It's easier to tell your patients to do this and do that..
Than being told to do this and do that..
Do u know the most difficult thing is compliance to take your medications on time ?
At least for me.
And i only have to take 2 tablets.
Imagine those who have to take 7 different tablets at different times a day.
Not to mention the insulin jabs the diabetics have to endure each meal time.
Being in a hospital when you are the doctor is not as scary as being in the hospital as a patient.
Firstly because - doctors poke, patients get poked. Haha.
A lot of times i will get this from the doctors who came to poke me : You poke people everyday, so why should u be scared of being poked ?
Because i can feel the pain - Duh.
And i am such a pain.
I always warn them - only one prick please.
Or worse - If you are not confident please call someone else.
I pick my own veins for them to poke.
I choose the size of the needle.
I hang up my own drip.
I give my own medications via the drip.
I requested my own medications.
If possible i won't let anyone touch me unnecessarily.
All in all - I am my own bloody doctor a.k.a - a PAIN.
But one important lesson learnt throughout my experience as a patient :
It is really therapeutic to be attended by nice doctors who empathise and sympathise with what u are going through.
So what was taught during health in society back in med school really makes sense to me now - i can relate to it.
And it doesn't take a lot of effort or time - just a nod, a warm smile, a pat on the shoulder, a kind word.
And it does make a big difference and goes a long way.
So let's all be better doctors. And better patients. Heh..
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