tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325605184495137942.post7354938492877622682..comments2023-10-21T19:31:13.136-06:00Comments on I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused: Treating FamilyBleeding Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11654470738092202883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325605184495137942.post-32521461200358370362010-01-01T11:00:43.507-07:002010-01-01T11:00:43.507-07:00Fortunately I have never written an Rx for a famil...Fortunately I have never written an Rx for a family member if only because my drug plan would not reimburse me for it. <br /><br />When I went to Mexico and needed Cipro and Loperamide for me and my wife, I wrote an Rx and got the surgeon du jour to sign it.<br /><br />I have written Rx for nurses occasionally. I wrote a Rx for the Hep A shot for a nurse going to Ecuador and I have a topical NSAID combination I use in the Pain Clinic for which just about every nurse in the hospital has asked for a prescription of.<br /><br />Years ago a nurse bullied me into writing a sick note for her brother who I had no seen. <br /><br />I still feel dirty but better for fessing up.<br /><br />My father has quite bad OA of his knees. I have unsucessfully for five years now tried to get him to get a Rx for topical NSAID or an intraarticular steroid.Bleeding Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654470738092202883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325605184495137942.post-3996468398889519792010-01-01T08:05:40.928-07:002010-01-01T08:05:40.928-07:00I hate treating family members. I have gradually ...I hate treating family members. I have gradually weaned most of them from the idea that a desired prescription for antibiotics is a phone call (mine) away, but it has taken 25 years. My family has the full gamut from a Mom who announced on Thanksgiving 10 years ago that she had colon cancer, had scheduled surgery (like I maybe can tell who's a good surgeon and who's not wasn't meaningful info?) for Christmas Eve, and no she didn't want any visitors. (Of course we all showed up anyway.) My Dad called me demanding a prescription for a controlled substance for the GIRLFRIEND of a houseguest, neither of whom I knew. Luckily, I could honestly respond that state laws forbade such practice!! How about this one, do you treat coworkers in the hospital? Nurses, OR scrubs, orderlies (called something else now, Job title changes every 5 years, job remains same, underpaid grunt work) all sound us out on who will prescribe antibiotics for UTIs, URIs, kid's otitis media, write MD excuses for their kid's missing school, etc. In the US health care is not easily affordable for anyone, unless you are in prison! I also have weaned out of that job, but it is harder. Is coworker solicitation for care even an issue in Canada?burnttoastnoreply@blogger.com