All right, maybe it’s not as bad as having Mr. Bean for your doctor…
I went to the labs today, expecting to have a certain test ordered by my doctor. The nurse came out, took my prescription slip, and came back in 30 seconds with a “kit” (I guess you’d call it a kit) for doing the test yourself, at home.
I am not a fan of D.I.Y. medicine. To me it looks like an attempt to shift responsibility to the patient. “Well, we told him how to do it, we can’t help it if he fonged it up!”
What’s next–Do-It-Yourself abdominal surgery? “Each kit contains a brand-new scalpel–and enough anesthetic to knock out a water buffalo!” Is that where we’re headed?
I am distracted, and have no idea what to put on this blog today.
Just relax, post some beautiful hymns and don’t worry about anything. We are with you no
matter what.
Thanks, Erlene.
I’ve noticed this, too. You can now order your own lab work, without a doctor. Probably not a good thing.
“Each kit contains a brand-new scalpel–and enough anesthetic to knock out a water buffalo!” Ha, ha, ha, ha….
How about do it yourself blood samples, and then put them in the mail. Or urine samples. I am diagnosed with stage-four cancer and saw the oncologist once, now every month I see the nurse practitioner. I went to the ophthalmologist Monday and the assistant did all the measuring and was the one who put the dilation drops in, etc. The real doctor came in and basically said have a nice day.
There are certain things that you’d rather a competent stranger did, than do yourself.