment.

That sent me into a spiral that a year and a half later, I am just coming out of.

If things need to be done immediately--like removing that cancerous growth on my scalp--then go ahead, do it, but I don't like doctors that look for things and do things that are not necessary at that precise moment.

My urologist found what he thinks is something this time around, and I am going to have to have yet another catscan to prove--or disprove--what he thinks I have.

It is something I have to get done.

Going back to my previous urologist, of course, a major portion of the fault is mine, because I allowed myself to go through this butchering, when all the tests I took before proved that it wasn't necessary.

But so be it.

You live and learn, even with doctors, who I have learned well into my life, are human beings, and they make mistakes.

My current general practitioner just made a big mistake with me, ordering the incorrect prescription for me, which was never processed by the pharmacy I use because it contradicted what I had been getting.

Nobody ever contacted me about the mistake, and I had to unravel it myself to discover what had happened.

Now that I figured out what happened, the pharmacy said they would process the proper prescription for me--

Only to send me a text just a few hours later stating that they were out of the pills and that they had to order it, and they would contact me when my order was ready.

And I am still waiting.

I really can't win here with doctors ...

You might remember that I was a patient of one doctor who committed suicide, another doctor who was caught red-handed selling prescription pills to high schoolers, and another whose partner fleeced him and the practice they shared, forcing a shutdown of the practice without any notice.

No, I really can't win with doctors, but these messes have forced me to be very proactive when it comes to my personal upkeep.

I do have other great doctors who are treating myself and my family, so they aren't all bad ...

But gone are the days that I put my health entirely in the hands of these doctors, and fully trust them on the level I trusted my parents to do the right thing for me.

Those days are gone, but I know from experience that there are really good doctors out there, some not so good, and others, well, they are dreadful.

My only advice to you is to keep on top of everything related to your personal upkeep, question things you don't understand, and find out if procedures are absolutely necessary before you submit to what are, on occasion, the whims of the doctor.

Over-precaution is good, but sometimes over-precaution rises to a ridiculous level, embroiling you in something that can take months to reverse.

Been there, done that, and I am not going there again if I can help it.