Dealing with Doctors

The dealing with doctors category is here to collect posts that help people with chronic illness and disability find tips for interacting with medical professionals. Sometimes this means appreciating great nurses and sometimes it means dealing with dismissive doctors. Regardless, better interactions with these professionals can make life a little easier for spoonies.

Nursing Assistant by a woman's bedside in hospital

Nursing Assistants Week – 3 Reasons to Love Nursing Assistants

By: christaqblack

On: June 18, 2021

In: Dealing with Doctors

This week – June 17-23, 2021 – is Nursing Assistants Week. It is a week to recognize all of the important work that these medical professionals do for the patients they work with and the doctors and nurses they assist. For those of us who are chronically ill or disabled,Continue Reading

Doctor and nurse examine xrays to diagnose patient.

Why Does Diagnosis Take So Long for Those with Chronic Illness?

By: christaqblack

On: May 7, 2021

In: Dealing with Doctors

One of the biggest sources of frustration for spoonies is the length of time and the difficulty that they can encounter on the journey to getting a proper diagnosis and treatment. But why does that happen – and what can be done about it? A Personal Story I remember theContinue Reading

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