#‘I want him checked over he’s old’ and ‘I want him euthanised he’s really struggling’ are two VERY different consults | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

aspiringhorrorauthor · 1 month

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Just read a post about how you shouldn’t trust a doctor who rushes you and like, yes I fully understand the frustration, so here’s what you can do to stop yourself being rushed:

-ask for a double appointment

-ask for a triple appointment

-fuck it ask for an hour long appointment if you think it’ll help

-be outright about what you want/need from an appointment. If you need more time to process information, say that. If you need the doctor to write out all information, say that. If you have a complex case/long history, say that!

-list all the reasons why you want to see the doctor/vet that day and please don’t sugar coat it. “Been vomiting” is a ten minute fix. “Been vomiting after every meal for the past two years” is not. It needs a double appointment and possibly a referral too.

Doctors and vets are overworked to fuck and exploited to hell. Help us out a little, please

#I get the frustration I really really fucking do #But I cannot stress this enough: we do not get overtime #We don’t! If you are booked in for a fifteen minute time slot and it takes 45 minutes we run late. We lose our lunch or we go home late and #We never get that time back. We already work long hours for frankly less pay than you’d expect for someone saving lives #If I run even just fifteen minutes late after one appointment it knocks on to everything and suddenly I cannot HALT #which is the acronym to encourage medical professionals to take care of themselves to reduce human error #(Basically take a break if you’re Hungry Angry Lonely/Late or Tired)#I have known other new grads who have to stay back at work unpaid for 1-2 hours every DAY #Do you know how much that wears you out?#All I’m saying is properly booked appointments are a godsend.#Also don’t sugar coat the reason for bringing a pet into the vets.#‘I want him checked over he’s old’ and ‘I want him euthanised he’s really struggling’ are two VERY different consults #I do get people’s frustrations with doctors but this website has a tendency to forget that they’re still human #If you were forced to do unpaid labour every day because you’ve got an understaffed over exploited work force you’d probably be annoyed too #And I know a lot of people are!!! But people don’t realise medical professionals are too!!!#We’re all in the hell of late stage capitalism together and that means you pay too much for a vet/doctor who does not have #The time or resources they fucking need

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