Well that was a thing that just happened

[clevermanka]

Okay. Uh. So I wrapped up my Zoom appointment with Dr. SexyNotAtAllSexyAnymore an hour ago and I'm still wrapping my head around it.

He was super laissez-faire about COVID and the morbidity rate and associated long term effects. He thinks people should get out and about, etc., supports the US following the Swedish model (despite USians being, like, fractionally as sensible as Swedes) and I'm like wait... what? Apparently most of the people who are going to die are "near end of life anyway" and really, they could be taken out by regular influenza or even the common cold. I did not bother to ask his thoughts on long-term debilitating effects because seriously why. Oh, and then he mentioned he hired a new nurse practitioner so they could start seeing more patients. He's very excited to open the clinic to a wider audience, especially families, where they (this is an actual quote) "wouldn't get vaccines pushed on them."

At that point my Game Face kicked in. It's a highly cultivated and practiced look that I used to adopt in university meetings, like when a higher-up would say something truly outrageous (or an outright lie) and I needed to appear neutral Because Politics (I'm a Very Good Slytherin that way). I was just like... I trusted you? I referred people to you? I used to be friends with your mother? What is happening right now?

But my thyroid script is renewed for another 12 months and when I need to renew it I'm going to cross my fingers and hope my regular PCP (the one I had through my work insurance) will agree to refill it for me and do the bloodwork in her office. Because I am never darkening the doors of the Atma Clinic ever again.

I'm uh...gonna go get suuuuuuper fucked up and write some Shen Wei in a corset porn, now.

Comments

[plingo_kat]

...wow. What the fuck. I'm glad you were able to get your script renewed, and hope all his business dries up forever.

[clevermanka]

This is Kansas. We don't believe in science. His business is gonna skyrocket.

But yeah. At least I've got twelve months of pills. And if the past year taught me anything, it's that a hell of a lot can happen in twelve months.

[naye]

WHAT THE ABSOULUTE FUCK????

This is completely unethical. I can't believe what I'm reading with my own two eyes. KUDOS TO YOU for not just leaving the Zoom mid-sentence because uhhhh.

WHAT THE FUCCCCCCCCCCK

And all other completely irrational things aside:

DON'T BE LIKE SWEDEN

I was just ranting about this on Twitter today, because the Swedish Model of waiting and seeing has turned out to leave us with one of the highest death rates per capita IN THE WORLD. It was fine for a bit - like, our numbers weren't that far off from our neighbors - but then Denmark and Norway and Finland all stopped having deaths at a few hundred and Sweden's now at OVER FOUR THOUSAND. GUUUUUUUUUUUUYS. This is not something you want to do. If you discount micro-countries like San Marino, Sweden's like #5 IN THE WORLD for deaths per capita. (My uneducated guess is that there's countries like the US that should be higher than us but where deaths are being underreported, so it might be more like...IDK, #10 or so in real terms? Which is WAYYYYYYYYYYY worse than the rest of the Nordics.)

And yeah, that's WITH people trying to be sensible and reasonable and getting paid sick leave from the first day (you can be on paid sick leave for a long time too - I won't say unlimited, but it'll go from short term to long term after 14 days, and you can't be fired for being off sick), and paid leave to take care of sick kids, AND paid leave if you're contagious.

But seriously though: "near end of life anyway" I CANNOT. What the hell kind of philosophy is that for a doctor???

[wrote_and_writ]

For fuck’s sake, what absolute bullshit. I’m glad you’re at least set for meds rn. And yay porn!

[riventhorn]

How do these people get through medical school? Wow.

[goss]

O_O

I am speechless.

Because I am never darkening the doors of the Atma Clinic ever again.

Thank goodness you got your prescription renewed for another year. Yikes.

[trobadora]

What the fucking fuck.

This kind of callous cruelty, in a doctor? WHAT THE HELL.

All the hugs for having to deal with that without exploding. Ugh.

[clevermanka]

Thank DOGS for all my experience cultivating in an instinctive game face because I need this prescription. Even if my gut was all 😱 my front brain was In Fuckin' Charge.

I hadn't been paying attention to international numbers and didn't realize Sweden was rising so rapidly. Ugh, I'm so sorry, bb.

What the hell kind of philosophy is that for a doctor?
I don't fuckin' know, naye. I don't know anything anymore.

[clevermanka]

FUCK YEAH DRUGS AND PORN 😂

[clevermanka]

I paid this man thousands of dollars (out of pocket) to manage my care for more than three years.

[clevermanka]

At least there's that, yes. A lot can happen in a year (both a blessing and a curse I suppose).

[clevermanka]

Yeah, that was... if I didn't need the prescription, I might've just cut the fucking call.

[umadoshi]

Fucking hell. That's beyond appalling. >.<

I'm glad you got the script you need and that your Game Face kicked in. (I envy your Game Face. I utterly lack one.)

I'm uh...gonna go get suuuuuuper fucked up and write some Shen Wei in a corset porn, now.

That sounds like a good plan, which I'm not only saying because it benefits so many of us. I do very much appreciate the visuals, though.

[solo]

I'm so glad you kept it together for your prescription. But what an absolute fucking neandertal. (Sorry, Neandertals...)

I guess you didn't get to ask about the other thing. HIT ME UP!

[clevermanka]

[clevermanka]

Oh bb I don't even remember what the other thing was. WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING? About the Guanfacine, maybe? (or maybe email me)

[elayna]

Just yesterday I saw a brief interview with the Swedish guy who orchestrated their model where he said basically, 'we fucked up and shouldn't have done it this way because we've had more deaths than we should have.'

Screw all the anti-vaxxers, especially those in the medical profession themselves. I mean, WTF?

I'm sorry he's a horrifying idiot and you had to find out in such a shocking way. Yay for never dealing with him again.

[clevermanka]

Between the COVID and the anti-vaxx stuff it was a one-two punch that really hit me out of the blue. Yay for not seeing him again, for real.

[teaotter]

WTF?!?! I'm so glad you got your prescription filled, and I'm glad you found out this guy's a wacko before anything else happened, but DAMN! That's a hell of a thing to find out in the middle of an appointment. Congrats on keeping it together long enough to get what you need.

Also, I completely approve of corset porn as a coping mechanism and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

[clevermanka]

CORSET PORNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[naye]

And you deserve a medal for Game Face. #1!! Now: CORSET PORN! \o/

[moodsong]

What a fucking calous attitude.

[clevermanka]

It's been going on four hours now and I'm still reeling.

[moodsong]

Is reporting him an option?

[clevermanka]

I mean... what would I report him for? Having a bad opinion? He runs a private clinic that works outside of insurance.