Always wonderful reading your thoughts Dr Duvefelt. I have recently been reminded to live by the ‘heal thyself’ motto. I am recovering from a lower back injury which made me sit and walk funny and to help with pain I had to place a hot water bottle on my chair during clinics. Patients were concerned, one joked ‘Oh doctor looks like you need a doctor’ It was a particularly busy day and my human interaction limit was reached so I just smiled at his supposedly innocent remark but I couldn’t help think ‘couldn’t you have been a bit nice and ask how I am?!’ Doctors make the worse patients because maybe we aren’t allowed to feel like patient.
Lilian White, who wrote the sister post to this one, just mentioned we could write about the actual experience of being a patient when you are a doctor…
I love this! And I love your passion to put patients ahead of the Ka-Ching!! Your thoughts are spot on!
Always wonderful reading your thoughts Dr Duvefelt. I have recently been reminded to live by the ‘heal thyself’ motto. I am recovering from a lower back injury which made me sit and walk funny and to help with pain I had to place a hot water bottle on my chair during clinics. Patients were concerned, one joked ‘Oh doctor looks like you need a doctor’ It was a particularly busy day and my human interaction limit was reached so I just smiled at his supposedly innocent remark but I couldn’t help think ‘couldn’t you have been a bit nice and ask how I am?!’ Doctors make the worse patients because maybe we aren’t allowed to feel like patient.
Lilian White, who wrote the sister post to this one, just mentioned we could write about the actual experience of being a patient when you are a doctor…