Maybe I’m too sensitive or maybe it’s been building up to this, but I think my doctor just fired herself yesterday.
I have been going to this doctor for quite some time, years in fact. I followed her from the big clinic when she left to start her own clinic. After a while she wasn’t quite the way she was when she started out, too rushed. I never felt I got things taken care of and her front office staff was awful, borderline incompetent. We took Bug there since the doctor is a pediatrician/internal medicine and she was great at first. When Littlest was discharged from the baby factory, they gave us names of physicians who specialize in preemies, so we went with the bigger pediatric clinic in town because of the specialized doctors, they were close, open 7 days a week with late hours and we always could get in without problems. After a few problems with getting Bug diagnosed with ear infections, we moved Bug over to Littlest’s doctor. Then I found out my doctor quit her affiliation with my hospital. Yesterday was the clencher.
I’ve been going to the best ever OB/GYN for pretty much the last 2-1/2 years as my primary doctor, so haven’t been to see my PCP very much. I needed to have my ear checked and I actually got in to see my PCP the same day. They added two more new doctors, but didn’t have enough exam rooms, so they emptied out an office and put in two little tables and two plain old chairs until they get tables and such ordered. So I sat in this big, empty room with the thin walls. I listened to the patient next door have some sort of angry discussion with someone else. Then I heard all about the patient’s ER visits for anxiety, what the physician wanted to do and what medications they were going to try. My doctor comes in and we talk about hearing the patient next door. Then we do some catch up and she asks me if Littlest is going somewhere else. I tell her yes and explain why. Then she asks if I’m going to transfer Bug’s care there too. I said “probably” (nonconfrontational passive person that I am). At which time the doctor says that it’s probably better to have both kids at the same place. Then she proceeds to say that if I don’t trust Littlest care to her, then I probably shouldn’t trust her to care for Bug, and if I don’t trust my kid’s care to her, then I probably shouldn’t trust my care to her. Huh? I told her that we needed better hours and Littlest has been in the hospital three different times and we need my hospital used and she isn’t affiliated with it anymore. We went on through the visit and of course she didn’t find anything wrong with my ear, but prescribed something. I didn’t get a chance to ask her about my other questions since she was so rushed and kinda peeved. Shoot, one of my questions got answered by the magazine I was reading while waiting for the doctor. I think I need to find a new doctor now.
What I read in the magazine was a study talking about people who sleep only 4-5 hours a night (like me) and weight gain (again like me): “Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that partial sleep deprivation alters the circulating levels of the hormones that regulate hunger, causing an increase in appetite and a preference for calorie-dense, high-carbohydrate foods.”
I also found this:
“They found women who slept five or fewer hours a night were a third more likely to put on at least 33lbs more than sound sleepers during that time.”
They also mention that the lack of sleep triggers or doesn’t trigger two different types of hormones in the brain that deal with hunger and feeling full. It also mentions that if you are a bad eater anyhow, this just makes it even worse. You crave higher calorie, high carbohydrate, and high density foods.
So basically I have to change my whole lifestyle - at least 7 hours of sleep a night (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha….), less caffeine (again HA!), and eating better types of food. Also exercise more.
So, anybody know of a good doctor?
