Posted by Racer on September 7, 2005, at 1:46:58
In reply to Re: Latest chapter -- Our Heroine Visits County » Racer, posted by shar on September 6, 2005, at 21:01:37
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> More seriously, I'm pleased (very much) to hear that "Dr." whomever is going to get a good looking-at.
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> SharYou know that I don't really feel as though the doctor himself was all that much at fault. The Therapist From The Planet Incompetence is the one most in my sights, and mostly I think he listened to what she and others were saying about me, rather than looking or asking for himself. That's lousy doctoring, but it's a bit less egregious when you come right down to it.
The County, though, was more interested in the agency as a whole -- that I had no luck whatsoever getting help from them when things went south, that they never responded to my requests that if they wouldn't help me they help me transfer out of their system, and that Our Tax Dollars At Work were paying this agency to make me so much sicker while neglecting to notice as I lost one third of my body weight. Seems they thought that losing 50 pounds might be worth noting in my chart.
Oh, yeah -- and the fact that the guy my husband spoke with was apparently represented as a doctor wasn't met with much approval. Wicked me, I'd already looked him up on both the medical board and the psychology board, and knew he wasn't licensed by either. So, when I brought him up, I just did a confused thing -- "my husband spoke to a Doctor Imposter, but I"m not sure if he was MD or PsyD -- but he did offer to supply enough Xanax to keep me sedated for six weeks until they'd see me." I also struck the "they turned me away at the desk, apparently the doctor told the receptionist to tell me when I showed up rather than calling me to tell me and save me the trip..." chord fairly strongly. It just has such a lovely, clear tone.
Thanks, Shar. And about your earlier point: I may not be old enough to give up entirely -- and I suppose by the time I *am* old enough by your current standards, you'll have raised the bar -- but can I give up either the weight gain or the monogamy? I think I wouldn't mind so much if I were thin again, and I know I'd feel much better after about three hours naked with Chris Noth or Gary Cole or maybe Keanu Reeves...
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