linkspam stuff

[nilchance]

- On femme shame and feminist solidarity: "So maybe I should say here, because someone might read it: I will always, always take the side of the woman you scorn. I will always empathise with her, even if it seems we’re categorically different, because I know we’re serialised the same."

- Out, out, damn Gleek: Link contains spoilers about the last Glee episode and I'm therefore not including an excerpt. Also, I don't watch Glee, but the latest (spoiler that happens) made me go "WHAT."

- Nil by mouth: Roger Ebert talks about his surgery, losing his ability to eat, and the power of memory.

- Yeah, I'm angry. Now what?: "The myth of the angry woman is one that takes no prisoners. Every stereotype from the “disgruntled housewife” to “angry black woman” and a personal favorite, “turbo bitch,” injects itself into the idea that anger and femaleness do not correlate, “crazy” tailgating close behind."

- Be an informed patient, but not too informed: "But the claim that patients should be informed and should be proactive in the doctor’s office is often belied by the behaviour of health care providers in clinical settings, where informed, assertive, confident patients are sometimes penalised for doing what they’ve been told to do."

- Red lipstain: "Sometimes it’s just your mind, refusing to believe."

- Good Brain. Bad Brain.: author Scott Lynch talks about his depression.

- A cheerful way to start off December: author cleolinda talks about her depression, too, and about "real"/"unreal" conditions.

Comments

[ladykatiewench.livejournal.com]

Now, I know that my experience is different because I'm a therapist and not a doctor but I've found that it is possible for a patient to think that they are well-informed and they are not. This is especially difficult because I work with muscles and, unless your specialty deals directly with muscles, the medical field is wildly uninformed when it comes to them. They don't teach muscles in medical school or nursing school. So, my worst patients tend to be doctors and nurses. They think they know what they are talking about and they think they know the correct way to deal with it. They really, really don't.

The secondary problem that comes with that is that doctors misinform patients about muscles (and online medical info often does the same thing). I have a patient who went to a neurologist about numbness in her arm. The doctor said that there were no problems with her nerves and that she must be imagining it. She told me about it and I found the problem withing 10 seconds because it was a muscle impinging on the nerve.

For my type of work, my preferred way of figuring out problems is when a patient can clearly tell me what they are feeling, without trying to self-diagnose. That way, there can be discussion between us and then I can actually put my hands on the problem for us to figure out.

[batdina.livejournal.com]

as a general rule, I've found physical therapists to be a lot more interested in what I say than doctors are. it's why I like you guys.

[ladykatiewench.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! On behalf of all of us, we greatly appreciate it!!

[batdina.livejournal.com]

the one about being an informed patient rings bells. luckily I live in a large enough area that I can tell doctors who don't listen to me to go hang; but that's a privilege not all people have and I know it.

(I saw the beginnings of that ebert piece yesterday. evocative to say the least.)

[beetle-breath.livejournal.com]

honestly, when my mom's doctor gave her the run around when my mom had cancer, I just gave up on doctors. The woman refused to believe my mother when she said "I'm bleeding and I've been post-menopausal for YEARS"

I just can't. I'm sick of going to the doctor, trying to explain my symptoms and then the doctor accusing me of either false diagnosing myself (no, I'm just telling you what's wrong. I'm paying you to diagnose me!) or blowing me off completely.