tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post1794450869029688578..comments2024-01-12T06:12:35.838-05:00Comments on StorytellERdoc: UnderneathStorytellERdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371229500424449124noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-15953750544360293332011-05-08T19:43:22.533-04:002011-05-08T19:43:22.533-04:00Thanks for this post, it was very significant. I h...Thanks for this post, it was very significant. I haven't had burns but have had 8 abdominal operations over the past 2 years from necrotizing pancreatitis and have lots of internal and external scars and keloids. I knew it had something to do with why my breathing is more labored, but didn't realize it put me at a greater risk for pneumonia.<br />Thanks for what you do...I have spent a lot of time in ERs and am thankful for doctors like you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-66793420932488780002011-04-05T23:13:16.656-04:002011-04-05T23:13:16.656-04:00A very touching story. I'm glad you took the t...A very touching story. I'm glad you took the time to find out the true cause of his medical issue. <br /><br />You are right, we all have scars that we are continuously hiding. Until some day, someone or something makes us look at the scar-- and life-- from a different perspective. <br /><br />Doris<br />www.doris-socialworker.blogspot.comHold my hand: a social worker's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283197748791227012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-22527200918318972392011-04-03T18:54:23.555-04:002011-04-03T18:54:23.555-04:00Wow Jim! I was meant to read your post at exactly...Wow Jim! I was meant to read your post at exactly this time! Your final paragraph has personal significance for me ...based on something I just wrote that I have been wrestling with about myself and facing the future with some things. When I actually DO it ...then I will write about it. :)<br /><br />Your entire post was excellent. Blessed patient to have gotten you at that time. :)<br /><br />I know of someone (through a friend)who was burned so badly, that when they were finally released from the hospital after multiple skin grafts ..if they fell in the snow ..they could not get back up without assistance because no elasticity in his skin.<br /><br />Most of us have so much to be grateful for ...even on our worst days.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing. :)SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-56076573992933605642011-04-03T16:36:24.320-04:002011-04-03T16:36:24.320-04:00I had to come back and share my experience. I ende...I had to come back and share my experience. I ended up going to Urgent Care Saturday for my chest strangulation issue (only to be told my Medicaid was inactive- there's a glitch but I was TOLD it was fixed!) so I either had to pay at the desk or go to the city ER which is 20 miles away (yikes!) but I luckily I had a credit card. What if I didn't?<br /><br />Getting past the front desk without paying was not going to happen. I really do have Medicaid (my paperwork problem isn't their problem) but they don't know that.<br /><br />I couldn't breathe. I had been on O2 all morning but it didn't get my O2 levels up. Anyway the kindly Dr (she was nice but she wanted to be paid first of course!) immediately put me on a steroid nebulizer treatment right then and my lungs opened up. Yes I shall live another day! That wasn't all she put me on but that's another story.<br /><br />It is scary to be in the hands of incompentent Medicaid techs who lose a piece of paper. (my Medicaid caseworker tells me everything is okay...but everything is being denied in the meantime)<br /><br />I do understand money talks but I was really gasping for air. I have O2 at home. I will be yelling at my Medicaid caseworker if I can catch my breath tomorrow, lol.<br /><br />Can we clone you?Have Myelin?https://www.blogger.com/profile/05704037582961814202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-65723962627997525672011-04-03T15:32:13.643-04:002011-04-03T15:32:13.643-04:00I have been reading your blog for awhile now. Love...I have been reading your blog for awhile now. Love it! It stands alone because of the faith aspect and compassion. I felt the need to post because this is the FIRST time<br />I have read a doctor listening to the patients lungs on bare skin!<br />I have asthma, though VERY mild, with a history of pneumonia and bronchitis. It usually happens after a moderate attack. In ALL my<br />years of going into doctors for UTI symptoms, I have never had a doctor or NP listen under my clothes. It is usually over a shirt, sweater (shirt) and then another sweater (I am Always chilled when I am in with this). I have offered to remove or pull up the clothing, 'nah..okay'. So kudos to you and your dying breed of doctor (at least in my area this is true). You are one of a kind! I always cry or am touched by your stories. Please don't change!<br />Donnadonnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-85984331600536640782011-04-03T10:18:27.783-04:002011-04-03T10:18:27.783-04:00Love your writing. When I was a customer service ...Love your writing. When I was a customer service rep at a bank, I had a young man who had been burned over his entire body and face. He came in with his mother, and they always waited patiently for me. I always wondered how much pain he suffered, but more than that the pain from other people's expressions when they looked at him. You are a wonderful doctor.Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-74804963623357034882011-04-02T03:27:44.222-04:002011-04-02T03:27:44.222-04:00I wish more doctors were like you. I've never...I wish more doctors were like you. I've never met one that really seemed to observe or care. Hell, most of them don't seem to want to hear your list of symptoms before they're off and running.coulrophobic agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529243280844103232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-53146569968559555452011-04-01T17:09:35.875-04:002011-04-01T17:09:35.875-04:00Love the anaconda analogy. I understand how that f...Love the anaconda analogy. I understand how that feels (I think?) since those of us with Multiple Sclerosis get the "MS Hug" and right now I am grappling with the flu/cough/MS hug all at once. <br /><br />Oxygen please? LOL.Have Myelin?https://www.blogger.com/profile/05704037582961814202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-32144932765940301112011-03-31T15:58:59.716-04:002011-03-31T15:58:59.716-04:00Beautifully written! And it's great to see doc...Beautifully written! And it's great to see doctors like you who really care for their patients :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-17269815021332768192011-03-30T05:52:49.026-04:002011-03-30T05:52:49.026-04:00Underneath...once again a compassionate point of v...Underneath...once again a compassionate point of view. You are certainly not educated beyond your obedience of opening your heart and mind to these patients. Nice work, and you do look the best of all your brothers ..Just as much as I try not to be the flubby sister on the beach...LOL Keep being a blessing....Jen M Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240134934919422950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-47760639923617180642011-03-29T22:12:21.012-04:002011-03-29T22:12:21.012-04:00Touched moved and indeed a wonderful story that bo...Touched moved and indeed a wonderful story that bought our the human in oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-47726202130886256782011-03-29T15:11:08.478-04:002011-03-29T15:11:08.478-04:00This was a great story, and message. When I was 4 ...This was a great story, and message. When I was 4 years old my dad suffered 3rd degree burns over 30% of his body, most of it being on his chest. He's had multiple skin grafts to on that area, and I suppose it never occurred to me why he has such a hard time with "a little cough." Thank you for making me think.<br /><br />I also have Narcolepsy w/ Cataplexy, which can be made ten times worse than normal. I've had trips to the ER for something like a stomach bug, because with the Cataplexy episodes, it puts me at risk for aspiration... people don't always realize how some seemingly unrelated condition can hinder getting over even a "minor" illness.Life on Pausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516216274731780229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-11207542138173370462011-03-29T11:52:56.760-04:002011-03-29T11:52:56.760-04:00Can I just say "Amen!"?
And I love the ...Can I just say "Amen!"?<br /><br />And I love the anaconda analogy. ;-)<br /><br /><>< KatieKatie Axelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361471654719262744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-77570315419535211682011-03-29T11:34:58.426-04:002011-03-29T11:34:58.426-04:00What a lovely story. Reminds me how we blithely as...What a lovely story. Reminds me how we blithely ask someone "how are you?" and get told "I'm fine." Ever wonder what 'fine' means? A girlfriend told me it stood for Frustrated, Irritated, Neurotic, Exhausted. Or my preference (as I once blogged), Feelings Inside Not Expressed!! Perhaps the person we think is "fine", might carry scars we don't see!Jabulanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12847825459654555235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-53860472736608180322011-03-29T10:32:36.711-04:002011-03-29T10:32:36.711-04:00As always, this blog touched me deep inside. Than...As always, this blog touched me deep inside. Thank YOU for being *that* kind of doctor that sees inside. I think you are a rare gem~ and I'm not just ruffling your feathers. I am always lost in your writings as if I'm there... My heart left with that gentleman that left the ER that day.. thanks to you, he will breathe easier and feel better soon. God bless you~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-70865599481145256482011-03-29T10:12:32.026-04:002011-03-29T10:12:32.026-04:00Can this man not be helped further? Could the scar...Can this man not be helped further? Could the scars be loosened, somehow?Hopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-75738281780540734122011-03-29T09:35:27.259-04:002011-03-29T09:35:27.259-04:00Great story. Very well written.Great story. Very well written.Priya Rajuhttp://www.sastwingees.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-6668680669055739752011-03-29T09:27:10.494-04:002011-03-29T09:27:10.494-04:00Great story! Best to you and him.Great story! Best to you and him.rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-42799195897657140742011-03-29T09:15:09.113-04:002011-03-29T09:15:09.113-04:00You know...this reminds me of Maslow's Hierarc...You know...this reminds me of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs... Safety comes before love. Because if you cannot trust someone, you can't move any deeper. I tell that to my students and half the time they don't believe me...eventually, they get it. Trust...the word of the day!Heatherhttp://www.thehopefulelephant.comnoreply@blogger.com