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I will say a little prayer in hopes that your Wellbutrin works.
Oh, and I agree with Maupassant. Endoscopies are no big deal. I’ve had two and been completely anesthetized during both. Some people have some sore/scratchy throat problems for a bit afterwards, but I didn’t have that issue.
I can’t agree more about how frusgtrating it is to go to the doctor. My doctor made me wait almost 2 hours before I aaw him and he had an emergency case and they have over 10 doctors that work there – made no sense why I should have to wait for so long.
My last job was working with elderly patients and when they needed devices to help them none of the items were covered by insurance so it was up to patients to pay for it. Even though it would help them over a period of time like rehab therapy, the device and training was never approved.
I have used Wellbutrin before and man it really did mellowed down my libido. Not only that the boyfriend should be well aware of the sexual side effects but also be more understanding of your “intervention” regimen, I’m sure he will. And when the time comes that you don’t feel sexual at all… I’m sure you are aware of fake orgasm (just kidding), there are other means to sexually satisfy the boyfriend.
Good luck and hope everything works well.
Don’t worry about the endoscopy. They drug you a bit (to suppress the gag reflex– they stick a fiber-optic camera down your esophagus), but it doesn’t hurt.
As for health insurance the only system that works is one where the risk pool (people covered & paying in) includes everybody. If people can withdraw that breaks the system. Only the very healthy and/or very rich will withdraw, so the risk both increases and is spread over fewer people. I think practically this means single payer. This can never happen in the US due to the power of the en trenched interests. The resulting disaster is already under way.
Good luck stopping smoking. The sooner the better.
I work in the healthcare industry as well, although my job principally is dealing with issues in our building. I wish I were a bit more up on the issues, but don’t really want to be looking for a job in this climate.
I had an appointment with a specialist in a hospital last week. I waited an hour and 10 minutes just to get in to see him and was only with him for maybe 15 minutes. Plus, I was on appointment time from work and had to get back. So frustrating…
I’ve had several friends go on Chantix to quit smoking and have had tremendous success. Not so much with Wellbutrin. I’ve been on it myself for depression, and had side effects that I decided weren’t worth it. Hope you have success with that one, as everyone is different.
sheduling WTF is that? What an idiot, sorry people! Spot my other mistakes and win…….my annoyance?! LOL
I am quite used to long waits at the doctors surgery.
40 minutes to an hour is quite normal. They seem to call everyone in, just to have them sit and wait, then when everyone is in, they take them one by one.
Ludicrous sheduling just to make sure all the slots are filled.
That said.
I went to hospital for some blood tests a few weeks back, in, done and out in 10 minutes. Maybe a tad less. It was so organised. You took a ticket a bit like being at the deli, waited for your number to be called out by the computer (even alternated between male and female voices! wooow!) and there were about 8 nurses just doing blood work. This meant they found the vein quickly and it was all over. Normally I get poked over and over….no, not in the nice way! LOL
So it has its ups and downs.
I had a lump that needed investigating, got my appointment with in a day or two for the next week.
So again its not all bad news.
That is the NHS here in the UK.
That said my mother waited for over a year for a digital hearing aid. Maybe two years but they were new and they had a serious backlog due to the hundreds of thousands of people that wanted/needed them. She now has one and if it breaks its normally repaired or replaced the same day now.
In my town we now have a walk in centre so if you cannot make an appointment to see the doctor you can just turn up when it suits. Obviously you may need to wait but what a great thing. Before that you needed to make a doctors appointment 100% of the time or visit the emergency wards.
So there is rough and smooth, pretty much like everything in life.
SteveINtheUK
P.S. They have new aircon and they actually turn it on when you ask, poor old dears must be frozen….LOL
I work in the health care industry…but not for much longer. And your podcast highlighted one reason why. The fact that your doctor has to lie about why you are taking Welbutron is sad. If insurance companies were concerned with actually helping people be healthy rather than making and saving money in the short term things would be so much better. I’m sick of hearing about how so many people get screwed over due to their health insurance. It seriously makes me sick to know what I personally have to put people through because their insurance has given them wrong information. I’m getting out of the health care industry because I can’t morally take it. I hope that the health care reform passes and that it stops the insurance companies running our lives for us. People are afraid that the government deciding our health care rather than our doctors. But don’t they realize that right now the insurance companies are making our decisions for us instead of our doctors?
Sorry to go off on this rant. Working with it day to day gets me a bit angry about the whole situation.
Okay, off to finish listening to the show.
–Tracy (aka Octopusouphut)