I was looking at the door from the bed where my wife is sleeping as if I can see through it. I can’t hear the TV; my focus was on the things happening behind the door. I can hear steps, trolleys, voices and beeps from unknown machines. From the sounds I can almost make out what’s happening outside…. busy people seeking help and giving help.
My wife just had a surgery last night and now she’s recovering. The operation went alright but I think it’s too early to say it was a success. She’s been suffering from extreme pain around her abdomen for the past two months, only last night we’re lucky to finally rectify the problem.
We’ve been to our family doctor several times before this operation. He just kept saying it could be stress, and that she needs rest. The last time we were there he told us that it could be ‘irritable bowel syndrome’, and if that’s the case my wife will have to learn to live with it. I was shocked at how he sees things from his perspective and jump into conclusion without doing further testings. Could we be annoying him of our frequent visits that’s why he said that to us to discourage us from coming back?
She had two major attacks in the last two months that ended her in emergency room. Again, I’m frustrated at how they attended to us. They made us wait without relieving my wife’s pain. Only after I begged them to fix her pain they gave her some morphine. Even then the pain didn’t go away, she just fell asleep.
She’s done gastroscopy few weeks ago and the doctor didn’t find anything except her abdomen is a little swollen. Our doctor didn’t give us any medication to alleviate the swelling, he just sent us home. The hospital that did the test called us and asked what medication my wife is taking, they seemed a bit surprised how come she’s not into any medication… and I felt suspicious.
Only after she had an ultrasound we found the problem, my wife has gallstones. And the only thing they could do is to remove the gallbladder. They said the stones are too big to be dissolved - and now my wife is recovering from last night’s operation.
We are no different from the people behind the door, we’re seeking help too. Good thing in this place where we’re staying the help is within reach. There are cases when some people appear to be ready to help but only point you to wrong directions and made you live with the pain, there are some who are really willing to help but constrained by time and money. The reason why it took us few weeks to have this surgery is not because we don’t have the right connection and money, because of the hospital policy.
I just wish this doesn’t happen anymore to anyone.
We’re moving to another family doctor. He’s a bit far from us but I think he’s better and he does care.
You should also check if you’re doctor does care, he might just be there for the money. Or he might have so many reasons that stopping him from better caring of you. If this thing happen to you, don’t just rely on him, do your own research just like we did. Ask for different test that proves your findings and then present this to your doctor. Mind you, our doctor, he didn’t think it was gallstone, we asked for ultrasound and only then he believed that it was indeed gallstones.
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