Your Retina Specialists Doctor's etiquette
I have read a few blogs about the doc's you see...some with good bedside manners and yet more without social skills. We, the client, do not realize just how few specialists there are with the talents they possess, and the workload of their daily clinic. Fortunately I have found one that is sympathetic with everyone he sees and is more than willing to answer the same questions over and over again to whoever needs to ask. And I like the rest of you, hate waiting in the waiting room for hours to get the injections, that is until I could see the sense of it. It takes more time for the preparation than it does the actual shot. The doc spends the time he needs to get his job done...no more and no less. To us, it seems like assembly line medicine, but to care for as many people as he sees in a week, that's a logical method of treatment. So I have come to the point where a little inconvenience on my part is acceptable for the gift of sight he provides me.
thank you for your comment. You raise good points, and I personally agree with you. I have dry macular degeneration, but some of your issues still apply. The first time I saw my new RS he spent a long time discussing my situation, my treatment, my test results, answering my questions and being very accommodating. At my second visit, after my tests, his assistant doctor was the one who talked to me, and my main RS just popped his head in the door to say things were unchanged. I felt put out by this treatment, but then I realised that he had a waiting room full of patients who needed him more at this stage than I did. I am presuming (hoping?) that if and when I need to discuss anything with him, he will be available. I'm glad you've found a sympathet doctor who answers your questions. How is your treatment going? Is it holding your sight steady? Wendy, Patient Leader.
