Being Smart
By TT
@atoz1to10 (6780)
Australia
April 27, 2017 7:18am CST
I went to see my Doctor today.
When I was in her consultation room, I noticed that a couple of her fingers being covered with bandaids. Being a caring person I asked her what was wrong with them. She told me that she had eczema and it hurt her fingers (dry and broken skin).
Since I have the same problem, I shared my special treatment with her. She just kept nodding her head in a polite way with a smile on her face.
Once I left the room and thought about it I felt so silly.
Why on earth did I do that for? She is a doctor and I am her patient. She doesnt need a patient to tell her what to do with her skin.
Have I tried to be smart at the wrong place with the wrong person? Have you been in similiar situation before?
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@Courtlynn (67083)
• United States
27 Apr 17
You were just trying to help. Plus, not all doctors are good doctors where they know almost everything
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
27 Apr 17
Yes, I agree. Just like my mum used to have problem with her heart yet her doctor kept telling her that she was OK, until later on we/he found out that she was not.
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@Courtlynn (67083)
• United States
27 Apr 17
@atoz1to10 yup. I was going to the hospital every few days for stomach pains and they never found out what it was. Now my regular doctors for my head
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
28 Apr 17
@Courtlynn So do you know what was/is wrong with your stomach now?
@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
27 Apr 17
@atoz1to10 yes that's true. Maybe whatever you shared to her, she might put it into practice
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
27 Apr 17
Thank you.
Don't we always say sharing is caring?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Apr 17
i think you made the right decision. not all doctors can find treatment to their own sickness and it takes an 'outsider' to teach her. even i as a nurse, i would not mind if somebody advises me on a treatment management that i am naive of.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Apr 17
@atoz1to10 yes, i have had many clients/patients who are smart, but sadly, not smart in the real sense of the word. they say some things that are not treating a disease, because they believe the practice of their older relatives. an example is- a woman who just delivered her infant: it should be right to advise the parturient to take a bath with lukewarm water when she is discharged, but the elders of their family say otherwise. a parturient should not immediately take a bath but wait for a week before she can bathe herself.
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
29 Apr 17
@ridingbet I see. Thanks for sharing your story. 
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
27 Apr 17
I just hope that my doctor didn't mind when I shared my treatment with her. So you are a nurse as well? Did you meet some one like me, ''being smart''?
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@manasamanu (3746)
• Bangalore, India
27 Apr 17
You don't have to be sorry for that after all you were only trying to help her. She may be a doctor but that doesn't mean she has to be aware of everything.
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
27 Apr 17
Thanks.
I hope she will try what I asked her to do to see if it works for her.
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
28 Apr 17
@manasamanu Yes, I hope she will try my way too.
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@manasamanu (3746)
• Bangalore, India
27 Apr 17
@atoz1to10 If she wants to get rid of her problem then she will surely try.
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
27 Apr 17
I think so too... Thanks. By the way, are you a new member? Welcome to myLot if I havent done so...
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@vin12345 (567)
• Kerala, India
27 Apr 17
@atoz1to10 Yeah I have joined today and nice to meet you here.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
27 Apr 17
@atoz1to10 Nothing wrong with what you did.You just let her know such and such thing worked for you.It is okay.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
27 Apr 17
LOL nothing wrong with that my friend and she may consider your words to heal herself.
I have also done this so do not feel bad.
I had shared about garlic, ginger, hot tea and lemon honey for cold to Doctor.
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
5 May 17
No, you were helping her out and the things you said may have helped
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
28 Apr 17
Not at all. Doctors don't know everything. There are new and alternative ways of dealing with illnesses and issues that many doctors have no idea about.
@Janile (265)
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28 Apr 17
@atoz1to10 ohhh I do the same way last April 10,I went to doctor for check up... When it's my turn and I'm in her desk now, i notice something to her so I asked the doctor if she's ok she told me her stomach is aching since morning.As a pharmacy assistance before I told her to take a buscopan.She is obgyne, I only remember what I done when i got home
I prescribed medicine to my doctor ...
I prescribed medicine to my doctor ...
