All Clinicians Are Bastards (again)
August 10th 2023
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Unfortunately as my partner has been continuing to
struggle through with medical care lately I've
been finding myself just incredibly angry and
hurt.

Their PCP keeps them in a bad cycle of

prescribe antibiotics, declare that the infection
*must* be clear when the course is over despite
the fact that my partner is always saying "it
doesn't feel like it's gone just that it's
better", then the infection comes roaring back,
then they have to beg for more antibiotics as
they're dealing with swelling and puss in their
face, back to step 1

It's so fucking infuriating because all we need is
just a steady course of antibiotics until the root
canal is done and the infection is cleared out of
the root of their tooth

Instead my partner has essentially lost two months
of their life to disabling pain, barely able to
eat or function

My anger is that they've been treated like they're
pill-seeking except that it's for fucking
antibiotics and yet their PCP has been willing to
say "this is probably just inflammation, you may
not have had an infection, but here's literal
flipping opiates to take for the pain if you want"

I just don't understand and I'm so disappointed
and hurt that this is a clinician who I thought
was different, who would actually listen