A thread about listening to & believing patients..
Back in 1996 I told several Drs that I was not getting enough blood to my head.
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Back in 1996 I told several Drs that I was not getting enough blood to my head.
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One said ‘It is not like you are lolling around in the chair is it.’
One said ‘Stop being hysterical.’
One said ‘You would be unconscious if that was the case.’
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One said ‘Stop being hysterical.’
One said ‘You would be unconscious if that was the case.’
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I was in the hospital lying with my head over the side of the bed to try to stop the horrific ‘deaths’ feeling I had - like my brain was shutting down - I was told to ‘stop it!’
It turns out I was telling them exactly what was wrong with me all along.
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It turns out I was telling them exactly what was wrong with me all along.
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#meded #medtwitter #teamGP #hcsm
‘listen to the patient, they are telling you the diagnosis’
24 years, dozens of Drs, nobody listened - I was telling you the diagnosis 👆thread.
‘listen to the patient, they are telling you the diagnosis’
24 years, dozens of Drs, nobody listened - I was telling you the diagnosis 👆thread.
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