Where's my nurse? I need some healing...

[barush]

Some of you may know that my ear has been hurting for quite a while now. At one point it got better but then it started again so today I decided to go to a doctor (finally) 'cause I'm leaving to England for 2 weeks on Sunday and it'd suck if it got even worse again when I'm there.

So anyways, I went to the hospital with my mother 'cause she's working there (the head psychologist, no less lmao) and when the people see another person dressed all in white things tend to move faster. However, I still had to wait over an hour but judging by the amount of people there it really could have been worse. When I got (finally) called, I realized that the doctor was the same one that treated me numerous times before, when I was younger and had problems with ears all the time. He's an Arab and can't really speak Czech much. So he looked into my left ear (the one that hurts) and said that there was nothing wrong. Then he looked into my right ear, which doesn't hurt at all, and stated that that one was in worse condition but that I won't need any medication or anything. At that point I was like 'it fucking hurts like bitch you idiot!!!' but didn't say anything, of course. Then he looked into my mouth and said that if I hadn't been swimming lately the pain was probably caused by my teeth (which I have no problems with). At this point I was too stunned to say anything.

In the end my mother persuaded him to prescribe me some ear drops if it got worse when I'm in England and then he offered to prescribe me the meds I need for my allergies. I mean, wtf? Really, I knew our health care system was fucked up but this is a bit too much.

/rant

 

Comments

[thegreenkat.livejournal.com]

Don't even ask what happened to my mother's aunt. It was a UNBELIEVABLE, STUPID and deadly mistake. (yes, I mean it, she died!)

[barush.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm sorry=/ Really, our medical system is getting worse and worse, it's terrible.

[thegreenkat.livejournal.com]

It's okay. I hardly knew her. But it was shocking.

[zimena]

That's unbelievable! It sounds more or less like he couldn't find out what was wrong, so he just made up something completely unrelated and stupid.

I hope you'll be okay, though - and especially that you'll be okay while you're in England!

[barush.livejournal.com]

Yeah, really, I didn't even understand what he was asking me most of the time as his Czech pronunciation was so poor. Yours is better, seriously=)

Well, I hope so. It's not as bad as it's been a few days ago so I hope it's getting better.

[cookie-wolf.livejournal.com]

Can you go to a hospital in England instead? Dunno if their health care's any better--ours sucks, some woman died in the ER waiting room after waiting for over 24 hours--but at least they'll speak English and have a clue on what to do with you.

[barush.livejournal.com]

Well, that's the thing I'm trying to avoid as health care in England is fucking expensive. I'm sure I wouldn't have the money to pay for the doctor there.

[cookie-wolf.livejournal.com]

They don't have walk in clinics?

[barush.livejournal.com]

Well I dunno, guess so, but it's a bit more complicated when you're there on holiday... I'd rather not find out for myself how it actually works, really.

[cookie-wolf.livejournal.com]

Well I don't want you to die. Who will go backpacking with me across Europe?

[(Anonymous)]

Al is funny, isnt he? :D No worries, I too didnt know what does "faska" mean. (It meant "facka").
Btw. this is about British health care, it happened to one Czech girl:
J: muzu z Depo presadit rovnou na prasky?
S: doporucila bych pockat do prvni menses a pak nasadit..
J: ale to muze bejt klidne az za pul roku, za rok??
S: jj
J: hmm.. napsala byste mi teda recept?
S: to nee, prece nebudete mit recept pul roku doma, prijdte si pro nej, az to dostanete
J: to uz by bylo pozde, musela bych cekat na dalsi cyklus
S: nee, normalne se objednate a prijdete si pro nej a zacnete brat
J: to je preci nesmysl, to bych se musela objednat hned na ten den a co kdyz budu nekde mimo London nebo cojavim?
S: no prece nebudete mit recept pul roku doma..
J: a kdo rika pul roku? Treba to dostanu za mesic, dva?
S: ne, to nemuzu predepsat.. recept ma expiracni dobu pul roku a co kdyz to nedostanete..
J: vzdyt bych si ty prasky vyzvedla uz dneska prece!
S: ne, to nejde..
J: PROC BY TO NESLO??

..videla, ze ztracim trpelivost, tak rika MMNT, NEKAM ZAVOLAM..
chvilku si povidali a ona telefon polozila s tim, ze volala KAMOSCE, ktera zrovna dostudovala Family planning..a ze prej muzu nasadit okamzite..

Ha! Educated British nurse know less than me?

OSlinka