I really am starting to hate doctors. Because my last primary care left the practice I had to get a new one. I chose one that got great grades on "Vitals" and I hoped for the best. Once again I was horribly disappointed.
She was late...and stupid.
I arrived at 1:30 pm for my 2 pm appointment. I had been told to arrive at 1:45. What time did she appear? 2:15. This after a nearly 3 month wait just to get a meet and greet appointment. I had to put my work off for her...so I expected her to be on time.
But I am getting ahead of myself.
First we have the assistant take me back to get my vitals. The good news... they are not using a machine to take my blood pressure -- GOOD NEWS. The bad news.. she took it grossly wrong. She put me down in a low chair and pulled my arm up high... so it was very much higher than my heart. BP: 100/68. Is this why my BP on my record is all over the place? This also concerned me because I had just been vaccinated and it seemed, if correct, a low BP could be a sign of clotting. But when I got home I took it on my machine and it was 120/80.. a typical result.
The assistant did not take my body temperature - even though I had told her I had been running a fever the day before. Not to mention it is covid season.The assistant did take my weight (of course) which came back at 178. IMHO much higher than I thought it would be and my height (which fyi I fudged a bit) at 5'4. My scale at home as me at 172, but I was full dressed and had eaten.
The doctor flew in without as much as a how do you do.. it was like she was checking off list. She immediately went for the Cholesterol. I told her nicely I didn't want that tested but I fear she took it as I didn't want that tested right now. She went on about my Scoliosis, but, that has been stable my entire life... she then wanted to do a pap but again, she is out of her medical depth as I am not due for that for 3 years and I just had one. The rest of the appointment was bullshit that I am tired of dealing with... flu shot? Shingles shot? Mammogram? Blah blah blah.
I could not believe it when, after losing 37 lbs this year she started giving me the lecture on losing weight. Honestly is it ever enough for them? I am guessing that my mask obscured my face frown but I stopped her and told her i had lost the weight. I had expected some congratulations but she obviously hadn't read anything on the chart before walking in. I told her I had stopped because of the results I kept getting on my blood tests.... no clue.. and of course she offered no suggestions.
What did she NOT concern herself with at all... at all.. my MGUS. When I mentioned it to her ... she imho got defensive, once again stating the party line that MGUS was "just an extra protein" and it "may not progress at all" and "am I seeing a blood doctor about that." Ugh, the most important thing on my chart and she couldn't give a hoot.
The rest of the appointment imho was a bust. I have very little confidence in her at the moment and will continue to look around for better doctors.
I truly think that I have to found a lobbying group for MGUS. The thing is.. I don't know how to. Until doctors are getting MGUS alerts daily they won't pay attention. I also want to test the general population. So we can really know how many people have MGUS and how many of them have symptoms.
