I hear you Karletta. Both of my parents have what can generously be described as complex medical issues. Their GP will regularly spend upwards of 30 mins going through various things with them together. I know because I sit in on these appointments now. (Don't ask *sigh*) Their specilist appointments are another thing entirely. And from what I can tell their experiences are fairly similar to yours. 6-10 mins, unless its something like an assessment. I cannot imagine that *any* of their specilists get much useful information from either of them in 10 mins. And, as a general rule, the specilists almost always have a gap payment so, wtf right? If I'm paying I expect you to take the time needed to diagnose and treat properly. And here's a clue guys..Bulk Billing *IS* paying...Its just not coming out of my pocket directly but via the taxation system. As a person who has been fortunate enough to be able to work full time in a relatively stable situation for most of my working life I can tell you I would be MORE than happy to pay a higher Medicare levy if it meant that people like my parents, and let's be honest here, eventually, people like me, get the treatment they require. All the best with your Karletta - Stunning Goddess Returns project. Sounds like a brilliant goal to have.
Wow! This is familiar. I was diagnosed by my GP with appendicitis in late 2021. I wasn't in a llot of pain or showing many of the usual symptoms but it had been going on for a couple of weeks so he got me to have a CT scan and come straight back. The Radiologist coupldn't get me outta there fast enuf and my GP basically said, "Go to hospital! Don't pass Go, Don't collect $200!" I got there..waited overnight then was confronted by a surgeon and his roving pack of interns (you know how they do that right?) Guy asked me why I had presented the previous day and when I explained that my GP had said to come as I had appendicitis he was frankly skeptical. So I asked if he'd seen the scan I came in with and he actually admitted that he'd not read anything about my case at that point. I was flabbergasted and not alittle pissed by that. (No I don;t deal with half arsed action like that very well.) My response was particularly acerbic as you can imagine. He came back the next day after my surgery and it was like none of that had even occurred. I mean I know surgeons have a reputation for being tools but this guy took out the grand prize in my book.
You've hit the nail right on the head mate. You sound like a fighter and a winner to me. I've had some injury time to think recently. I reflected a bit on love. I got churched a lot when i was young and what i could never get was why all the different religions thought that they were right and everyone else was wrong. The one thing that got repeated by all denominations constantly was " god is love ". In my mind by extrapolation then " love is God " What if it's that simple?. I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking about loving a cat, dog, person, environment or whatever and the feeling that we get from it. There's no love on a battlefield and maybe the absence of love is evil. Interested to hear your thoughts. Good luck mate
Hello again, there is plenty to consider in your post. Always thought provoking. I think that I am talking about love being a tool to make things more bearable. I know that when I walk my neighbours dog we both get something out of it and something passes between us. Is it love? I don't know. I'm an electrician trying to philosophies lol. I do flirt with a creed called Theosophy which isn't a religion as such but acknowledges a higher power. I've just finished a book called Sapiens and the author reckons that humans invented God and not the other way around. Hope all good where you are.
I hear you Karletta. Both of my parents have what can generously be described as complex medical issues. Their GP will regularly spend upwards of 30 mins going through various things with them together. I know because I sit in on these appointments now. (Don't ask *sigh*) Their specilist appointments are another thing entirely. And from what I can tell their experiences are fairly similar to yours. 6-10 mins, unless its something like an assessment. I cannot imagine that *any* of their specilists get much useful information from either of them in 10 mins. And, as a general rule, the specilists almost always have a gap payment so, wtf right? If I'm paying I expect you to take the time needed to diagnose and treat properly. And here's a clue guys..Bulk Billing *IS* paying...Its just not coming out of my pocket directly but via the taxation system. As a person who has been fortunate enough to be able to work full time in a relatively stable situation for most of my working life I can tell you I would be MORE than happy to pay a higher Medicare levy if it meant that people like my parents, and let's be honest here, eventually, people like me, get the treatment they require. All the best with your Karletta - Stunning Goddess Returns project. Sounds like a brilliant goal to have.
Wow! This is familiar. I was diagnosed by my GP with appendicitis in late 2021. I wasn't in a llot of pain or showing many of the usual symptoms but it had been going on for a couple of weeks so he got me to have a CT scan and come straight back. The Radiologist coupldn't get me outta there fast enuf and my GP basically said, "Go to hospital! Don't pass Go, Don't collect $200!" I got there..waited overnight then was confronted by a surgeon and his roving pack of interns (you know how they do that right?) Guy asked me why I had presented the previous day and when I explained that my GP had said to come as I had appendicitis he was frankly skeptical. So I asked if he'd seen the scan I came in with and he actually admitted that he'd not read anything about my case at that point. I was flabbergasted and not alittle pissed by that. (No I don;t deal with half arsed action like that very well.) My response was particularly acerbic as you can imagine. He came back the next day after my surgery and it was like none of that had even occurred. I mean I know surgeons have a reputation for being tools but this guy took out the grand prize in my book.
You've hit the nail right on the head mate. You sound like a fighter and a winner to me. I've had some injury time to think recently. I reflected a bit on love. I got churched a lot when i was young and what i could never get was why all the different religions thought that they were right and everyone else was wrong. The one thing that got repeated by all denominations constantly was " god is love ". In my mind by extrapolation then " love is God " What if it's that simple?. I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking about loving a cat, dog, person, environment or whatever and the feeling that we get from it. There's no love on a battlefield and maybe the absence of love is evil. Interested to hear your thoughts. Good luck mate
Hello again, there is plenty to consider in your post. Always thought provoking. I think that I am talking about love being a tool to make things more bearable. I know that when I walk my neighbours dog we both get something out of it and something passes between us. Is it love? I don't know. I'm an electrician trying to philosophies lol. I do flirt with a creed called Theosophy which isn't a religion as such but acknowledges a higher power. I've just finished a book called Sapiens and the author reckons that humans invented God and not the other way around. Hope all good where you are.