Re: More Petty

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Unless it's sepsis or central line infection, I don't think it shows up in the metrics at the moment. And even if it did, it would just hurt the hospital, not the doctor.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 3:05 PM
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Hurts the hospital and the patient.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 3:08 PM
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So how do I hurt the doctor? I mean his feelings.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 3:17 PM
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I think that's what Yelp is for.


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 3:18 PM
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Pull his tail until he yelps. Got it.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 3:20 PM
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Well, you live in Texas and I'm guessing being shot really hurts people's feelings. You could do that.


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 3:22 PM
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"Are you *sure* you washed your hands? With soap AND hot water?"


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 3:25 PM
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Also there also are a lot of doctor specific versions of yelp out there that you could use.

And most doctors have only a few ratings unless they really inspire feelings of one sort or another in people. So a nasty rating has an outsized effect (which is why they're mostly useless, but if you google a doctor's name they're usually some of the first results).


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 3:26 PM
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As a mother of four, you should be able to give exactly the right delivery to the line. The surgeon had a mother, use it to your advantage!


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 3:28 PM
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Call him by his first name at the follow-up. Then if he complains say "sorry, I only use titles for people who didn't give me post-op infections." Then look at the nurse and say "BURN."


Posted by: E. Messily | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 3:29 PM
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Tell him that there was considerable laudable pus and a marked crisis, but thanks to the crisis your humors are coming back in balance.


Posted by: md 20/400 | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 7:21 PM
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Exhibit heroic doses of laudanum.


Posted by: clew | Link to this comment | 06-12-15 9:15 PM
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I agree with Messily.


Posted by: J, Robot | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 1:37 AM
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10 is great.


Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 3:46 AM
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Laudanum is wonderfully beneficial during the crisis.


Posted by: Stephen Maturin | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 6:06 AM
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OR post on Unfogged and enjoy the hell out of the commenter-generated snark.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 6:22 AM
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Sorry about your infestation of animalcules, Heebs.


Posted by: togolosh | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 9:50 AM
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I got an infection post-delivery (yay, stitches!) and had them treated by a different OB because I had Very Angry Feelings towards the first one. Second OB strongly urged me to allow her to write a letter to 1st OB detailing my infection & the follow-up treatment (as professional courtesy, I suppose?) and I agreed. 1st OB then billed me for reading the letter.

I haven't decided whether to fight it or not, but it seems profoundly ballsy in a really gross way.


Posted by: parodie | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 1:53 PM
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That's horrible. At minimum don't pay. Maybe sue her for malpractice and get it on the evening news if you're super vindictive (OB bills me for telling her she gave me an infection).


Posted by: Buttercup | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 2:02 PM
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Or just tweet it. Heaping shame on scoundrels is one of the better functions of the internet.


Posted by: Buttercup | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 2:03 PM
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20 is right: this is exactly the sort of pass-around-this-astonishing-story fuel that the internet runs on. "This woman reported a post-delivery infection to her doctor and you won't believe what happened next!"


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 2:06 PM
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One asshole thing this woman's asshole doctor did. The first one shocked me!


Posted by: dalriata | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 2:39 PM
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I think deliveries are more of a vagina thing, actually, though I've really only ever been present for one and I don't remember much about it.


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 2:42 PM
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Snark has well-documented antimicrobial properties.


Posted by: SP | Link to this comment | 06-13-15 2:53 PM
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Never has snark been so satisfying. Thanks guys. I wish I had the nerve to do something like that, but to be honest there's a reasonable chance I'll just pay - path of least resistance and all.

However, if I knew where to start to warn people about this ass of an OB, I absolutely would. I suppose I should write a letter to someone. It all seems so straightforward when it's someone else's problem but when it happens to you...


Posted by: parodie | Link to this comment | 06-14-15 2:16 AM
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I hope you tell OB2 about this. Reputation might take a further ding.


Posted by: md 20/400 | Link to this comment | 06-14-15 7:14 AM
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"This is our most desperate hour. Help me, OB 2. You're my only hope."


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 06-14-15 7:30 AM
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This isn't all taking place in Kenosha by any chance?


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 06-14-15 8:06 AM
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OB2 Kewuntri.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 06-14-15 11:31 AM
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