diagnostic obfuscation

doctors can be cold

The lines on my forehead
Need a vacation
From expert diagnostic
Obfuscation
Prescribing therapies
For inflammation
As if eosinophilic esophagitis
Is an explantion --
Now that cancer
Is no longer
Part of the equation
The fluid in your lungs
Requires no further
Investigation
I am not a specialist
I am only a fool,
But last time I checked,
Drowning
Is
Drowning
In a puddle
Or
pool

Reviews

[Dr. YumnaKay]

This write speaks to me at a more personal level. During my time in med school and in opds, we were specifically trained how to make the patient at ease and how specially to make them understand the difficult scientific terms. Being that I'm from a place where we have a lot of people coming to the hospital speaking different dialects, it used to burden me a lot in the start and I had difficulty maintaining my composure and empathy in one place. But I think as we settle in with our jobs, the empathy, while being there, kind of starts to disappear from the faces, although I do know many of my fellow docs who really lack empathy in every sense. Reading this from a patient's pov hits hard, esp your ending.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. The docs in this case have decided to wait and see, and it is both unfair and incredibly callous

[Brett Nortje]

Fantastic stuff! Funny and catchy, could be a song?

[Lyn Anderson]

I suppose it could. Thanks for popping in

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we can hardly ever understand all the jargon...
as we grow older more ailments come...and the explanations seem to get even more complicated.
j.

[Lyn Anderson]

And a seeming lack of compassion, thanks for reading

[Neville]

Extremely well articulated and how so very blooming true..... a little rant with a big and very important message..... conveyed splendidly....... Neville

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. Yup. Rant is about all a person can do, which explains the irrational ride of homeopathy

[Neville]

I am quite a fan of homeopathy... not for every ill or ailment of course but certainly for some things... oh' and my pleasure.. N

[Lyn Anderson]

Naturopathy i would agree. Can't wrap my brain around the anti-vaccine homeopathy lot running around this side

[Chris Shaw]

Well conveyed Lyn. Professionals need to ensure their explanations are easily understood. We don"t need blinding by science. Your final lines excellent.

Chris

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. You shouldn't need a translator present at your medical appointments. Neither should they put you on the back burner because in their view, the cause of your breathing difficulty is "not urgent" . Who can live without breathing?

[Chris Shaw]

Agree entirely Lyn