I haven't been online for awhile, trying to figure out what is wrong with my computer. I don't know if this will get bumped up enough to show.

I didn't mean to cause any contention, thanks for the support Mrs D and Ginnie, no offense taken Dr. Smith, was there meant to be some? Mrs D is right that it is probably worse because I'm female and 'abusive' is probably an accurate description. That's an objective assessment of his behavior based on events, my JUDGEMENT is that hes a competent physician and an unmentionable body part.

I took care of my mom when she had cancer and they never were able to control her nausea from the narcotics very well. One of the first meds her Dr tried was Reglan, there has recently been some bad press on it but at that time it was considered a benign drug. I told the Dr she was having unpleasant SE and he brushed me off (nicely) and said they would titrate it when she went into the hospital for her transfusion. After she was there for a couple of days I got a call saying 'its time', she was dying. When I arrived she was arched like people can be when there is damage to the brain stem (?). It was a small hospital where she had worked and volunteered for years and she was well loved, two nurses, the CNA, the social worker and chaplain were gathered around her bed. I'd seen that behavior before and I knew she could be kind of shocked out of it so I said, "What are you doing, we brought you mail!!" When the Dr came rushing in a few minutes later she was sitting up reading letters form her great grand children, he asked if it was the Reglan. Yup. Then there was the time I told the Dr on call it probably wasn't a good idea to double her dose of Oxycontin and she hallucinated Mastadons and refused to eat anything with 'o's' in it for 3 days...I'm not a health care professional and I'm not always right but sometimes we all just know stuff. Dr. Weasel beware.

It all pales in comparison to having a spinal tap performed by 2 unsympathetic Russians.
Zygo