Beautiful line: "I was as if there was only a finite amount of fear that could be in the room and once I started having some she lost hers." I'm glad you're still with us! And I'm impressed that you go to the gym 3-5 times a week. Goals!
Thank you! Becoming a "gym guy" is so deeply weird for me. But, because I'm me, I do sometimes read Dostoevsky while on the treadmill, which is truly insane behavior.
So glad to hear that you’re now stabilized and healthy. I think your story has a couple of very important points for the medical community: bedside manner is important, even/especially in the ED; and effective communication is key. I’m adjacent to the medical profession and can’t emphasize enough how vital is their work, and how they are indeed overworked/under-appreciated financially and socially (except for a brief moment early in the pandemic). But kind, effective communication about professional reasons for certain procedures and progress updates can only strengthen patient:HCP trust, and make the whole effort easier and hopefully less time consuming and frightening.
Well said and it's great to hear your perspective. (I love how non-defensive you are also. I find that a rare and beautiful quality.) Thank you for this.
Thanks! My partner is a doctor and I work in pharma, so I see the good we do. And, as a patient in this unhealthy system I also see what we have to endure. Empathy is important.
Beautiful line: "I was as if there was only a finite amount of fear that could be in the room and once I started having some she lost hers." I'm glad you're still with us! And I'm impressed that you go to the gym 3-5 times a week. Goals!
Thank you! Becoming a "gym guy" is so deeply weird for me. But, because I'm me, I do sometimes read Dostoevsky while on the treadmill, which is truly insane behavior.
So glad to hear that you’re now stabilized and healthy. I think your story has a couple of very important points for the medical community: bedside manner is important, even/especially in the ED; and effective communication is key. I’m adjacent to the medical profession and can’t emphasize enough how vital is their work, and how they are indeed overworked/under-appreciated financially and socially (except for a brief moment early in the pandemic). But kind, effective communication about professional reasons for certain procedures and progress updates can only strengthen patient:HCP trust, and make the whole effort easier and hopefully less time consuming and frightening.
Well said and it's great to hear your perspective. (I love how non-defensive you are also. I find that a rare and beautiful quality.) Thank you for this.
Thanks! My partner is a doctor and I work in pharma, so I see the good we do. And, as a patient in this unhealthy system I also see what we have to endure. Empathy is important.
Yes! Empathy is so important in every realm. As you said.
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